NEWS BRIEFS

Heritage
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast – Miss Rosmund Praeger working on the respond of Solomon on the Pillar Of Wisdom. 18/06/1928.

Lessons from St Francis and the Sultan

To mark the 800th anniversary of an historic encounter between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil in September 1219, an Interfaith discussion day is being organised by the Third Order, The Society of St Francis (TSSF) See above.

Music matters

In Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, the Thursday Evensong will be sung at 6pm by the Choir of Great St Mary’s, Cambridge. In St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, next Sunday, the choir of Christ the King church, Frankfurt, will sing at the 11.15 am Choral Eucharist and at the 3.15pm Evensong.

The organ recital series concludes in St Fin Barre’s cathedral, Cork, on Friday at 1.10pm when Rónán Murray, of St Joseph’s church, Glasthule, will play music by Bach, Bonnet, Guilmant and an Improvisation.

Church Music Dublin believes there is a desire in many parish churches to sing the psalms to Anglican chant. The enthusiasm shown at the Anglican Chant workshop in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, earlier this year, confirmed this view. The Church of Ireland no longer publishes a chant book or a choir edition of the psalter that is consistent with the present BCP and so it is planned to fill this gap with a Psalms Online initiative. The Psalms Online project provides the basic tools. Starting in September, the appointed psalms with chant, Sunday by Sunday, will be easily accessible online, in printable format. Already the appointed psalms for September and October have been uploaded. The website link is [www.churchmusicdublin.org/psalms]

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Clergy movements

On Friday evening the Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory will introduce the Revd Victoria Lynch as priest–in–charge of Fiddown union of parishes which is based on Piltown, Co. Waterford. Elsewhere in the united diocese, Mr Alex Morahan has been appointed as chaplain to Kilkenny College.

Food for thought

“Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.” ― Henri Nouwen