The Church of Ireland
Press Release

More than 50 choristers from the choirs of St Anne’s Cathedral and St Peter’s Cathedral are to write a collection of ‘Irish Prayers for Peace’ to be used at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York.

The choristers will pen their prayers tonight at a prayer teach-in led by Linda Arbuthnot after a special Advent Liturgy in St Anne’s and the lighting of an Advent Candle of Hope.

Dean Houston McKelvey of St Anne’s and Monsignor Tom Toner of St Peter’s said: “We applaud the boys and their teachers for coming together to write these prayers to be used in New York. In the aftermath of the terrorist outrage in that city any affirmation of a commitment to peace, especially by young people, is to be welcomed.”

The choristers recently sang together at a Service of Remembrance for Victims of Violence.