CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 12th January 2002
From: The RCB Library
Email: RCB Library
Religious Broadcast Services Re-Jigged
One of the most vigorous commitments since the
establishment of RTÉ radio has been its broadcasting of Sunday worship
in which the Church of Ireland, and the other mainstream protestant
traditions, have enjoyed a particularly generous profile. Sunday by
Sunday those at home, in hospital or in their cars have been able to
tune in to a rich spectrum of worship from churches and parishes around
the country. It is commendable that despite the present financial
difficulties in national broadcasting this commitment to broadcast
worship is to be maintained.
Consistent with the evolving nature of religious
broadcasting, however, new circumstances invite new ways of doing
things. Drastically reduced choral and musical resources in many rural
locations, combined with RTÉ's financial upheaval, have led to the
establishment of a new pattern of Sunday worship. Under the liturgical
direction of the Revd Tom Gordon a more "radio specific" type
of worship will be the norm for Church of Ireland services. This will be
resourced by a new group of liturgical musicians which will bring a
standard of excellence to Sunday worship.
The new group, called Voces Anglicanae, is comprised
of Helen Roycroft, Ruth O'Herlihy, Andrew McLellan and Michael Finlay,
each well known and distinguished musicians in the liturgical and
musical life of the Church of Ireland. The new type of Sunday
broadcasting has also been made possible by the kind cooperation of the
Church of Ireland College of Education in Rathmines from where the
majority of broadcasts will be transmitted. However, where resources
allow, a limited number of live broadcasts from parishes will be
included in the schedule.
The new arrangement will give a greater scope for a
much broader liturgical range of services from the BCP, APB and the new
revised services which are coming on stream. The first of these services
will be broadcast tommorrow (Sunday) morning and will be a
service of Holy Communion from the APB at which the preacher will be the
recently retired Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College,
Dr John Bartlett.
Today (Saturday) Crosslinks, the missionary
organization, will hold a Family Gathering at Kill o' the Grange Church,
Co. Dublin, beginning at 2.30 pm. The speaker will be Andy Lines,
General Secretary of Crosslinks. Tonight, at 8.00 pm, in Christ Church
Cathedral, Dublin, there will be a recital by Christ Church Baroque
directed by the violin virtuoso, Andrew Manze, and featuring works by
Handel, Pisendel and Vivaldi.
During Hilary term the Anglican Chaplaincy in Trinity
College, Dublin, will be hosting a series of lecture sermons during the
Sung Eucharist on Sunday mornings. Under the general title of "On
Virtues and Vices" a number of distinguished speakers will address
the theme of contemporary understandings of virtue and vice in modern
society. Among the speakers will be Mr Ruiari Quinn TD, Professor Ann
Loades from the theology department in Durham, the Revd Dr Liam Tracey
OSM from Maynooth and Mr Denis Staunton, European Correspondent of The
Irish Times. The series will begin tomorrow (Sunday) morning
with an address from the Church of Ireland Chaplain, Dr Alan McCormack.
Tomorrow (Sunday) the Archbishop of Armagh
will commission Captain Alan Barr of the Church Army for parish work in
Drumcree. In the evening in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the Epiphany
Processions will be held. The service, with scripture readings, prayer
and music, is based on the visit of the magi to the stable at Bethlehem.
Gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh are brought in procession to the
crib as symbols of homage to the Christ child - king, victim and priest.
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