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Friends’ News Christ Church Cathedral

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Friends’ News Christ Church Cathedral is published by The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, The Chapter House, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8

The opinions expressed in this journal are those of the authors and need not represent the views of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral.

The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral support the work and worship of the cathedral. Membership is open to all

Patron: : The Most Revd Chairperson: Dean of Christ Church: The Very Revd Dermot Dunne Vice-chairpersons: Dean’s Vicar: Revd Abigail Sines : The Ven Archdeacon of Glendalough: The Ven Ricky Rountree Honorary secretary: Kenneth Milne Honorary treasurer: Brian Bradshaw Honorary membership secretary: Patricia Sweetman and Eileen Kennedy Honorary editor: Lesley Rue

Committee members: Desmond Campbell Eileen Kennedy Ruth Kinsella Don Macaulay Helen Martin Patricia Sweetman Terence Read David Wynne

Friends Office: Lesley Rue: 087 7906062 [email protected] Membership applications to The Hon. Membership Secretary The Chapter House Christ Church Cathedral Christchurch Place Dublin 8

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front cover: The choir and clergy celebrates Canon John Bartlett’s 80th birthday

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Contents

From your Editor Lesley Rue 2

Weekly Services 2

Dean’s Letter The Very Rev’d Dermot Dunne 3

Flowers 4

Help with Flower Arrangements 4

Renewal of Vows and the Blessing of the Oils Rev’d Garth Bunting 5

Cathedral choirs sing in Harmony Lynn Granville 6

Easter Day Address The Most Rev’d Michael Jackson 7

Bulletin Reminder 8

Easter Message The Most Rev’d Michael Jackson 9

Easter elections to the Board of the Cathedral 9

Retreat in the City Rev’d Abigail Sines 10

Education Ruth Kenny 12

Portrait of Archbishop Walton Empey Olivia Bartlett 13

Visit to St Audeon’s and St Werburgh’s Church Jean Moynan 14

Obituary of Bishop Canon Adrian Empey 15

Music Department Ian Keatley 16

John Bartlett celebrating 80 years 17

The Way of the Cross 17

Keeper of the Archives Ken Milne 18

Visit to the Casino at Marino Susan Parkes 19

Service of Remembrance Dr Paul Manook 20

Contacts at Christ Church Cathedral inside back cover

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral From your Editor Lesley Rue

Welcome to the spring/summer edition of ‘Friends News’ and a special welcome to our new Friends. I trust you all had a happy and blessed Easter. In this edition you will find the agenda for the Annual General Meeting, the minutes from last year’s meeting and the annual accounts. Trinity Sunday is on 11 June, our programme starts with Eucharist at 11.00am (at which the preacher will be the Very Revd William Morton (Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral) Salmon & Strawberry lunch and the AGM. After Evensong the Beaumont case will be dedicated in the cathedral's treasury. Ms Brenda Beaumont bequeathed a generous sum to the Friends and this has been used to fund a new display case for the Cathedral Treasury which will make it possible to have the splendid London Plate on public view for the first time. Also you can read why Ian Keatley commissions a new anthem, an obituary to our dear Friend Bishop Samuel Poyntz, reports on the Friends day trips and much more. I would like to thank all those who wrote articles, and all who gave me photographs.

Lesley

Weekly Services

Monday-Friday, 10.00am: Morning Prayer Monday-Saturday, 12.00pm: Peace Prayers Monday-Friday, 12.45 pm: Eucharist Monday and Friday, 5.00pm: Said Evening Prayer Tuesday, 6.00 pm: Compline, sung by a consort of Cathedral Lay Vicars Choral (during term time) Wednesday, 6.00 pm: Choral Evensong, sung by the Girl Choristers (during term time) Thursday, 6.00 pm: Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Choir (during term time) Saturday, 6.00 pm: Compline, sung by a consort of Cathedral Lay Vicars Choral (during term time) Sunday, 11.00am: Choral Eucharist Sunday, 3.30pm: Choral Evensong

Sung service times may vary, especially out of cathedral choir terms. Please check the current music list for further details:

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Dean’s Welcome The Very Rev’d Dermot Dunne

My dear friends At this time last year I was on sabbatical in India and thank you to all those who were so generous in their comments on It doesn't seem that long my letter in the last issue of the Friends' News. I am grateful since the last edition of to the Precentor, Neil McEndoo for his careful management of the Friends’ News but here the cathedral in my absence. The cathedral will be at a loss we are again approaching for Neil's work and support when he retires in June. May I our Patronal Festival on take this opportunity to wish him the very best for a long Trinity Sunday. The retirement. Patronal Festival day is always a special one for The cathedral never stands still, changes and movements are me. It is when we always happening. There have been many staff changes celebrate cathedral notably the leaving from the cathedral employment of the family life and when we Managing Director, Ms Bernie Murphy. Bernie contributed a joy at what bonds us lot to the cathedral and I wish her every blessing in her new together as brothers and endeavours. sisters in Christ. This year's Patronal Festival will be its usual joyous occasion. The recently appointed Dean of St Patrick's In place of one direct administrator, the cathedral is now run cathedral, the Very Revd William Morton will preach at our by a management team drawn from the different cathedral Sunday Morning Eucharist at 11am. The Friends salmon and departments and headed by me. I am very happy with this strawberry lunch will be served in the cathedral crypt. If you arrangement as the cathedral is running smoothly within a haven't booked already please do come as you will be most calm atmosphere. The Easter Vestry elected a new board for welcome to join the festivities. the triennium. The Board members are: the dean, precentor, chancellor and treasurer with canons Roy Byrne, Aisling When we approach the Patronal Festival it is usually a time Shine, Adrienne Galligan, Maurice Elliott and the archdeacon to reflect on what has been, to value what is and to look to of Dublin. The lay members are: Mrs Jean Finch, Mrs Carol the future for what is possible. The divine thread that Casey, Mr Des Kinsella, Mr, Des Campbell, Dr Ken Milne, Mr permeates this reflection is gratitude and hope. Indeed I Leonard Madden, Mr Michael Denton, Mr Terence Coghlan think that which animates the Christian life is gratitude and and Mr Terence Read. May I wish the board every blessing for hope. their work over the next three years. PATRONAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY 11 June 2017

Sung Eucharist at 11.00 a.m.

Preacher ~ The Very Rev William Morton, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral

Salmon & Strawberry Lunch in the crypt at 12.45 p.m.

Annual General Meeting in the Chapter Room at 2.15 p.m.

Evensong at 3.30 pm followed by the dedication of the Beaumont case in the treasury.

LUNCH IS BY RESERVATION ONLY, €25. PER PERSON

RESERVATION FORM ENCLOSED WITH THIS ISSUE.

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While much work has been done there is so much work to do. double when we welcomed 350 people to our celebration of The most pressing problems at the moment are the cathedral the Eucharist in the morning and 150 to our celebration of railings which are in a terrible state. Such is the problem that Choral Evensong in the afternoon. The cathedral now has Dublin City Council's dangerous structures department have sung services on five days of the week during term time. issued a preliminary warning to the cathedral instructing the Apart from the usual services many other liturgical and board to begin work on the damaged railings. The cathedral spiritual events take place. During Lent we had two Lenten architect, Mr. Paul Arnold, submitted a conservative estimate courses running concurrently with a very active Holy Week of five hundred thousand euro for conservation of the programme. One could say that the cathedral is buzzing with railings. The reality is that that estimate could be doubled. activity and that its spiritual life is truly celebrated. This gladdens my heart. What lies at the heart of any cathedral is The other pressing matter are the windows on the clerestory its support of the bishop of the diocese. The cathedral of the South aisle. These need immediate restoration as the constantly seeks to support the archbishop in his ministry in lead is perishing at an astonishing rate. The cost of such the diocese. Through many events and projects that are restoration will probably hit the half million mark too. diocesan in nature, the cathedral acts as a tool of evangelism for the archbishop and the diocese. The schools' service, With such conservation issues at hand the pressing need for Dublin and Glendalough 800, the schools choirs' competitions, active fundraising is evident. The task of the new board will ecumenical services and much more are evidence of the be to begin a fundraising plan for the cathedral so that it can cathedrals presence in the diocese. engage in the much needed conservation work. May I finally thank you for your support of the life of the The cathedral choir is making final plans for a fundraising cathedral. Without you a lot would not be possible in the trip to the United States of America. The choir will tour cathedral. Might I ask you to continue your loyal support of Washington, Boston and New York in July 2018. Already plans the cathedral in every way you can but most chiefly by are in place to visit the Irish Embassy there and to other coming to participate with us in our worship life. I give venues of note hoping to attract attention to the cathedral thanks to God and to you for every blessing we receive and I and with that much needed investment. The organisers of the pray that God will continue to bless us in our ministry in the trip are the Director of Music, Mr Ian Keatley and the Head cathedral. of Tourism and Events, Ms Susanne Reid. Both Ian and Susanne have already made many strides in the planning of Dermot the trip which will be a huge success for the cathedral.

Of course all of the above activities have one aim and that is for the preservation and continuance of a valued worship space in the heart of Dublin. It is wonderful to witness the steady increase in numbers coming to our services every Sunday. On Easter Day our numbers increased by more than

Flowers

We are very grateful to those people who generously gave donations towards flowers and arranged them over the past few months: Marion Coombs, Helen Finn (in memory of my brother Jim, his son Marc, also Ricky, Cian & Seth who died tragically), Sue Harman, Johanna Hyland, Peer Kermode, Alison O’Donohjue, Alan O’ Shea (in memory of Jimmy & Jennie O’Shea).

Do you enjoy flower arrangements?

The Friends of the Cathedral are interested in speaking to people who would like to help re-introduce weekly flower arrangements in the Cathedral and to maintain them during the week. The flowers are donated by members of the Friends. Please contact ‘The Friends Office’ The Chapter House, Christ Church Cathedral. Dublin 8. Email: [email protected]

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 A Renewal of Vows and the Blessing of the Oils Rev’d Garth Bunting

In a joint letter to all clergy this year, the Rt Revd Nick Reflecting on this, the archbishop Baines (Bishop of Leeds) and the Dean of Bradford, Very Revd commented, “this parable carries Jerry Lepine, said, “The Chrism Eucharist is a special occasion a meaning and also a ridiculousness at which the diocesan bishop presides at the Eucharist and as is the way of parables. The leads clergy in the renewal of their ordination vows. ridiculous side of it is that, in a Additionally the bishop will invite the lay people present to world of essential Safeguarding, it re-affirm their commitment to Christian discipleship.” simply is not possible to start volunteering on your own The Chrism Eucharist is not peculiar to Leeds, but, in fact, is recommendation or enthusiasm. celebrated in Anglican dioceses throughout the world in Holy The meaningful side of it is that the Week and most especially on Maundy Thursday. Such a service professionalized volunteers seem not to have been able to cope takes place in Christ Church Cathedral on the morning of with the idea of a refugee giving rather than needing to Maundy Thursday each year. receive.”

At our service this year, the archbishop, the Most Revd Dr Another significant part of the Chrism Eucharist is the Michael Jackson, asked all those gathered, lay and ordained, to blessing of oils for use in anointing at various times be open to receiving service from others as they seek to serve throughout the year. The archbishop blesses three quantities in the world. Taking his inspiration from St John 13.12 ‘After of oil; one for anointing at ordinations, one for anointing at washing their feet, Jesus put on his garment and sat down baptisms and confirmations and one for anointing the sick again’, Dr Jackson reflected on how Jesus, after ministering to and dying. As each quantity of oil is brought forward to the the disciples, sat down to allow them to flourish. archbishop a prayer is said by him.

As a priest listening to the archbishop, I was left wondering This year, for instance, the Revd Eoghan Heaslip carried the how successful, or otherwise, I am at sitting down and letting oil for signing the cross at baptism and the following prayer others take the reigns. was said:

The Archbishop said, “One of the interesting things raising its Blessed are you, sovereign God, head concerns what seems to be a fairly obvious thing to do in the protector of all who believe in you. a Christian context; and that is to help others. But on Maundy Your anointed Son overcame the powers of evil Thursday we need to beware; it is as if we (because we when he was lifted high upon the cross. instinctively as ministers of the Gospel, lay and ordained, read By the power of your Spirit may your blessing rest ourselves into the person of Jesus Christ) have an entitlement on those who are anointed with this oil in your name; to give service, to dispense service and therefore do not need to as they come to the waters of baptism, may it be for them a receive service – and then increasingly we do not want to sign of your defence in their fight against sin, the world and receive service but only want to dispense service to others. the devil, and bring them to share in Christ’s victory. Amen. This is a difficult personal and professional place to be.”

The archbishop went on to describe how he had heard a story recently, a kind of parable, about a refugee who went in to a refugee centre to offer help and service to those there. The refugee’s offer was met with statements like, “But we are here to offer help to you!” Photograph courtesy of Lynn Glanville, Diocesan Communications Officer

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Cathedral Choirs Sing in Harmony at St Patrick’s Eve Celebration Lynn Granville

The choir of Christ Church Cathedral and St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral with Archbishop Michael Jackson and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and clergy representing both cathedrals at the Eve of the Feast of St. Patrick Festal Evensong

A celebration of unity on the eve of St Patrick’s Day saw the In his address, Archbishop Martin said our God is a God of and Roman Catholic Archbishops of Dublin love. Time and time again in Scripture we see God go beyond lead a Festal Choral Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral. The his own anger, the Archbishop said. He added that God choirs of Christ Church Cathedral and St Mary’s Pro Cathedral doesn’t react to our turning away from him in sin but recoils sang together to reflect the theme of a shared desire for and ultimately turns to us to offer his mercy. The same ideas Christian unity. are seen in St Patrick’s writings with St Patrick turning back towards those who sinned against him. When writing to the Archbishop Michael Jackson and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warrior king Coroticus, who killed many newly converted both delivered an address during the service and gave the Christians, he gave him the opportunity of repentance. blessing together at the end. “Sadly so often today we are confronted with only a shallow caricature of St Patrick. He was a man of God, a man of In his address, Archbishop Jackson noted that St Patrick was prayer and a man with a deep sense of God’s love and trafficked, was a slave and had been taken by brute force forgiveness. There can be no authentic celebration of the feast from his own country. But he responded to the call of the of St Patrick which fails to see the depth of his life and Irish by returning to the country where he had been spirituality,” Archbishop Martin stated. humiliated, betrayed and ill-used.

He said the service on the Eve of St Patrick’s Day took place faithfully and ecumenically and in recognition that St Patrick’s Day itself is a celebration of Irishness worldwide. The Irish diaspora across the world had often made an impact for good. Other people found their sense of community infectious and this has been our gift to the world, he stated.

“So what has gone so tragically wrong at home, and has been so abjectly wrong as a concealed wrong that has incriminated the victim in the ways that abuse so cruelly and successfully does, in such a way that lives are destroyed, facts are distorted and individuals are depersonalized? We cannot call it anything other than The Mother and Baby Home Scandal,” Archbishop Jackson stated. He said St Patrick’s Day 2017 would be different in Ireland as a result of the recent revelations and said listening must be our voice in St Patrick’s–tide 2017. Archbishop Michael Jackson and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Easter Day Address The Most Rev’d Michael Jackson

Romans 8.25: If we hope for something we do not see, then we look New Testament itself, that of forward to it eagerly and with patience. Lazarus. You may indeed remember the situation. As St The words of St Paul in his Letter to the Romans may seem far John tells the very, very long removed from Easter Day. They may well seem to us to sit story of his visit to the house of more naturally with Pentecost. I say this because they fall Mary and Martha and of their within a section of St Paul’s teaching on the Holy Spirit. It now-deceased brother Lazarus, we may also seem premature to talk of the Holy Spirit on Easter have a sense of something both Day when the focus of our faith is here and now on the happening and not happening in resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As St Paul language quite different from St Paul’s conundrum: eagerly and expounds his thoughts and his pictures of the working of the with patience. We get, instead, something closer to irritation Holy Spirit, he draws out an idea of the Holy Spirit coming to and impatience. St John 11.32b I suggest gives us the polite our assistance and being given voice in our inarticulate version: Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died. groanings, searching for something that is good yet still Floating in the air we get more than a hint of something we unclear as things stand as to their mature outcome or fuller might consider to be far less Scriptural: I thought you were his expression. friend! If you had bothered to get here on time, or even a little bit earlier, we might well not be in the unholy mess we are in now. The The image is powerful and pertinent today far beyond its tension in that story is unbearable. Jesus is depicted in St original context. The image cannot but touch the heart of John’s Gospel as talking theologically about himself to people childbirth itself and its complexities; but it relates also gently who are distraught about the loss of a brother they had never and sensitively to those with disabilities and those who are expected to lose ‘in this way,’ as none of us actually expects to immigrants and refugees and those who suffer from abuse lose anyone who matters to us ‘in this way,’ It is a well-worn and rejection, historic and contemporary. Inarticulate and tragic phrase in the slow and painful pathway of human groanings can be the voice of need and fear, of pain and grief towards accepting loss. neglect, of abuse and rejection every bit as much as they are the voice of joy and birth. And The Holy Spirit speaks through But I want to take you to the later part of this story, the point each and to each. These groanings are, in the Pauline context, where St John says: The dead man came out, his hands and his feet the voice of our longing to be free of the mortal body; they bound with linen bandages, his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said, Loose are the voice of our best efforts at prayer; and the voice of our him, let him go. (St John 13.44) The language sounds vaguely speaking out, telling forth The Holy Spirit to the world. There familiar on Easter Day. I suggest it is meant to. But I want to are, without a doubt, good reasons to explain why these voices take you further to a spiritual and an imaginative insight are not sufficient for what we want to say. We are making a that is given voice through the medium of sculpture. It is a stab at it. We are trying our best. We are not quite sure. We single block of stone, about ten feet high; it stands in the are not just there yet, wherever there may be. If any of us ante-chapel of New College, Oxford; it depicts Lazarus fighting were crystal clear in what we say and in what we mean, if his way out of the linen bandages and the winding cloth of St any of us were to be positive and directionful in our John 13; but as Epstein depicts Lazarus, he is looking wistfully utterances all the time, we would indeed be truly magnificent and longingly backwards rather than forwards, with an and truly miraculous. To St Paul, The Resurrection has extremely pained and agonized look on his face. In returning happened but to Jesus Christ and to the Holy Spirit we remain to life as we know it and life to which his sisters and his a work in progress. We are moving, at the best of our pace and friends all rejoice to welcome him once more, he is well aware at the best of our ability, to something we do not see; we are of, and acutely alive to, what he has just lost in being plucked doing this through hope, faith and love. St Paul tells us that it out of, pulled back from the risen life. It is an extraordinary happens, when it happens, through a mixture of eagerness image. It is the work of a Jewish sculptor Jacob Epstein. It is and patience – not a very obvious combination for people who interesting that someone to whom the Christian tradition did are perpetually hampered by the demands of a busy schedule not and could not ‘mean anything,’ in the way in which and over-communication. Eagerness and patience do not seem casually we use the word ‘mean,’ saw something in Lazarus to go together. St Paul asks us to hold them together and to that is an unavoidable challenge to Christians everywhere work with them spiritually. today, Easter Sunday, and which many Christians sidestep and avoid: What if … What if it in fact is true – that the risen life I take you back, however, to a point before the resurrection of is more wonderful than our imagining and our hoping, our Jesus Christ, to that first expression of the risen life in the fearing and our worrying, our eagerness and our patience?

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What if, in the words of St Paul, the sufferings we now Maybe we need to revisit those words with which we began: endure are not worth comparing with the glory that shall be eagerly and with patience. In the year when we mark and revealed? (Romans 8.18) celebrate five hundred years of The Reformation as a series of definitive events that altered significantly, substantially and At a time when more and more people have good reason to see seismically the shape of corporate life and personal freedom deep inconsistency in religious systems, to be wary of we need to regain the fulcrum around which The Reformation churches and institutions in the forms we and our pivots: sola scriptura, sola gratia, sola fide: by Scripture alone, by grace predecessors have made them, it is important that we who alone, by faith alone. In a world of remarkable ecumenical live by resurrection do so in our actions for others rather togetherness, an emphasis on Reformation principles may than simply talking about resurrection on Easter Day to one seem ungracious or even embarrassing. However reformation is another. Resurrection is about transformation here and now; a third r- I would add to revisit and regain and it is thoroughly resurrection is about new life for all here and now. And it is ecumenical. Every religious tradition is faced with reformation such because of the cosmic impact of the coming together of either willingly or reluctantly. Not to reform is not an option God the creator and the creation of God’s loving it, in and today. Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan, on behalf of through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Religious truths are the Roman Catholic and the Lutheran traditions respectively, difficult, arresting, irritating, confrontational. brought together in Lund and in Malmo in Sweden on the last day of October 2016 for the first time Reformed and Catholic It is for these reasons that I raise the question: What would it doctrine and practice in an official theological and practical be like if we believed it really were true? The first thing I way by their signing together From Conflict to Communion. Both suggest is that churches would have a much more pro-active of these parts of the Western religious tradition are bound to executive grasp of the relationship between justice and mercy. each other in ways we have never seen since before The This would lift churches out of the loss adjustor mentality Reformation but now enriched by the insights that around human relationships and human sexuality. It would reformation brings to everyone. I wonder if the time is now also enable individuals inside the churches and outside the right for us in Ireland, south and north together, to put our churches to see that resurrection is a response to humanity traditions at the service of the greater good by reforming and its dilemmas where faith on the part of some members of together for the future. As churches, chastened by recent society releases the energies of flourishing for everyone events and deadly cruelties, we now need to be invited by our irrespective of their belief and value system. A large part of society to do this, rather than it being our own assumption the frozenness around churches comes from our internal that we can convene the meeting. It would be a very exciting sense of bereavement and loss of majority influence. We type of reformation. Justice and mercy, hope and humanity cannot readily cope with leavening the lump as our God-given are not confined to Christianity. On Easter Day, nonetheless, task. At this stage in history such a sense of superiority might they should feature in our recognitions and in our well be seen as a dangerous delusion. In certain relationships. They should inspire the hope in things unseen. circumstances it means that we give up on active It is to this that we are called forward at Easter. Hallelujah! proclamation far too early and reverse into our ecclesiastical comfort zone. The second thing I suggest follows from the St John 20.16: Jesus said: Mary! She turned to him and said, Rabbuni! first and it is the relationship between hope and humanity. The invitation to hopelessness in the media-driven world of today seems now to be an almost unstoppable force. Whether the story be of Gaza or of Aleppo, or again of Sweden and Egypt, Bulletin Reminder as previously it was of Srebrenica or Rwanda, or before that of Northern Ireland, fear follows terror and hopelessness follows Between Newsletters we have been issuing a small both. And yet there are sufficient pointers to human bulletin containing information regarding forthcoming magnificence, human victoriousness right across the world, Friends Outings in and around the Dublin area. Due to the in the most squalid of circumstances, to tell us that there is ever rising cost of postage we have been encouraging justice in the midst of corruption, there is compassion in the Friends to let us have their email addresses. midst of exploitation, there is light in the midst of darkness – We find we are still posting a considerable amount of everywhere. The challenge is for us to seize it and to honour bulletins –some to people who may not be interested in it and to share it – whatever its source - and to learn from it receiving it! Recently we asked if those who wish to and to be taught by it. And it is a conviction of the New continue receiving bulletins by post would let us know. If Testament that hope has its focus in the future and in the you have not already done so please contact Eileen unseen. It is empirical, it is generous, it is not a private Kennedy: home ‘phone 01 2691992 mobile 0861995410. possession. Like the Kingdom of God itself, it has a big life of its own and cannot be suppressed by the church at its most Next bulletin will be issued at the end of June. scandalous, its most fractured or at its most uncaring. The Patricia Sweetman and Eileen Kennedy human spirit resonates with the Spirit of God, as Scripture tells us with hope in human dignity and in human endeavour. Joint Membership Secretaries

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Easter Message The Most Rev’d Michael Jackson

Resurrection brings to life generous words like glory and Our greatest invitation is to interpretation. In every gathering, like recognition and restoration. Individuals who generation the good news of salvation needs a fresh voice to have been shattered and scattered by the death of Jesus find a disclose the person of Jesus Christ in the world and for the new fulcrum and focal point in their lives in the cry: He is world. Our sense of excitement needs to tune in to the risen! The church on earth, today as yesterday, lifts high the incomprehension of others who have good reason not to see response: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! us as we see ourselves. We need to turn our hands and our feet to the service of others. However late in the day it may We in our day need to do more than respond in words. This seem to us and to other people, we need to stand with Peter message of new life has been God’s gift to us within the who says to Cornelius in Caesarea: I now understand how true it is church for almost two thousand years. We need to take up the that God has no favourites ... (Acts 10.34) living invitation to work as well as to worship; to do as well as to dance; to make reaching out our definitive and our I wish you joy and peace in the time of Easter and in the sustained response. We for whom the resurrection is a time of season of resurrection. faith and a place of hope need also to move this good news in action and in practice beyond our limitiations, beyond our +Michael fears, beyond our prejudices, beyond our sense of strangeness to others in a modern world.

Easter elections: Board of Christ Church Cathedral 2017-2020

Elected lay members of the Board: Election of Diocesan Synod representatives: Mr Desmond Campbell The appropriate number of names for the positions having Mrs Carol Casey been proposed, no election took place. Mr Terence Coghlan Diocese of Dublin: Mr Michael Denton Mrs Jean Finch Representatives - Mrs Barbara Comerford Mr Desmond Kinsella Dr Kenneth Milne Dr Leonard Madden Dr Raymond Refaussé Dr Kenneth Milne Mr Terence Read Supplementalists - Dr Margaret Daly-Denton Mrs Celia Dunne Chapter Members: Miss Stella Mew The Very Revd DPM Dunne (Dean) The Revd Canon Neill McEndoo (Precentor) Diocese of Glendalough: The Revd Canon David Mungavin (Chancellor) Representatives - Mr Alan Mulligan The Revd Canon Robert Deane (Treasurer), Ms Carol Revington The Venerable Canon David Pierpoint (Archdeacon of Dublin) Mr David Wynne The Revd Canon Roy Byrne The Revd Canon Aisling Shine Supplementalists - Mrs Gladys Gourley The Revd Canon Adrienne Galligan Ms Rosemary Paul The Revd Canon Maurice Elliott Mr Terence Read

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Retreat in the City Rev’d Abigail Sines

After a break in 2015, the cathedral restarted its annual children living in direct provision Retreat in the City. This year’s retreat was entitled ‘Going up hostels. By Christmas Eve our crib the Holy Mountain: A journey of love’ and took place 3-5 was overflowing with hundreds of February, 2017. The retreat leader was the Venerable Gary prayers. We had prayers written Hastings, Archdeacon of Tuam, and the sessions were based on in English, Spanish, French and his book Going up the Holy Mountain. The retreat included a even Russian, reflecting the series of stations related to our relationship to ourselves and diversity of our visitors to the to God and to the brokenness that is part of our human cathedral. existence, as well as reflections on loving God, neighbour and self. With good response to this year’s retreat, we are looking For Lent 2017, we have run a ahead to February 2018 and hope to continue to build on this creative series entitled ‘Call and Response’ under the aspect of the cathedral’s spirituality programme. umbrella of our Cathedral Nights programme. ‘Cathedral Nights’ is an occasional series of special open evenings Seasons Come and Go inviting people to make space in their day for prayer and One enjoyable aspect of ministry in the cathedral is creatively reflection. The format of the evenings varies but all generally exploring the seasons of the church year, inviting visitors as include music, readings from scripture, and creative prayer well as the regular members of our congregation to engage areas. People are invited to stop for just for a little while or with prayer in different ways. stay for the whole evening.

In Advent 2016 the cathedral hosted for the first time the Advent Sheep Trail. The call went out in advance inviting the contribution of hand-knitted sheep from across the diocese. From Advent Sunday the cathedral was home to this mischievous flock, let loose in the aisles and side chapels. The Sheep Trail invited pilgrims of all ages to take note of some of the cathedral’s remarkable stained glass, architectural features and art work, with suggestions for points to pause for reflection, helping us to remember the reason why we celebrate Christmas. The trail concluded at the crib display where visitors were invited to write down a prayer to leave in Creative prayer areas set up in the south transept provided the crib. We had more than 150 children, teachers and short reflections on the weekly gospel readings and invited volunteers from national schools and other groups visited us people to write down prayers to leave as part of the displays. during the season, led in their pilgrimage around the The series has also included participation from two artists, a cathedral by the Dean’s Vicar. Each class that visited got to musician and a contemporary dancer, developing a creative take away a sheep to help them remember their pilgrimage. piece focused on the questions we bring in the context of our The Sheep Trail also was available to all visitors through the faith. The piece was presented at our final ‘Cathedral Nights’ use of the self-guided ‘passport’ available at the welcome desk. gathering for the season on 11 April. The evening provided a We also were delighted to donate some of our fabulous hand- Holy Week pilgrimage in music and movement, followed by a knitted beauties to organisation holding a Christmas party for bring-and-share supper in the crypt.

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017

Wearing of the Green The annual St Patrick’s Day parade draws huge crowds to the city centre. While the parade affects the normal cathedral opening hours, we decided this year to have a celebration of the Eucharist and blessing of the shamrock for St Patrick’s Day in the early afternoon, as a reminder that the day is about more than the parade and leprechaun costumes! Visitors from around the world joined us for this said service and it was a wonderful chance to make space for prayer and reflection in the midst of the busy city centre festivities. The Big Step Up

On Saturday 8 April the cathedral hosted ‘The Big Step Up’, focusing on the transition from primary to secondary school, and we were joined by kids from Greystones and Castleknock parishes. The Revd Nigel Mackey, chaplain to Wesley College, spoke on Saturday evening, and there were opportunities for creative prayer around scripture, including Jesus’ saying ‘I am the Vine’, and making beaded keychains as a reminder of the gospel readings of Holy Week. In addition to the main service, the programme included dinner and social time in the crypt, open space for creative prayer in the nave, and a service of late evening office to bring everyone back together before settling in for a sleepover in the nave!

I hope that this is a program that can be developed in future years to involve more parishes as a special ‘rite of passage’ and to make space for young people to prepare spiritually for the transition in school.

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Education Ruth Kenny

Our third film series, May as a public, paying family tour ‘Sun, Sea and Soil: our every Saturday morning for the Planet in the 21st duration of the summer. Century’ took place on Monday evenings in March and proved to be our greatest success yet, with record numbers - 78 people - attending the third film in the run of four; ‘Symphony of the Soil’. With all the films themed around environmental issues we Magna Carta attracted a great mix of cathedral regulars and new faces. Introduced by a line-up of fascinating speakers - Irish Times film critic Donald Clark, Robert Moss from An Taisce, Klaus Laitenberger from People 4 Soil, Pat Brereton from DCU and the film writer Daniel Fitzpatrick - the post- Child’s Monk Costume film discussions were lively and thought-provoking. A collection for Irish Lifeboats at the end of the final film - ‘Atlantic’ - resulted in €157, which has been sent to the organisation. We are now looking ahead to the fourth series, which will take place in November, on a ‘Utopias/Dystopias’ theme.

The first two workshops of the year – ‘Make your own mini Magna Carta’ and ‘Make your own Easter Garden’ - were also greatly enjoyed by participants. At the first session, the children who took part learnt about our 800 year old copy of Magna Carta and then got creative with their own rules and rights, calligraphy, sealing wax and ribbons to make a version of Magna Carta for today. At the Easter session, we created beautiful gardens in baskets on a resurrection theme. The workshop proved a very creative and seasonal two hours with the invaluable input of Abigail Sines.

Our Dublin & Glendalough 800 free diocesan school Monk’s Tours have now begun and have gone down very well with the first schools who have taken part in them. With the help of a group of very obliging volunteers, including members of the cathedral Friends and the Mother’s Union, we made 30 mini monk’s habits, which the children dress up in at the start of their tour. The tour is set in 1267 and classes are led around the cathedral, crypt and grounds by a guide who is their prior. They learn all about how monks lived at Christ Church; what they ate, what they wore and what they did every day. The costumes are proving a great hit and really seem to get the children engaged with the early history and spiritual life of the cathedral. The tours will also be rolled out from mid- Easter Garden

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Portrait of Archbishop Walton Empey Olivia Bartlett

One Sunday with the wife of the late Dean John Paterson’s surgeon. morning in advent, after Based on that, I have produced an image of a cleric in the Eucharist traditional Church of Ireland episcopal dress. Dressed in and behind a rochet, chimere and scarf, he wears his episcopal ring, his pillar in the pectoral cross and holds the diocesan crozier – all the crypt, Dr trappings. The crozier is held firmly – he literally has a firm Kenneth grasp of his role as a shepherd of his flock. The hand bearing Milne the ring is upturned, open. It expresses his willingness to give approached as well as to receive. It is a gentle hand. The thumb and me, fixed me forefinger, in particular, show a response to others. He with his communicates physically as well as verbally. Bishop Walton Empey & Olivia Bartlett steady, blue eyed gaze and said “I have been instructed by the committee The pectoral cross – a silver, not gold, Celtic one, has partially of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, to ask you if you slipped under the black scarf. The cross is worn, but not would paint a portrait of Walton”. I was stunned and even ostentatiously. Indeed, it is this sense of humbly performed before I could fully engage my brain as to this bolt from the duty and commitment to the responsibilities of office that I blue I heard myself saying, “I would love to.” And, indeed, I believe is an integral aspect of Archbishop Walton. I have have loved doing just that. I feel myself truly honoured by presented him as fully present, warm, concerned for others. I this opportunity and thank the Friends of Christ Church as believe this can be seen in the face. The eyes are open, well as Bishop Empey for this. focused, and steady. The mouth is gentle, communicating. He connects with others. Bishop Walton Empey is one of the very first people to welcome me to this country. He it was, as Archbishop, who My portrait is larger than life. It shows a big personality, a preached at the service for friends here in this cathedral to concerned, fully present, Archbishop, pastor of his flock, a celebrate John’s and my, wedding, which had taken place in man of warmth, concern and compassion, a communicator, a London a couple of weeks earlier. I hold him in the warmest “people person.” This is Archbishop Walton Empey as I regard, grateful for his kindness and generosity of spirit. My experienced him and continue to do so. I hope this is how you friends from London who came here to participate in that see him too and that this time; people will say “That’s him. celebration were bowled over by his approachability. One That’s Walton.” friend threatened not to wash for week because she had been welcomed with a Christian kiss by an Archbishop! If I have succeeded at all, I owe this very When I asked Bishop Walton for permission to paint a much to my husband, portrait of him and once he had recovered from the shock of John, whom I this unexpected request, he asked that my painting should badgered daily for show him as he was in office as Archbishop. This meant I comments as to my would have to work from photographs. I trawled the net and progress and who saw image after image of the Archbishop facing the camera, became as smiling alongside many others doing the same. These were wholeheartedly photographs to mark occasions but offering little insight to committed to the the man, I know. As Dr Milne had asked me to paint the creation of this portrait, I sent him frantic e-mails bewailing the lack of portrait as I am. suitable images. He suggested I contact the Diocesan Without him, it would Communications Officer but despite her best efforts that drew not have been a blank. The Church of Ireland Press Office did find me one achieved as well. I delightful photo depicting Archbishops Eames and Empey in thank him for his dark suits, sitting informally and surrounded by stone sheep. enthusiasm and I thanked them but wondered if they had something rather diligence. He, too, more episcopal. The response was warm but yielded nothing. wants one, whom he I was beginning to panic when Dr Milne suggested we look at considers a friend to back copies of the Friends’ News and there, on one front cover, be viewed for Bishop Empey views his portrait about fifteen centimetres high, in grainy black and grey on generations as a kind newsprint was, for me, an image that depicted what I wanted and caring pastor, combining common sense and strength to express. It showed Archbishop Walton Empey conversing with a warm presence.

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Visit to St Audeon’s and St Werburgh’s Church Jean Moynan

The Friends visited St Audoen's and St Werburgh's for a very Following lunch at Rosie's Café, the Friends crossed the busy interesting visit this Spring and greatly enjoyed very road to be welcomed by Denise Mcgowan at St Werburgh's,. informative tours of both churches. where the composer John Field was baptised They saw, in the porch, the ancient fire-engines with their water pumps, They were met at St Audoen's by Canon Mark Gardner, who before entering the lovely building, where the pulpit makes a told them that the 1885 organ came from St Michael's Church, beautiful centrepiece to the nave.Over the holy table is some part of which survives in the former Synod Hall, now interesting plaster work. In a gallery over the main entrance Dublinia. He also showed the Friends a beautiful display of is the Lord Lieutenant's box, behind which is the organ of silverware, describing each item and its history. They were 1767, paid for by parishoners' subscriptions. also shown some fascinating manuscripts, including a register In the crypt lies the coffin of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, and of Kirwan House and several records relating to old Church of behind the church is a small graveyard. Ireland institutions in Dublin city.

Bell in porch of St. Audeon’s Church The pulpit in St. Werburgh’s Church

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Obituary of Bishop Samuel Poyntz Canon Adrian Empey

The death of the Rt Revd Dr Samuel Greenfield Poyntz and foresight, refurbishing the occurred on 18 February in his 91st year. Educated at Portora Diocesan Office, carrying out Royal School, Enniskillen, and Trinity College, Dublin, he major remedial works in two studied philosophy and oriental languages, achieving charitable housing centres, and successively his BA (1948), BD (1956) and PhD (1960). He was amalgamating two religious-run awarded an honorary DLitt (1995) by the University of Ulster voluntary hospitals. Many of his in recognition of his contribution to the Province as bishop of initiatives had important Connor (1987-95). ecumenical aspects. He was a familiar, respected and admired His ministry may be viewed in three parts, corresponding to figure both in the city and years of service in three dioceses: Dublin, Cork and Connor. beyond, where he is still remembered with affection. His Ordained deacon in 1950, he served the first 28 years of his appointment to the see of Connor in 1987 presented him with ministry in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough, formidable challenges - the ravages of IRA and Loyalist almost entirely in city centre parishes, serving one of three violence, deeply divided communities, and inner-city decay in curacies under his father. Given his combination of practical, Belfast, to name a few. He worked tirelessly in support of his pastoral and intellectual gifts, it is not surprising that he hard-pressed clergy in distressing situations, readily made his mark with parochial nominators, becoming acknowledging their unsung courage and compassion, while successively rector of St Stephen’s parish (1959-67), St Ann’s undertaking a number of peace-making initiatives. As always, (1967-70), and the combined parishes (1970-78). Challenged by he stood firm, and together with Archbishop Eames of Armagh the diminishing number of resident parishioners in city he represented the public face of the Church of Ireland. centre, he responded to changing circumstances by replacing older parochial models with a vision of the church engaging At another level he was prominent both in ecumencial in the life of the city. He possessed a clear vision of where he dialogue and in the concerns of the wider Anglican wished to go and the gifts necessary to get there. He admired Communion. He was vice-chair of the British Council of his great contemporary, David Shepherd, in making the Churches (1986-90), and led a British Council delegation to church relevant in post-industrial Liverpool. Not surprisingly, Israel-Palestine in 1989. He was president of the Irish Council his energy, vision and administrative gifts left their mark on of Churches (1986-7), and co-chair of the Irish Inter-Church the diocese, not least during the last four years of his Meeting. In this capacity he led several important delegations ministry in St Ann’s and St Stephen’s, during which time he to international conferences, including the first European was a highly effective archdeacon of Dublin. One of his most Ecumenical Conference in Lausanne. enduring innovations was the creation of the Priorities Fund. But there was more to “Sam” – as he was affectionately Neither of the ensuing episcopal appointments was the choice known– than the sum of his many achievements. His of an electoral college. It is to the credit of the House of readiness to innovate was tempered by an indifference to Bishops that his abilities were recognised, something that certain modern means of communication. He wrote letters in seems not to have occurred to diocesan electors who may not a characteristic scrawl in Gladstonian profusion, I think have savoured the election of a real mover and shaker. As virtually every one of them by return. When I joined him at 8 bishop of the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (1978- am for our weekly discussions about the parish – I was his 87), he set about the task of renewal with characteristic vigour curate for two hectic years between 1974 and 1976 - he would already have dispatched a mass of correspondence. It was typical of a man who was firm and decisive by nature. As a pastor he had the gift of reading people like an open book. He took a keen personal interest in the welfare of his clergy, whether by pastoral or by practical support. The same provision was extended to anyone to whom he had a duty of care, not least to his ordinands. They were never in doubt as to what was expected of them. He touched and changed many lives. I am certainly numbered among that great cloud of witnesses. I shall never forget him. Behind the bustle, there was warmth, humour, humanity, integrity and courage. He was unquestionably one of the most outstanding servants of the Church of Ireland in his generation. In all of this, he was loyally supported by his wife Noreen, who survives him, together with their daughters Jennifer and Stephanie, their Rt Revd Dr Samuel Greenfield Poyntz son Timothy, and their families.

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Music Department Ian Keatley - Music Director

The Girl Choristers of Christ Church Cathedral commissioned Christ Church Cathedral Choir a new anthem by Anne-Marie O’Farrell earlier this year invited the Palestrina Choir of St entitled ‘SBeannaithe Thú, a Bhríd (Brigid, O Holy One) to mark the Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Dublin to sing Feast of St Brigid. It describes the life of St Brigid including at a Festal Choral Evensong on the some of her great miracles. Anne-Marie O’Farrell commented: Eve of the Feast of St Patrick last March. The Feast of St Writing a choral piece for St Brigid’s Day encouraged me to look at what Patrick creates a strong and positive sense of unity we know of St Brigid and her spiritual leadership. Brigid was known for throughout the island of Ireland. At Christ Church we sought her ministry to the sick and the dying, with several miracles attributed to reflect this sense of community with an ecumenical service to her. Her name means ‘exalted’, and she was also called ‘Mary of the promoting a shared desire for Christian unity symbolised by Gaels’. I was delighted to explore these themes for the fresh young voices two cathedral choirs singing together as one ensemble. The of the new Christ Church Cathedral Girls’ Choir, with organ service was led by Archbishop Michael Jackson and accompaniment from David Bremner, at the invitation of the Organist & Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Director of Music, Ian Keatley. Continuing the theme of education and outreach, our Continuing the theme of new music, Christ Church Cathedral cathedral Music Summer School will commence on 30th May Choir gave a first performance of a new commission marking the this year. We look forward to welcoming children from local 80th birthday of Canon Dr John Bartlett on Sunday 12 March. schools into the cathedral community. Participants will take Canon Bartlett is a former Precentor of Christ Church part in musical workshops including choral rehearsals, music Cathedral and former Principal of the Church of Ireland theory classes, historical study and basic spiritual formation. Theological College. As cathedral organist and Director of The course will culminate in a joint service with the music, who commissioned the new anthem said: “I chose two cathedral choir which will be very engaging for some of the verses from the psalms which, for me, express something of children who have not previously experienced cathedral the profound integrity and good nature of John’s character. worship and liturgy. We were very grateful to everyone who kindly donated the funds necessary to commission the new work.” The new A large number of the Cathedral Choristers have passed an anthem, entitled ‘Blessed is the man’, was composed by the audition to attend The New Charles Wood Girls’ Choir Course renowned English composer Dr David Bednall. The text was which takes place in Armagh from Monday 21st – Sunday 27th taken from psalms 112: v 1 and 37: v 23 (King James Version). August 2017. The week-long residential summer course is for 'Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: that delighteth girl choristers aged 12-18. Participants experience intensive, greatly in his commandments. The steps of a good man are fun training in singing and choral music directed by myself. ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.' Choristers will also enjoy workshops with Dr David Hill and John Rutter CBE. All meals and accommodation are provided The Cathedral Choir also gave a first performance of a new in the pleasant, safe and secure surroundings of The Royal commission celebrating the birthday of, and dedicated to, The School Armagh with performances in the Anglican and Very Revd Dermot Dunne, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral on Catholic Cathedrals and a live BBC Radio Broadcast. For more Tuesday 28th March, immediately before the Triennial Election information visit www.charleswoodsummerschool.org. of a new Cathedral Board. Commissioned by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, ‘Felicem diem natalem’ is a light-hearted setting of ‘Happy Birthday’ composed in the style of Renaissance Polyphony by Lay Vicar Choral, Eoin Conway. The very recognisable tune of Happy Birthday can be heard, as a parody of the ‘cantus firmus’ technique, in the soprano line. Organist & Director of Music, Ian Keatley, conducting the combined choirs of Christ Church Cathedral and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 John Bartlett celebrating 80 years….

Christ Church Cathedral Choir gave a ‘first performance’ of a new commission marking the 80th birthday of Canon Dr John Bartlett on Sunday 12 March. Canon Bartlett is a former Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral and former Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College. Cathedral Organist & Director of Music, Ian Keatley, who commissioned the new anthem said: “I chose two verses from the psalms which, for me, express something of the profound integrity and good nature of John’s character. We are very grateful to everyone who kindly donated the funds necessary to commission the new work.” The new anthem, entitled ‘Blessed is the man’, was composed by the renowned English composer Dr David Bednall. The text was taken from psalms 112: v 1 and 37: v 23 (King James Version). 'Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: that delighteth greatly in his commandments. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.' Canon John Bartlett cutting his cake

The Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross and The Cross of the Way, words walking deep sense of urgency and a quickening pace on the part of in tandem, draw together an experience of walking with those who walk with the cross. Beginning in Christ Church others and walking with one’s own thoughts as Christians the Cathedral in Dublin 8, we are bound for St Mary’s world over remember and enter into the Passion of Jesus Pro–Cathedral in Dublin 1. While the number of walkers Christ. Good Friday is the name we give to this day and to this grows each year, people who are on the streets are experience. It is our conviction that goodness comes to the nonetheless surprized that something like this happens. Our world of humanity through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. job is simply to keep walking. Nobody has ever interrogated This is a difficult and a scandalous doctrine. It comes in a the motivation of those who walk and it is right that it should number of ways. One is that so much suffering through be like this. Some may be walking for themselves. Some may history is a wrong imposed on those who do not merit it, the be walking for a loved one who has suffered or who is innocent, the weak, the abandoned, the exploited, the suffering. Some may be walking for the suffering of defenceless: the crucifixion of Jesus as we Christians humanity. The whole experience is made possible by the remember it expresses the solidarity of one World Faith with generosity of Archbishop Martin and by the clergy of both the rest of humanity. And suffering is no respecter of persons cathedrals and by the people who take the time and make the or of Faiths as events daily show us. Another is the narrative effort to walk The Way of the Cross. of salvation that is special to the Christian Faith. Whatever words and theological emphases we feel to be appropriate, we need the annual and the weekly and the daily remembrance of the events through which God redeemed the world by, with and in Jesus Christ who came to earth for this purpose. Incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension are some of these words. It is beautifully summed up in the words of the hymn: ‘When I survey the wondrous cross …’

As the Taize Cross is carried through the streets of the city of Dublin, there is a The Archbishops of Dublin leading ‘The Way of the Cross’ through College Green to the Pro Cathedral

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Keeper of the Archives Kenneth Milne

When Friends hear about the cathedral archives they music was chosen by Westminster probably (and properly!) think about manuscripts such as the Abbey (where Stanford is buried) Black Book or the White Book or the chapter act books. But for the Evensong attended by Pope the Archives Area in the crypt is also home to a collection of Benedict in 2010. printed books and journals, and we should remember that until comparatively recently Christ Church had a very Describing his early days in considerable library of printed material as well as a Dublin, Stanford wrote manuscript archive second to none (or, more accurately, ‘These two historical buildings second only to Dublin Corporation). Maura Tallon, in an [Christ Church and St. Patrick’s] article in the June 1959 issue of An Leabharlann (the Journal of were the cradle and nursery of the Library Association of Ireland) described the library at music in Ireland.,…Christ Church Cathedral, considerably the Christ Church as ‘not extensive’, apart from its music elder of the two, was mainly Norman in style. The transepts collection and manuscripts, and the collection to-day is even wholly so, the choir Pointed and Transition, and what smaller than it was in 1959, as quite a few volumes were sold remained of architecture in the nave, Early English of a date in aid of ‘Safeguarding Christ Church’, the appeal to raise anterior to St. Patrick’s. (More recent researches might £500,000 in the 1970s to enable a vital restoration of the question some of the above.) cathedral fabric to take place. Indeed some of the books now on the shelves were put up for sale at that time and Stanford went on to refer to Street’s book on the restoration purchased by well-wishers and returned to Christ Church. of Christ Church as ‘a large volume…fully describing the restoration by Street, but unfortunately skimming over its In recent years we have condition before Mr Henry Roe undertook the restoration of been slowly re-constituting the fabric.’ The music, according to Stanford, ‘was as good as, the library through often better than that at St. Patrick’s, but there was no purchases and thanks to theatrical crowd here. Something in the noble atmosphere of generous donors the place made it unthinkable. Street’s restoration was far (including the Friends), more pious than that of the many cooks who spoilt the broth and we also now have the of St. Patrick’s. (Again, others might beg to differ.) valuable collection of liturgical literature Finally, on a more personal note, the future knight, friend of bequeathed us by Dean Tennyson and teacher of several other highly-regarded Gilbert Mayes, who built composers, had this to say: up a library in the course of his Trojan work on ‘While the excavations of the crypt were in progress, my father liturgical revision for the happened by accident on a most curious discovery. A cousin of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Church of Ireland. his, St. John by name, who was a keen amateur violin-maker, was anxious to get some well-seasoned wood for his work. My What we aim to have is everything of substance written about father made inquiries and found that the best store for old Christ Church over the years. This includes, of course, the timber was on the north side of the river, and at some distance many guide books (about which Stuart Kinsella has written from it. He went one day to inspect it, and the timber extensively in a past issue of Friends’ News). But there has been merchant told him that his best wood was kept in an old much else, including architectural and topographical vaulted gallery of exceptional dryness. He took him along a publications, in which Christ Church frequently features. kind of aisle with Gothic arches of great age, at the end of Needless to say treatment of medieval period Dublin will which was an obviously ecclesiastical door. Being asked whither almost inevitably make mention of Christ Church, perhaps it led, he answered that there was a passage beyond which it briefly, so we have to confine ourselves to books that to some was dangerous to penetrate for any distance, and that the extent dwell on the cathedral. tradition had always been of a communication under the Liffey with Christ Church. When my father was visiting the Cathedral Occasionally, we come across books with unexpected crypt shortly after, he found a door of an architecture exactly references of particular interest to the cathedral. An example corresponding with that at the timber merchant’s and on the of this is Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s autographical Pages north side of the river. The passage was most probably a means from an Unwritten Diary (Edward Arnold,London, 1914). of escape for the monks in the time of the Danes.’

Stanford is one of the greats where church music is (Again, modern critics might have something to say to that concerned. His settings still feature in the contemporary romantic note.) repertoire wherever Anglican liturgy is sung, and indeed his

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Friends’ News – Spring/Summer 2017 Visit of Friends to the Casino at Marino Susan Parkes

as he had, as small boy, worked with his father repairing the roof of the cathedral.

There are sixteen small rooms inside the house including the kitchen, a pantry, servants’ hall and a series of underground tunnels. One particular feature is the large windows, which allow light in various ways into the small rooms. Also the use of curved glass in the windows allows those inside to see out, but nobody outside can see in.

Climbing the small wooden stairs, we arrived on to the next floor, which has a grand entrance hall, a Saloon, a small library and a china showroom. Lord Charlemont himself A party of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral paid a visit had acquired a large library and cherished to the Casino at Marino on Tuesday 21 March. We had a most his books to share with others. Up the stairs again, we interesting tour of the building and then adjourned across the reached the third floor which has a large room brightly Malahide Road to enjoy tea and scones at the Clontarf Golf painted in green and gold, which it thought to have been ‘an Club. audience’ room where the host formally received his guests. One member of the party was chosen to be Lord Charlemont The Casino (‘small house’) at Marino was designed in 1759 as a and we all had to bow or curtsey as appropriate to show our pleasure house for James Caulfield, first Earl of Charlemont, respects. who owned Marino House and estate. As a young man he had travelled widely in Europe and became very interested in The thanks of all are due to Eileen Kennedy, Patricia Sweetman Italian art and classical architecture. The Casino is regarded and the Friends for organising the outing and the refreshments as one of finest examples of neo classical architecture in on what was a cold spring day. We also would like to thank the Ireland and was designed as a garden temple dedicated to the OPW and our guide for showing us around and explaining the arts and pleasure, standing in the Marino estate. Today it is features of the beautiful and unusual building. In some ways it like a hidden treasure, surrounded by housing estates but still is a lonely place left behind by a former age, surrounded now commanding a fine view across Dublin Bay and the Wicklow by suburbia, but the OPW has opened up the Casino to a wider Mountains. public and offers a programme of organised activities for schools and groups, who can explore the building and its place William Chambers, the distinguished English architect, in the history of Marino. designed the Casino for Lord Charlemont. It is modeled on a classical temple with perfect symmetry and balance. As you approach it looks very small, like a Greek cross surrounded by a circle of Doric pillars. There appear to be only three large windows and a grand entrance door, with four lions couchant on guard and a roof topped by two Grecian urns, which in fact serve as chimneys.

We were welcomed into the warmth of the basement floor into the old kitchen where a very interesting and knowledgeable guide introduced us to the house. He was very pleased to meet Friends from Christ Church

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Friends of Christ Church Cathedral

Service of Remembrance to Commemorate the 1915 Armenian Genocide Dr Paul Manook, Lay leader of Armenian Apostolic Church

The 24th of April is an important date in the calendar of both the Armenian Church and Nation to commemorate the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed in Ottoman Turkey due to mass deportation, starvation and disease.

Philip, Maral and family who well settled in Ireland last year from arrived war torn Syria. The three speakers, Professor Maria Baghramian (Philosophy Department @ DCU, Barrister Ms. Sunniva McDonagh SC and The Armenian Embassy Consul (Ms. Hayarpi Dremyan) addressed Some years ago few if any in Dublin, or Ireland, would have different aspects of the Armenian Genocide eloquently. One can had much knowledge of Armenia and the Armenians and it is access their speeches from the Diocesan website only through the efforts of a few Armenians plus the support https://dublin.anglican.org/news/2017/04/26/service-of- of Dublin Council of Churches, church leaders of different remembrance-for-those denominations and particularly the Church of Ireland, Dean Dermot Dunne, in his sermon, drew our attention “the through the Archbishop of Dublin the Most Revd. Dr. Michael need for acknowledgement that the genocide happened, the Jackson, that such a lovely service was held in Christ church nd question remains – what about forgiveness?” he asked. on the 102 anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Dermot reminded us that “Hate should be overcome with love”. Varo (a PhD student at the Dublin Conservatory) played three pieces from the well know Armenian composer Arno Babajanian and Maral sang a well know Armenian church hymn Der Voghormya (Lord have Mercy).

L to R: Canon David Gillespie, Rev’d Ken Rue, Dean Dermot Dunne, Archbishop Michael Jackson and the Methodist President Rev’d Bill Mullally

A well filled Cathedral with Armenians and many Irish supporters was encouraging. The Dean of Christ Church the The prayers offered by the younger members of the Armenian Very Revd. Dermot Dunne opened the service with warm community reflected on aspects of atrocities carried out 102 welcoming words followed by a minutes silence in years ago in Ottoman Turkey and of today in various parts of remembrance of all atrocities, disasters and the Armenian the world, remembering the Christians in the Middle East.. Genocide. ...followed by Archbishop Jackson summing up and giving thanks to all those involved in the service before they Mrs. Maral sang beautifully the Lord's prayer in Armenian processed to the Khachkar Memorial (in the Cathedral accompanied by Varo Khachatryan a talented pianist. Extracts grounds) to sing part of the Armenian Requiem, reading of from the Bible were read by Dr. Harutyun Shahumyan (in the Bible and laying flowers at the beautiful Khachkar Armenian) and Dr. Paul Manook (in English). Memorial...a fitting conclusion to the evening.

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Contacts at Christ Church Cathedral

The Dean The Very Revd Dermot Dunne [email protected] Dean’s Vicar: The Revd Abigail Sines The Precentor: The Revd Neill McEndoo [email protected] The Chancellor: The Revd David Mungavin The Treasurer: The Revd Canon Robert Deane Parish Vicar: The Venerable David Pierpoint [email protected] Parish Curate Assistant: Vacant Director of Music: Mr Ian Keatley [email protected] Assistant Organist: Mr David Bremner Organ Scholar: Ms Caroline Richards Junior Organ Scholar: Mr Thomas Maxwell Head of Finance: Ms Deirdre Cantwell Head of Operations: Mr Ruairí Ferrie Head of Tourism and Events: Ms Susanne Reid Administrative Assistant: Ms Jessica Plunkett Events Officer: Ms Shawn Talbot Head of Education: Ms Ruth Kenny Cathedral Bells: Mr Nigel Peilow [email protected] Dean’s Verger: Mr Freddie McKeown Archives/Friends: Dr Kenneth Milne, 492 2971 [email protected] Friends Office: Mrs Lesley Rue, 087 790 6062 [email protected]

Cathedral website: www.christchurchcathedral.ie Cathedral: Tel: 677 8099 [email protected]

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