Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Liturgical Conference in Dublin
From 16 to 20 June Ceiliúradh, an international liturgical conference, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Following on from a successful conference in 2000 on the theme of ‘Why Worship?’ this meeting will consider ‘Worship in a Violent World’.
Among the speakers will be the Revd Dr Paul Bradshaw, Professor of Liturgical Theology at Notre Dame, Dr Siobhgan Garrigan who teaches theology at Yale, and the Revd Dr Graham Ward, Professor of Contextual Theology in Manchester. Irish perspectives will be provided by the Bishop of Kilmore and the Revd Terence McCaughey and there will be Scottish perspectives from Penny Stuart, a doctoral student in Glasgow University, and Jewish perspectives from Dr Edward Kessler, Director for the Centre for Jewish-Christian relations in Cambridge.
In the evenings there will be a series of musical events which are open to the public. Among these will be a liturgical performance of the Rachmaninov Vespers and a performance, by Anne Page, from Cambridge, of selected portions of Messiaen’s Le Livre du Saint Sacrement.
Intending participants may book the whole conference for 300 euro or may pay a daily rate of 70 euro. Full details may be had from the Cathedral Office (01-6778099) or the conference website http://cccdub.ie/conference/ceiliuradh-2/ceiliuradh-2.html
Today (Saturday) the Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert Diocesan Synod will be held in Villiers School, Limerick. In St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the cathedral’s assistant organist, David Leigh, will give the Irish premiere of Francis Pott’s Christus Rex in the presence of the composer.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning RTE will televise a celebration of the Eucharist for the Mission to Seafarers with Canon Adrian Empey, Senior Chaplain, and the Organist and Choir of St Andrew’s Church, Malahide, while on RTE radio there will be a celebration of Holy Communion for Whit Sunday by the Revd Tom Gordon.
In Kilmore Cathedral there will be an ecumenical service to mark the life and work of Bishop William Bedell. This has been organized by An Tor an Lasadh, an inter-church group which meets monthly in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast, to worship through the Irish language. The address will be given by Dr Nicholas Williams, from UCD.
In St Mary’s Church, Tipperary, there will be an ecumenical service in connection with the Emmet Summer School while in the evening in St James’ Church, Crinken, there will be a panel of guests to answer questions on faith and life. In Airfield House, Dundrum, at 8.00 pm, the Gaudette Singers, directed by David Leigh, will present ‘Chanson D’Ete’, a selection of French music for a summer evening.
On Monday, St Columba’s Day, the Bishop of Cork will ordain Hazel Minion to the diaconate to serve in the auxiliary ministry in the Templebreedy group of parishes. In St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher, the Dean of Clogher, the Very Revd Thomas Moore, will install Canon P.S. Wilson as Prebendary of Donacavey, and will emplace Canon R.C. Thompson as Examining Chaplain. At the same service the Bishop of Clogher will commission the Revd Kyle Hanlon as his chaplain. In Dublin the Travers Smith Lecture on ‘Impressions and Experiences of Ecumenism’ will be given by Br Leo Judge in Wesley House, Lesson Park.
On Tuesday the British Ambassador will pay a courtesy call on the Archbishop of Dublin while in Broughshane the Connor Diocesan Synod will be held.
The Archbishop of Armagh will preside at a residential meeting of the bishops on Wednesday and Thursday while on Friday in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the cathedral’s choral tutor, Orla Flanagan, will direct a concert by the Mornington Singers.