Eco-congregation broadcast, St Brigid’s Day commemorations, Candlemas
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning RTE Radio will broadcast a service led by Fiona Murdoch with members of the Rathfarnham Parish Eco–Group and Rathfarnham Quaker Meeting Eco–Committee. Rathfarnham parish will receive an award from Eco-Congregation Ireland in recognition of its environmental endeavors.
At Evensong the choristers of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, accompanied by harpist, Dianne Marshall, will sing Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. At this service St Patrick’s will officially launch its live streaming of services. In future both Sunday services will be streamed live from www.stpatrickscathedral.ie and www.churchservices.tv/stpatrickscathedral. (See report in today’s Irish section of CNI)
Tomorrow (Sunday) at 3.30pm St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare, will celebrate its Patronal Festival when the organ will be rededicated by the Bishop of Meath & Kildare. St Brigid’s Day will be marked on Wednesday in Zion Church, Rathgar, with a service of Compline sung by he choir at 8pm. In the Dioceses of Cashel & Ossory St Brigid’s Day will see the beginning of a programme, coordinated by Canon Charles McCollum, to develop the use of Irish in the liturgy. It will begin with services in the two churches in the diocese dedicate to St Brigid – those in Ballintubbert and Kilrush.
The Feast of the Presentation will be celebrated at the Community Eucharist in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on Wednesday at 5 p.m. after darkness falls, and the celebrations include the Candlemas Procession. The celebrant is Canon Patrick Comerford, Lecturer in Anglicanism and Liturgy, and the visiting preacher is the Bishop of Down and Connor, a member of the institute governing council
On Thursday at 7.30pm in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin the Candlemas theme will be used for a special service ‘In Darkness There is Light‘ which will be a Service of Solidarity and Hope for the People of Ireland to identify with those who are experiencing the pain of economic depression. In Devenish parish church, Co. Fermanagh, the Bishop of Clogher will introduce the Revd Sampson Ajuka, who has come from the Diocese of Europe, as Diocesan Curate to serve in the parishes of Devenish and Boho.
C of I notes – The Irish Times