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Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
APCK logo goes on Search
The editorial committee of the Church of Ireland journal, Search, headed by chairman, the Revd Professor John Bartlett and editor, the Revd Ginnie Kennerley, has announced that the journal is now to be published by APCK (the Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge). The arrangement begins with the spring edition, out now. It is, believed that APCK is the right home for Search as the publisher and the journal share the same aims: to make available theological and educational information, to raise the level of theological awareness, and to stimulate thinking in this area.
Distribution will continue as normal, except that former editor, the Very Revd Stephen White, has taken over the mailing list and the accounts - subscriptions should be sent to him at The Deanery, Killaloe, Co. Clare.
This spring edition, Search, vol. 30.1, offers a varied collection of articles ranging from eucharistic sharing, through biblical symbolism, theological education, the Anglican contribution to Irish culture in the early 20th century, styles of worship, and our response to the atheism of the Far East. Contributors include Andrew Pierce, Adrian Empey, Ferdinand von Prondzinski, David Godfrey, Ron Elsdon, Aonghus Dwane, David Kerr and Jerusha McCormack. The Book Review section is now edited by Dr David Hutchinson Edgar of TCD.
Further information is available on the journal's website, www.searchjournal.ireland.anglican.org
This evening (Saturday) at 8pm in St Ann's Church, Dublin, there will be music and musings with the St Cecilia Singers and Senator David Norris in support of Christian Aid while in Derry Cathedral the Cathedral Choir will give a recital of Music for Passiontide with guest boy soprano, Louis-Alexander Desire, from Paris.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning Palm Sunday will be celebrated in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, with the blessings of palms, a procession and the reading of the passion according to St Luke while in St Patrick's Cathedral at Evensong there will be a Sequence of Readings and Music for Passiontide. At 8pm in Whitechurch parish church, Co. Dublin, there will be a concert of Bach Motets by the Gaudete Singers.
In St George & St Thomas' Church, Cathal Bruga Street, Dublin the Discovery Gospel Choir and 3-Rock Youth will hold a U2 Eucharist at 7pm. The use of U2 songs in the context of the Eucharist began in the USA and has become popular throughout the world. The service, which will have a special emphasis on the Millennium Development Goals, is designed to call people to a deeper faith and engagement with God's mission for global reconciliation.
During Holy Week the Bishop of Meath & Kildare will preach in the Douglas union of parishes in Cork. On Good Friday at 2pm on RTE radio the Revd Tom Gordon will present a Service of Readings and Music with reflections by the Dean of Cashel, Dr Philip Knowles. The former Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, will lead the Three Hour Service in St Ann's Church, Dublin, while in Belfast Cathedral the Three Hours Devotions will be led by the former Bishop of Limerick, the Rt Revd Edward Darling. The Good Friday preacher in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will be Canon Nigel Biggar, Professor of Theology in TCD. In Enniskerry the Ecumenical Way of the Cross will begin in St Mary's Church at 3pm and process through the village to Powerscourt parish church while in Derry City Cemetery there will be an open air service at the graves of Archbishop William and Mrs Cecil Francis Alexander, the writer of he famous hymn, 'There is a green hill far away'