CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 7th August 1999
From: The
RCB Library
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Cork Art Exhibition Opened
This evening (Saturday) in St
Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, an art exhibition, which will run until
the end of August, will be officially opened by Mr Toddie O'Sullivan.
This will be a significant contribution to the cultural life of Cork and
is part of a pattern in which cathedrals act not only as a spiritual
focus but as a centre of learning and arts for the local community.
The exhibition will include beautiful pieces specially created by
local artists from the Cork Artists Collective, the Crawford College of
Art and Design, the Blackwater Artists Group, and others, and the
exhibits will be in a variety of media - paint, canvas, fabrics,
photographs and sculpture. Traditionally the Church has been a patron of
the arts and cathedrals, in particular, have been to the fore in this
respect. The great medieval cathedrals of Europe are exhibitions of art
in themselves the stained glass of Chartres, the soaring architecture of
Durham, the exquisite workmanship in pieces such as the reliquary of the
three kings in Cologne or the mask of Charlemagne in Aachan. More recent
forays into modern art in English cathedrals, notably Chichester and
Winchester, have provided a renewed stimulus to thinking in this area.
The Church of Ireland has been slow to come to terms with the
theology of art and apart from some good stained glass, a few pieces of
excellent needlework, and occasional commissions of three dimensional
objects, its contribution as a patron of the artistic life of Ireland in
the twentieth century has been sadly limited. Exhibitions such as that
in St Fin Barre's have the capacity to provide a bridge between the
church and the artistic community which will hopefully lead to more
substantial contacts. The exhibition will be on view in the cathedral
from 10.00-5.30, Mondays to Saturdays until 28 August.
Today (Saturday) the Chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin, Dr Alan
McCormack, will address the Third International Conference of the
Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion, in Toronto, on the
subject "Late Anglican Aesthetic in Late Secular Dublin". In
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Evensong will be sung by the choir of
Croydon Parish Church who will also sing the services to-morrow
(Sunday). Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast Morning Service from
Buncrana, Co. Donegal, where the rector is the Revd Sam Barton. The
Bishop of Tuam, Dr Richard Henderson, will visit Aasleigh while in
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow the ecumenical service for the Parnell Summer
School will be held in St Saviour's Church. There will be a celebration
of the Eucharist in Templeconnor Church, Clonmacnoise, at 4.00 p.m.
In St Columb's Cathedral, Derry, there will be a service in
celebration of the hymns of Mrs Cecil Francis Alexander. The service
will also include an act of re-dedication of the refurbished bible of
the Revd George Walker, Governor of Londonderry in 1689.
On Wednesday the organ recital in St
Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, at 6.30 p.m. will be given by the
Cathedral's Sub-Organist, David Leigh, while on Thursday in
Castletownshend, Co. Cork, the St Barrahane's Festival of Classical
Music will continue with a recital by Ann Morgan (soprano and harp).
Thursday is the one hundredth anniversary of the consecration of St
Saviour's Church, Arklow, and there will be a celebration of the
Eucharist to mark this event. St Saviour's is one of the finest
nineteenth century churches in Ireland and was commissioned by Lord
Carysfort as a memorial to members of his family. It is the work of the
distinguished London architect, Sir Arthur Blomfield, and contains some
fine examples of the stained glass work of Clayton and Bell of London.
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