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Saturday 7th April 2012
Mass from St. Conleth's Church, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The celebrant is Fr. Joe McDermott. Music from St. Conleth's Parish Choir
Friday 6th April 2012
Good Friday and So Forth - A note on the compassion narrative, written and presented by Aidan Mathews
Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday. Live simulcast from St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, Co. Cork. Celebrant: Fr John McCarthy; Con-celebrants Fr Michael Leamy, Adm,. and Fr Robin Morrissey. Music will be performed by the Cob Cathedral and Chamber Choirs, directed by Dominic Finn. Commentary is by Mary Curtin.
Thursday 5th April 2012
Mass of the Lord's Supper. Msgr Dan O'Connor celebrates Mass at the start of the Easter Triduum and the culmination of Trócaire's Lenten campaign.
Music by St Peter & Paul's Choir Dunboyne. Choir director Hannah Evans, Trócaire.
Thursday 2nd June 2011
Choral Evensong for Ascension conducted by the Reverend Stephen Farrell, Rector of Zion Parish, Dublin
Good Friday, 22nd April 2011 @ 01.45 pm Dying to Live :
Aidan Mathews presents a scripted reflection, as a footnote to Good Friday (RTE Radio 1 All Wavelengths)
St. Patrick's Day, 17th March 2011
10.00a.m. St., Patrick's Day Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh. The Principal Celebrant is Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir will be directed by Colm Murphy
5.00p.m. Choral Evensong for St. Patrick's Day from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin celebrating the life and witness of St. Patrick, the patron of
Christmas 2010
Christmas Day, 4.00 p.m. : Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. The Annual Christmas Eve Carol Service is introduced by the Dean's Vicar, Canon Charles Mullen, and concludes with the Blessing by His Grave, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Reverend John Neill. The Cathedral Choir will be directed by Stuart Nicholson, Organist and Master of the Choiristers. Assistant Organist, David Leigh. Brass Fanfare directed by Nigel Bannister (RTE Radio 1 All Wavelengths)
Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass from St. Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin. Celebrant: Fr. Donal Neary, SJ. (RTE Radio 1 All Wavelengths)
Christmas Day, 10.00 a.m. : Christmas Morning Mass from St. Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin. Celebrant: Fr. Peter McVerry, S.J. (RTE Radio 1 All Wavelengths)
Christmas Day, 10.50 a.m. : Service of Readings, Carols and Music from St. Columba's Church of Ireland Church, Swords, Co. Dublin led by the Very Reverend Tom Gordon with the Fingal Chamber Choir, conducted by David Maxwell (RTE Radio 1 All Wavelengths)
Christmas Day, 1.05: Christmas Message from the Archbishops of Armagh, His Eminence Cardinal Seán Brady and the Most Reverend Alan Harper.
6/01 @ 7.00 : Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany from St. Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon, Dublin. Celebrant: Father Seán Mac Giollarnáth, member of the Carmelite Order. Parish Choir with conductor, Denis Morgan
Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8th December 2010
7.00 pm Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception from St. Brigid's Church, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare. Celebrant: Monsignor John McDonald. Singing by St. Brigid's Church Choir and the Kildare Local Authorities Choir, director and organist, Aiden Feeley
Sunday 19th September 2010
10.00 am : Pope Benedict XV1 celebrates Mass and Beatification of John Henry Newman from Cofton Park, Birmingham. The commentator for Radio is Father Thomas McCarthy, O.P. For more information about the Papal visit to the UK or about Cardinal Newman, click here: www.thepapalvisit.org.uk (Simulcast with RTE One Television)
12.00 noon : Service of the Word to celebrate both the United Nations Year of the Seafarer and World Maritime Day. Conducted by Canon Adrian Empey. Sermon preached by James Wallace
Thursday, 13th May on RTE Radio 1 LW252 and RTE Radio 1 Extra at 7pm
Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer for the Feast of the Ascension conducted by the Reverend Tom Gordon
Holy Week on RTE Radio 1
Holy Thursday, 1st April 2010
7.30 pm Mass of the Last Supper from the Sacred Heart Church Donnybrook,
Dublin. Celebrant: Father Martin Clark. The Parish Choir, directed by
Catherine Killoran with organist, Michael Quinn. - LW252 & RTE Radio 1 Extra online.
Good Friday, 2nd April 2010
1.45 pm Touch Wood, Touchstone : A thought for Good Friday with Aidan Mathews. All Wavelengths.
2.00 pm A Service of Readings and Music for Good Friday with the Reverend Tom Gordon and Canon Maureen Ryan. LW252 & RTE Radio 1 Extra online
2.00pm A Love beyond all Telling: An hour of reflection and song with the emphasis on love, compassion, empathy and hope. Compiled and presented by Liam Lawton. Producer: Aidan Butler. RTE Radio 1 FM 3pm Celebration of the Lords Passion: The Most Rev. Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down & Conor, leads solemn liturgies to commemorate the crucifixion of Christ in St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast. Music is led by the cathedral's own choir, Schola Cantorum. Director of Music, Nigel McClintock; Cathedral Administrator, Fr Hugh Kennedy. The liturgy is simulcast on RTE One. LW252 & RTE Radio 1 Extra online
Holy Saturday, 3rd April 2010
7p.m. Dialogue : Fr. Michael Paul Gallagher S.J. talks to Andy O'Mahony in the first of a new season of 'Dialogue'.RTE Radio 1 FM
11pm The Easter Vigil: The Most Rev. Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down & Conor, celebrates the resurrection of Christ with a vigil mass, beginning with the lighting of the Paschal fire outside St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, and ending with the baptism of new Christians. The cathedral's Senior Voice Choir, led by Director of Music, Nigel McClintock, is augmented by singers from other Belfast churches, from various denominations, as a gesture of cross-community faith and hope, in a city where religion has all too often been seen as a source of division. It's a sign of the way the Cathedral tries to live up to the inscription on the font, which reads: 'One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism". The Cathedral Administrator is Fr Hugh Kennedy.
(The liturgy is simulcast on RTE One) LW252 and RTE Radio 1 Extra online
St. Patrick's Day, 17th March 2010
10.00am : Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Principal Celebrant: His Eminence Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir with Director of Music, Colm Murphy
10.45am : Service of Seasonal Music and Readings from the National Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin led by Canon Charles Mullen, Dean's Vicar at the Cathedral. The Cathedral Girls' Choir and the Gentlemen of the Choir will be directed by David Leigh with organist, Stuart Nicholson.
Ash Wednesday, 17th February 2010
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LW252, 7p.m: Lenten Reflection for Ash Wednesday
Conducted by Canon David Williams, St. Multose's Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Wednesday 6th January, 2010 - Feast of the Epiphany
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Mass this evening for the Feast of the Epiphany comes from St. Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon, Dublin. The celebrant is Father Jimmy Murray, O.Carm. The Parish Choir with conductor, Denis Morgan.
Tuesday 5th January, 2010 - Requiem Mass for His Eminence Cahal B. Cardinal Daly
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RTE Radio 1 Long Wave 252 & OUR DIGITAL CHANNELS invite listeners to join the clergy and congregation in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, at the Requiem Mass of the late Cahal Cardinal Daly, former Archbishop of Armagh. The chief celebrant is Cardinal Sean Brady, Primate of all Ireland, and our commentator is Mary Curtin. That's Tuesday next at 12 noon Requiem Mass of the Late Cardinal Cahal Daly.
CHRISTMAS 2009
Christmas Eve
CHRISTMAS EVE MASS from St. Teresa's Church, Clarendon Street, Dublin.
Celebrant: Father James Noonan, Provincial of the Carmelites in Ireland
Director of Music, Ronan McDonagh, conductor Grainne Gormley will lead the choir in a performance of a Mozart Missa Brevis and traditional Christmas music (Simulcast with RTE One Television and broadcast across Europe via Eurovision)
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 from his Grace, the Archbishop of Dublin, Most Reverend John Neill.
Master of the Choristers: Peter Barley, Organist: David Leigh, brass fanfare directed by Nigel Bannister.
Christmas Day
10.00am: CHRISTMAS MORNING MASS from St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin.
Celebrant: Fr. John Gilligan
Music from The Westland Row Parish Choir with director Jean Monahan and organist Carole O'Connor. www.saintandrewsparish.ie
10.50am: SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION FOR CHRISTMAS DAY with the Reverend Darren McCallig
1.05pm: CHRISTMAS MESSAGES from His Eminence Cardinal Seán Brady and the Most Reverend Alan Harper
1.15pm: STATIONS OF THE CRIB: A reflection on the Nativity narrative with Aidan Mathews
1.45pm: SANTA CLAUS OF LONELINESS A memoir of Thomas Merton by Bill Long. Reminiscences of a 1960s Christmas retreat with the celebrated monk in Gethsemani Monastery, Kentucky.
Tuesday 8th December - Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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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
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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
26th August 2009 - An Act of Worship
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On August 26th, staff members from Christian Aid Offices in Dublin, Belfast and Cork visited the RTE Radio Centre to pre-record an Act of Worship celebrating the work of Christian Aid around the World.
Margaret Boden, CEO led the worship and shared with us an experience on a visit to a gold mine in the Philippines some years ago.
Victor Henriquez, Belfast Office Appeals Co-Ordinator reflected on a recent visit to Ethiopia; Andrew Coleman, South West Co-Ordinator, Cork Office spoke about a visit to a school in Haiti;
Florence Mutesasira, Media and Communications Officer, and Peter Byrne, Church Liaison & Supporter Development Officer read prayers and readings from the Old and New Testament. Philip Cooke was producer operator in studio.
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
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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:
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Walking on the Pastures of Wonder
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A series of five conversations with John O'Donohue to commemorate the life of the late poet and philospher.
Presented and produced by John Quinn
KEEPING WATCH AT BETHLEHEM: A Service of Hope For Peace - Sunday May 4th 2008
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Conducted by the four Irish Church Leaders on their pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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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 - Friday 6 April 2007
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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 - Friday 6th April 2007
Producer: Eoin Brady
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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
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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
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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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