Thirteen short reports on events and services
ARCHBISHOP’S ENGAGEMENTS
On Thursday the Archbishop of Dublin will bless an extension at Rathfarnham National School and on Friday he will participate in the inauguration of President Michael D. Higgins in Dublin Castle
CORK APPOINTMENT & INSTALLATION
The Reverend Elaine Murray, Bishop’s Vicar at the Cathedral Church of Saint Canice, Kilkenny in the Diocese of Ossory, to be the new Incumbent of Carrigaline Union of Parishes (Saint Mary, Carrigaline and Saint John, Monkstown), Diocese of Cork.
Tomorrow at Evensong in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral the Bishop of Cork will preside at the installation of the Revd Rupert Moreton as Dean’s Vicar. Mr Moreton has been Anglican Chaplain in Helsinki since 1998.
BISHOP HERVEY STILL FASCINATES DERRY
The Friends of St.Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry, had their AGM last month with a very good attendance despite the bad weather – the rain was torrential. A lecture was given by Stephen Price on “The Earl Bishop Frederick Hervey”. Stephen’s colleague Peter used computer imagery to depict how it was imagined the Mussenden Temple would have looked in the Earl Bishop’s time – amazing and breathtaking. He also showed a representation of the Art Gallery in the Bishop’s home at Downhill.
YOUTH ACTIVITY BOOK
‘Game on’ is a brand new games book for youth and children’s groups has just been produced by Andrew Brannigan and Peter Hilton of Down and Dromore Diocese. See Children & Youth this site.
DERRY CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND GIFT FARE
Dunnalong Parish Church, Derry Diocese) are holding a Christmas Craft and Gift Fayre on Saturday 20th November from 11am to 4pm, in Magheramason Presbyterian Church Hall. Your support would be very much appreciated.
LOVE AND FURY IN DUBLIN
The passion of Jonathan Swift performed by David Heap, directed by Paul Hayes. St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin – Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of November at 8.00pm. Tickets on the door €12 (€10 concession for student and OAP
CULWICK MESSIAH
The Culwick Choral Society presents Messiah by George Frederic Handel in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin – Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th November at 8.00pm.Mary Nelson, soprano, Duncan Brickenden, countertenor, Ben Thapa, tenor, Mark Saberton, bass, with Bernie Sherlock, conductor. Tickets are €28 each, with unreserved seating. Proceeds in aid of onefamily.
LIMERICK RECITAL
The lunchtime piano recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick next Wednesday will be given by Irina Dernova who will play works by the Russian Romantics including Rachmaninov, Skriabib and Tchaikovsky.
ANTIQUES CONSERVATION COURSE
Erica Devine is a world-class conservationist who will be visiting Dublin from Friday 11 November to Saturday 12 November. As part of the charity bid to save Christ Church Cathedral, and in conjunction with Sheppards Irish Auction House, she has kindly agreed to hold a two-day course in conservation skills in the crypt of Christ Church. It will consist of three 1½ hour classes each day. Day one will cover furniture, paintings, and textiles including carpets, curtains and costume. Day two will cover documents, books and photographs, metalware and ceramics and glass. Working with objects, participants will learn to identify the materials objects are made of, how they are damaged and how to prevent that damage through proper handling, cleaning, display and storage. Subscription to the course is €195, and will include light refreshments. Contact Donal Robinson-Ryan at 086-2447996 for further details.
CATHEDRAL GALA BALL
As part of ‘A Bid to Save Christ Church’ a gala ball will take place in Castle Durrow, Co Laois, on Friday 16th December 2011. This spectacular charity evening will follow the auction in Sheppard’s Auction House taking place at 2pm on the 16th of December. Contact: http://www.christchurchdublin.ie/NewsDetails/17
ADVENT CONCERT, ST FINTAN’S DURROW
The choir of Christ Church Cathedral with the assistant organist, Mr David Bremner will travel to St Fintan’s Church Durrow to participate in an Advent choral concert on Friday 9 December at 20.00. The concert will include anthems and carols for the Advent season with congregational participation. The Concert will also include an organ solo recital by Mr David Bremner on the famous Green organ. This is a concert not to miss and tickets are selling fast! To purchase tickets follow this link: www.tickets.ie . Tickets cost €15 with an option of having tickets posted at an extra cost of €1. This concert is in aid of St Fintan’s Church and is a lead into the Christ Church auction which takes place in Sheppards Auction House Durrow on Friday 16 December at 14.30.
DERRY CATHEDRAL COFFEE MORNING
The Cathedral Support Group whose members are planning their Annual Coffee Morning & Sale on Saturday 26th November at 10.30 am in Fountain Primary School. All the usual stalls and activities will be on offer. Your support is invited.
CONFERENCE ON SYNOD OF RAITH BRESSSAIL
Next Friday a major conference to mark the 900th anniversary of the Synod of Ráith Bressail will begin and will continue until the following Sunday. The conference is held under the auspices of the School of History, UCC, and the County Tipperary Historical Society and will take place at University College Cork and St Patrick’s College, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
A stellar cast of speakers includes Professor Padraig O Riain (UCC) Professor Marie Therese Flanagan (QUB), Professor John Gillingham (LSE) and the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory, the Rt Revd Michael Burrows. The conference will be preceded by the launch of Professor O Riain’s A Dictionary of Irish Saints, published by Four Courts Press, which promises to be an invaluable work of reference.
The twelfth century was a period of profound change in Ireland. New ideals of political and ecclesiastical power were explored as part of the attempt to transform the Irish Church and society. This conference presents the latest research into these developments, and into the changing modes of artistic expression and patronage, concentrating on the synod of Ráith Bressail of AD 1111. Scholars will discuss these changes with special reference to the synod which utterly changed the structure of the centrally important institution of the Irish Church, changes that lasted almost a thousand years and so had an enormous impact on Irish culture, society and even identity.
‘Crisis and recovery: Church and society in twelfth–century Ireland’ marks the 900th anniversary of the synod of Ráith Bressail, and follows ‘Reform and renewal: Ireland and Europe in the twelfth century’, a conference held in 2001 to commemorate the nine–hundredth anniversary of the first synod of Cashel. (This item – C of I notes, Irish Times)