CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 23rd October 1999
From: The
RCB Library
Email: RCB Library
Science and Religion Symposium in Cork
An international symposium on science and religion, which will be
hosted by University College Cork and St Fin Barre's Cathedral, begins
next Friday and continues on Saturday. "Religion in a Scientific
World" has been facilitated by the Templeton Foundation in
association with the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford, and will be the first of
its kind in Ireland. Among the speakers will be Archbishop Joseph
Zyeinsky (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Professor Philip
Hefner (Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago), Professor Malcolm Jeeves
(St Andrew's University), and Dr David Wilkinson (St John's College,
Durham).
The symposium aims to promote discussion of the relationship between
science and religion in contemporary Ireland and it intended for all who
are interested in this matter. Participation in the symposium is free
but as the organisers would appreciate having some idea of numbers,
those who intend to be present should contact the Dean of Cork, Dr
Michael Jackson (021-964742) or Miss Claire Butler, UCC (021-902465).
At the same time, in Mount St Joseph Abbey, the Roscrea Autumn
Conference will be held on the theme of "The Cathedrals of
Ireland". Among the speakers, in a packed programme which runs from
Friday to Sunday, will be Professor Roger Stalley (TCD), Dr Raymond
Gillespie (NUI-Maynooth) and Dr Alan Fletcher (UCD), all of whom are
contributors to the forthcoming history of Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin. The conference organiser is the chairman of the Board of the
Bolton Library in Cashel, Mr George Cunningham, Parkmore, Roscrea.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will televise a Harvest Eucharist from the fine
Gandon Church of St John the Evangelist, Coolbanagher, where the rector
is the Revd Olive Donohue. The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames,
will preach at the Diocesan Renewal Service in Sheffield Cathedral while
in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, the preacher at the Sung
Eucharist will be the theologian, Dr Margaret Daly Denton. In Christ
Church Cathedral the services will be sung by the Wesley College Choir
while in St Patrick's Cathedral the half term choir will be Close
Chorale.
On Monday the Archbishop of Armagh will be in London where he will
attend a meeting in Lambeth Palace of the Primates of the Porvoo Churches. The final
lecture in the current lunchtime series in Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, will be given at 1.15 p.m. on Tuesday by the Dean of Christ
Church, the Very Revd John Paterson who will speak on "The Future of the Church".
In Wexford on Wednesday the Ferns Diocesan Synod will be held and on
Thursday the Cashel and Ossory Synod will take place in Kilkenny. In
Dublin, on Thursday, the preacher at the Opening of the Academic Year
Service in the Chapel of Trinity College will be the Bishop of Down and
Dromore, the Rt. Revd Harold Miller. At lunchtime in St Thomas' Church,
Cathal Brugha Street, the Tanaiste, Ms Mary Harney, will be the speaker
in the "I Believe.." series, while in the evening, in Trinity
College, Dr Denis Carroll will give the "Theology at the Turn of
the millennium" lecture on the topic "Towards a Communal Ethic
for Ireland 2000".
As part of the Christ Church History Project the Cathedral Choir has
recorded "Sing O Ye Heavens: Historic Anthems from Christ Church
Cathedral, Dublin" which will be released in November. The
recording is accompanied by an extensive introduction which has been
written by Dr Barra Boydell (NUI-Maynooth). The CD is available at a
special pre-release price of £9.99 until 10 November after which it
will be £14.99. Order forms may be had from Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin 8 (01-6778099); email Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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