New Law Term Service, Initiative to commemorate Seán Ó Riada, Church Services in Irish, Heritage week at St Patrick’s, Handwriting the Gospels, Flower Festival, Holywood, Harvest Concert, Castlewellan Concert
Annual New Law Term Service
The Church of Ireland Annual New Law Term Service will be held on Monday 3 October 2011, at 10.15 am in St Michan’s Church of Ireland Church, Church Street, Dublin 7.
The address will be given by The Most Reverend Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin, and the choir will be, as ever, from The King’s Hospital School, Dublin.
The Archbishop will officiate, and with him will be the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and the Archdeacon of Dublin.
Children’s Ministry Network meets
The newly formed Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry Network met for their second meeting recently at Church House, Dublin.
See report Children and Youth this site.
Initiative to commemorate Seán Ó Riada.
Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (The Irish Guild of the Church) is supporting an initiative to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of Seán Ó Riada on 2 October. The Ó Riada family have sent a proposal to all churches (including the Church of Ireland) requesting that a liturgical piece of Seán’s work form part of the music of the service, e.g., the Lord’s Prayer/Ár nAthair or Ag Críost an Síol. Several churches have already agreed to incorporate his music into services, namely, St Canice’s Cathedral (Kilkenny), St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church (Galway), St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral (Cork), Christ Church Cathedral (Dublin), Sandford Church (Dublin) and Kilgobbin Church in Kerry.
Church Services in Irish
There will be a lunchtime service in Irish in Christ Church Cathedral on the 4th Monday of each month, namely 26 September, 24 October and 28 November.
The Euchorist will be celebrated at 5.00 in Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, 25 September, 23 October and 27 November. The time of this service will change in the New Year.
Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise on Facebook
As reported earlier on CNI, Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise has a new Facebook page. Details of services and other events and activities will be posted there.
gaeleaglais@gmail.com
www.cumanngaelachnaheaglaise.blogspot.com
Heritage week at St Patrick’s
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin had a very exciting Heritage Week this year; it was a huge success with record numbers in attendance for some of our events.
The week began with a very well attended talk by Albert Fenton on “Jonathan
Swift as Dean of the Cathedral”. The talk attracted some of the country’s experts
on Swift. Ongoing throughout the week was the Tower Tour, this year hosted by
Education Officer Andrew Staunton-Smith. According to Andrew “the tours
could have been filled several times over” and his only regret from the week was
that “we can bring only eight people at a time and we just couldn’t accommodate
everyone”.On the Tuesday evening there was a free organ recital with David Leigh
and the following evening by a fascinating literary talk and tour with
Canon Charles Mullen.
Arguably the most unusual element of the week was the presence from Wednesday
to Friday of two medieval knights in the Cathedral. They were reenacting
the story of “The Door of Reconciliation”, which for those who don’t
know, led to the coining of the phrase “to chance one’s arm”. Two re-enactments
were performed each day and one of our knights, Dave Swift, gave a short talk at
the end of each on the arms and armour from the period. The crowds were able to
handle and try on a sample of replica equipment throughout the day which made
the excited children’s day!
On the Friday the Cathedral hosted a talk by Patrick Hugh Lynch on the “History
of the British Legion in Ireland”. Again it was very well attended including
Minister for State and Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works,
Brian Hayes TD.
Monkstown handwrites the Gospels
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Monkstown, Connor Diocese, is hosting a series of events from Saturday September 24 until Sunday October 2 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James version of the Bible.
The main part of the week will be handwriting the Gospels, to emulate and re–create the work of the Celtic monks of old.
On top of this, all sorts of things are planned, and many different groups and churches will be involved including Quakers, Moravians, Antiochan Orthodox, Roman Catholic and the Presbyterians.
Exhibits from the Somme Museum, Linenhall Library, the NI Bible Society, St Patrick’s Centre Downpatrick, and the Centre for Celtic Spirituality will also be on display.
Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in activities, perhaps writing out some verses of the Gospels, or joining in an evening of Gregorian chant and meditation led by the monks of Holy Cross monastery, Rostrevor, complete with harp music and Irish dancing.
There will be storytelling with Liz Weir and the unique hillbilly gospel hall music of the Low Country Boys at the end of a community fun day which will feature Vikings, monastic scribes and King James himself!
Full details of the events taking place during the week of celebration, which runs from Saturday September 24 until Sunday October 2,
You are invited to ome and help create the unique hand written Monkstown community Gospels by writing out verses of Scripture at various venues:
•Abbey Presbyterian (Matthew)
10am – 3pm (Thursday only open 1-3pm) • Village Centre (Mark) 10am – 4pm
• Hollybank Primary School (Luke 1-11) 10am – 3pm
• Monkstown Community School (Luke 12-24) 10am – 3pm
• Church of the Good Shepherd (COGS) (John) 10am – 5pm
Everyday at COGS there will be 5 minutes of prayer and reflection at 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm. Throughout the week there will also be exhibitions from local museums, old Bibles, displays relating to Celtic Christian heritage and historical artifacts. Various denominations & missionary societies will also be present.
• Celtic Praise Evening COGS – Thurs 29th Sept 7pm
• Community Fun Day & Craft Fair COGS – Sat 1st Oct 12-4pm
• Ulster Scots Evening COGS – Sat 1st Oct 7pm
Music DJ, Cage football, Ardglass Vikings, Greek Dancers, Rainbow Puppets, Calligraphy, Razzle Dazzle and lots more…
Flower Festival, Holywood Parish
From Friday 7th to Monday 10th October 2011, Holywood Parish celebrates ‘The Fruits of His Creation,’ with a Flower Festival.
The Festival will include choral, instrumental and solo performances by Parish musicians and local schools.
Dates and times:
Friday 7th October and Saturday 8th October from 10:30 – 18:00
Sunday 9th October from 14:00 – 17:00
Monday 10th October from 10:30 – 17:00
Group visits can be accommodated. Please contact Pauline at the Parish Office for more information.
Email: info@holywoodparishchurch.co.uk
Tel: (028) 9042 3622 (Office hours: 9:00am – 1:00 pm Monday – Friday).
Harvest Concert, Castlewellan
Castlewellan Parish Annual Harvest Concert with the Ballyclare Male Choir and Soloist Sheelagh Greer.
Fri 7th October at 8pm. Suggested donation £10. Venue: St Paul’s Church, Mill Hill, Castlewellan.
All proceeds to church funds.