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Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Tuesday 8th December, 2009 at 7.02pm
MASS from the Sacred Heart Church,Western Road, Cork.
Celebrant: Fr. Patrick Courtney, M.S.C.
Music from the City of Cork Male Voice Choir, with musical director, Frank Buckley.
8th November 2009 - A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
A Service of Remembrance from Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in the presence of President Mary McAleese.
Recorded on 8th November, 2009
Celebrant: The sermon was be preached by the Right Reverend Trevor Williams, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe.
Lead by the Dean's Vicar, Canon Charles Mullen
Music from St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir with Director of Music, Peter Barley. The assistant organist was David Leigh.
Website: www.stpatrickscathedral.ie
EASTER 2009
LAMENTS INTO DANCES, Good Friday, 10th April
A reflection for Good Friday written and presented by Aidan Mathews
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IN CONCERT: GARDINER STREET GOSPEL CHOIR, Friday, 10th April
A programme of inspirational music for Good Friday recorded at Dóchas Centre Mountjoy Women's Prison, Dublin on May 30th last year.
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PASSION PLAYERS, Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April
Gay Byrne presents a series for Holy Week, in which four of the main players in the story of Christ's Passion come under the scrutiny of a panel of experts.
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ASH WEDNESDAY, 25th February
RTE Radio 1 LW. : We broadcast A Liturgy for Ash Wednesday from the Collegiate Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Youghal, Co. Cork with the Rector, the Reverend Michael Thompson.
The music by Byrd and Handel sung by the Clerks Choral of Youghal conducted by the organist and Master of the Clerks, Ian Sexton. That's Wednesday next on RTE Radio 1 LW 252 at 7.
http://www.youghal.cork.anglican.org/
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CHRISTMAS 2008
Christmas Eve
Wed. Dec. 24th - 4.00p.m - 5.15p.m - live outside broadcast from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin - Festival Service Of Nine Lessons And Carols From St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. The Annual Christmas Eve Carol Service is introduced by Canon Charles Mullen, and concludes with the Blessing by His Grace, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Reverend John Neill. Christmas Eve RTE Radio 1 at 4pm - Listen.
Wed. Dec. 24th - midnight - 1.00 - live outside broadcast from St. Patrick's Church, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. - Listen.
Christmas Day
CHRISTMAS MORNING MASS - Thurs. Dec. 25th - 10.02am.- 10.50 - live outside broadcast from St. Patrick's Church, Celbridge, Co. Kildare - listen.
Celebrant: Father Paul Taylor.
The Children's Choir, leaders Grainne Hennigan and Joan Healy.
CHRISTMAS MORNING EUCHARIST - Thurs. Dec. 25th - 10.50a.m.- 11.35 - live outside broadcast from Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Celebrant: The Reverend Daniel Nuzum.
Singing led by the Templebreedy Children's Choir, director of music, Carmel O'Shea - listen.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGES from his Eminence Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and The Most Reverend Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland - Thurs. Dec. 25th - 1.05pm
Tuesday 6th January 2009
Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany from the Church of St. Jude the Apostle, Willington, Templeogue, Dubin with celebrant, Fr. Michael O'Grady and the Parish Choir.
THE PASSION OF JOHN :
Myth and meaning in the life of the late John Moriarty.
Producer: Aidan Mathews
On the first anniversary of his passing, selections from the talks and teachings of the great Irish mystic invite the listener to a master-class with Moriarty. Spirituality and storytelling combine with poignant personal material to suggest something of his Christian odyssey across the passion narratives of world mythology to a final reckoning with the Easter story. Presented and produced by Aidan Mathews.
All the recordings of the late poet and philosopher used in the programme were excerpted from ONE EVENING IN EDEN, a thirteen-part box-set series of his lectures published in 2007 by Slí na Fírinne and available for sale from:
The Lilliput Press,
62-63 Sitric Road,
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More information can be found on John Moriarty from his website: www.johnmoriarty.info
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KEEPING WATCH AT BETHLEHEM: A Service of Hope For Peace - Sunday May 4th 2008
Conducted by the four Irish Church Leaders on their pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
See the photographs here.
Cardinal Seán Brady, Catholic
Reverend Roy Cooper, Methodist
Reverend Dr. John Finlay, Presbyterian
Most Reverend Alan Harper, Anglican with local Christians and the Bethlehem Lutheran Choir.
GIVING UP THE GHOST
When: Friday 6 April 2007, 2.30pm
Producer: Aidan Mathews
Reflections on Good Friday by Luke Sheehan
The Rule of Saint Benedict famously counsels Christians to listen to the young as a type of the marginalised. Even in a world in which they've become mainstream, it's still sound Biblical practice to audition their point of view; and in 'Giving up the Ghost', a Good Friday reflection before the third hour and the veneration of the Cross at the mid-point of the drama we call the Triduum, Luke Sheehan, fresh from TCD with a first in Theology under the great Galilean expert Professor Sean Freyne, considers the themes of Calvary and the human crisis from a personal perspective.
WOODEN CROSS, HOLY ROOD
When: Friday 6th April 2007, 1.30pm
Producer: Eoin Brady
The cross has been a universal symbol for mankind long before the Crucifixion at Golgotha. Since the death of Christ, this geometrical figure of horizontal and vertical lines became of unique importance to Christians as a triumphant act of faith fused with despair. This programme explores the use of crucifixion as a means of punishment around the time of Christ and looks outside the bible for stories and myths about the cross upon which Christ was killed.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - THE CASE OF MOUNT CALVARY
When: 21st March 2008
Producer: Aidan Mathews
LAMPSHINE BLURRED IN THE STEAM OF BEASTS: MEDITATIONS ON THE NATIVITY
When: Monday 25th December 2006
Producer: Aidan Mathews
Readings and reflections on the skid-row birth of a Jewish boy in an occupied breeze-block in the back of beyond that has become for Christians everywhere the Feast of the Incarnation of the Word of God.
FESTIVAL SERVICE OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS FROM ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN
When: Sunday 24th December 2006
The annual Christmas Eve Carol Service concludes with the Blessing by His Grace, The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Reverend John Neill.
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Peter Barley
Assistant organist: David Leigh
Brass fanfare directed by Nigel Bannister
LIKE FEATHERS ON THE BREATH OF GOD - Click here to listen.
Broadcast 14th May 2006
A documentary about the power of hymns.
"It's the power of sound and how a sound can bring you back to a memory, to a space in yourself which is above and beyond the here and now." - Noirín Ní Riain
Programme maker Séamus Kelly visits various people for whom the singing of hymns holds great importance. Contributors include Sonny Molloy who first sang at the Augustinian church in Galway as a young boy, began conducting the choir there in 1955 and where he continues to sing and conduct today. Other contributors include the nuns of the Poor Clare Monastery, Nuns' Island, Galway; Rev. Patrick Towers and the choir of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway; the Galway Boy Singers and singers Johnny Duhan, Mary McPartlan and Noirín Ní Riain.
The title, "Like Feathers on the Breath of God" is inspired by Hildegard, a twelfth-century Benedictine Abbess whom Ní Riain quotes in the programme. While for many listeners hymns such as "Soul of my Saviour" will forever evoke a bygone era in Ireland of Corpus Christi processions, Sodality and Benediction services, the programme also highlights the enduring power of singing as a form of spirituality today.
Production supervision: Liam O'Brien
Compiled by: Seamus Kelly
A MASS OF DIFFERENCE - Click here to listen.
A documentary on the religious community of Taize presented by Derek Mooney and produced by Mary Curtin.
Taizé, in the south of Burgundy, France, is the home of an international, ecumenical community, founded in 1940 by Brother Roger. When the Second World War started, Br Roger had the conviction that he should begin to offer assistance to people in experiencing difficulties. The small village of Taizé, where he settled, was close to the demarcation line that divided France in half, and so was well situated to be a place of welcome for
refugees fleeing the war.
Today, the community is made up of over a hundred brothers, Catholics and Protestants from various backgrounds. Since the late 1950s, many thousands of young adults from around the world have found their way to Taizé to take part in weekly meetings of prayer and reflection. At the heart of daily life in Taizé is communal prayer, three times a day. It was during
the evening prayer on Tuesday 16 August 2005, in the midst of the crowd surrounding the Community in the Church of Reconciliation, that a woman struck Brother Roger violently with a knife. He died a few moments later.
In this documentary, first broadcast in January 1992, Derek Mooney travelled to France to meet Br Roger and share in the unique experience that is TAIZE.
First broadcast 3rd January, 1992.
THE MAN WHO WAS POPE
A programme where friends and colleagues share their memories of the late Pope John Paul II.
Broadcast on Friday 8th April 2005.
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Presenter: Freda McGough
Sound Engineer: Anton Timoney
Producer: Mary Curtin
FUNERAL MASS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II, FRIDAY 8 APRIL 2005
Text of Communion Reflection by Aidan Carl Matthews, as broadcast on Radio 1 on the morning of the funeral of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Click Here
COMMUNION REFLECTION - POPE BENEDICT XVI'S ENTHRONEMENT
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2005
Text of Communion Reflection by Aidan Carl Matthews, as broadcast on Radio 1 on the morning of the enthronement of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Click Here
AN PÁPA EOIN PÓL II.
Clár faisnéise ar shaol agus ar shaothar an Phápa Eoin Pól, nach maireann. Éist leis an chlár.
Láithriú/léiriú: Pól Mac Donncha
EASTER WORDS AND MUSIC
Music for Easter chosen by Jack O'Brien with words by Aidan Mathews.
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NATIONAL GALLERY
Evelyn O'Rourke takes a tour of the National Gallery and looks at paintings of a religious nature
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