CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 27 February 1999
From: The RCB Library
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Dublin-Welsh Link Established
The twinning of Irish towns and cities with towns and cities in
Europe and further afield is now commonplace and the potential benefits,
social, economic and cultural, which can flow from such associations are
readily appreciated. For some years the city of Dublin has been twinned
with San Jose, in California, and more recently a similar link has been
established with Liverpool. In both instances these links have also had
an ecclesiastical dimension with Christ Church Cathedral receiving
visits from representatives of the cathedrals of these cities.
Now it is the turn of the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough to be
twinned, in this case with the Diocese of Bangor in North Wales. For
some time the dioceses have been exploring the possibility of an
association and links have already been formed at some levels. Last year
young people from Bangor joined the Dublin and Glendalough Youth Camps
in Gurteen College, a number of Welsh parishes have formed links with
their Irish counterparts, and there have been exchanges between
personnel in Christ Church and St Deiniol's Cathedrals. Tomorrow (Sunday
the official Irish launch of the new diocesan links will take place at
Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral where the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr
Walton Empey, will be joined by the Bishop of Bangor, Dr Barry Morgan,
who will give the address. On Sunday 21 March a contingent from Dublin
and Glendalough will travel to St Deiniol's Cathedral for the Welsh
launch at which the preacher will be the Archbishop of Dublin. The dates
of these events are significant. The Irish launch takes place on the
Sunday nearest St David's Day and the Welsh launch on the Sunday nearest
St Patrick's Day.
Today (Saturday) the Chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin, Dr Alan
McCormack, will lead a group of staff and students on a visit to Armagh
where they will be received by both Archbishops of Armagh, Dr Robin
Eames and Dr Sean Brady.
In the National Concert Hall, the broadcaster Tim Thurston, who is
also one of the gentlemen of the choir of St Bartholomew's Church,
Dublin, will give the first in a series of talks on music. These will
take place from 11.00 to 12.30 in the Carolan Room on each Saturday
until the end of March.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will televise a celebration of the Eucharist
with the staff and students of the Theological College. The preacher and
celebrant will be the Chaplain-Tutor, the Revd Norman McCausland. The
Bishop of Limerick, the Rt Revd Edward Darling, will visit Kinnity and
Aghancon, while in St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin the Lenten preacher
will be the Dean of Cork, Dr Michael Jackson.
In St Ann's Church, Dublin the fourth concert in the Bach Festival
1999 series will be held at 3.30 pm with the Orchestra of St Cecelia,
the chamber choir, Canticum Novum, and soloists Helen Hassett (soprano),
Collette McGahon (mezzo soprano) and Robin Tritschler (tenor).
In Dublin, on Monday there will be a lunchtime concert in St
Patrick's Cathedral by the Villanova University Choir, while in Trinity
College Chapel the evening liturgy will be facilitated by the staff and
students of the Theological College.
On Wednesday evening Mr Cliff Taylor, Business Editor of The Irish
Times, and Mr Derek Keogh, former Chief Executive of Aer Rianta, will
speak in the Lenten programme on ethics which has been organized by the
churches in Malahide and Portmarnock.
The Lenten Series in Trinity College will continue at lunchtime in
the Joly Theatre where Caoimhe de Barra, of Trocaire, will address the
theme of poverty.
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