Church Services

for the week beginning Saturday, March 12th

CATHEDRALS

Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford Sunday 13th March.The Fifth Sunday of Lent. 8.30 Holy Communion. 10.00 Holy Communion. Celebrant The Rev'd Jim Wallace. Hymns: 587, 548, 429, 365 Communion anthem: Lord, for Thy tender mercies sake - Farrant Voluntary: Buxtehude Passacaglia in D minor Daily Communion from Monday to Friday at 1.15pm

Christchurch Cathedral Sunday 13th March, the Fifth Sunday in Lent. 11.00am The Cathedral Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Choir. Eucharist setting: Byrd, Mass for five voices. Psalm: 126. Motet: Palestrina, Super flumina babylonis. Preacher: Canon R Rountree, Archdeacon of Glendalough. 15.30pm Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Choir. Responses: Morley. Psalm: 35. Canticles: Tomkins, fifth service. Anthem: Brahms, Ach arme Welt. Wednesday 16th March, 18.00pm. Eve of the Feast of St. Patrick. Festal Evensong led by Archbishop Michael Jackson and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Sung by the choirs of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin St. Marys Pro-Cathedral Dublin. Responses: Rose. Psalm: 100. Canticles: Stanford in C. Anthem: Te Deum Bb. Thursday 17th March. No Evensong Cathedral Closed. Morning Prayer: Monday to Friday at 10.00am. Evening Prayer: Monday to Friday at 5.00pm. The Lunchtime Eucharist: Monday to Friday at 12.45pm in the Lady Chapel. For further information on services and worship resources and to view services on the webcast, log on to www.christchurchdublin.ie. For general information please ring the cathedral office on: (01)6778099.

National Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Dublin THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT 9.15 EUCHARIST said in the Lady Chapel. 11.15 CHORAL MATINS sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boys and Mens voices) Responses: Leighton, Bairstow: Lamentations of Jeremiah, Psalm: 68, Lear in Eb: Benedictus, Leighton: Drop, drop slow tears, Preacher: The Revd I.P. Poulton, B.Sc., M.A., Prebendary of Tassagard. 12.15 EUCHARIST said in the Lady Chapel. 15.15 CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boys and Mens voices) Responses: Leighton, Laloux: Tantum ergo, Psalm: 70, Stanford in A, Sermon in Music: Finzi: Lo, the full final sacrifice. THURSDAY 17 MARCH SAINT PATRICKS DAY 9.15 EUCHARIST said in the Lady Chapel. 11.15 PATRONAL EUCHARIST sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boys and Mens voices) Jackson in G, Moore: All wisdom cometh from the Lord, Mawby: Ave Verum corpus, Stanford: Justorum animae, Preacher: The Ven. D.S. McLean, B.A., Former Archdeacon of Derry. 18.00 DUBLIN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SERVICE MATINS is sung at 9.00 Monday to Wednesday. MORNING PRAYER is said at 9.00 on Friday. EVENSONG is sung at 17.30 on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. COMPLINE is sung at 17.30 on Wednesday. EUCHARIST is said at 11.05 on Wednesday and Saturday. For further information visit www.stpatrickscathedral.ie or telephone 01 453 9472.

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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork Sunday 13th March 2016 11.15am Choral Eucharist Service: Mass of the quiet hour - Oldroyd Motet: Wash me throughly - Wesley Voluntary: Prelude in C minor BWV546 - J. S. Bach 3.30pm Choral Evensong Service: Walmisley in D minor Responses: Ayleward Anthem: Hear my prayer - Mendelssohn Voluntary: Praeludium in D minor - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Sunday 13th March: The Fifth Sunday in Lent. 11.15am: Choral Matins (Rite 2). Responses: Ferial. Canticles: Venite; Saviour of the world; The Song of Christs Glory. Anthem: Is is a thing most wonderful - Moore. Psalm 126. Hymns 248, 81, 247. Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWV 544) - J.S.Bach. 1900 Evening Prayer.

CHURCH OF IRELAND

Abington Church, Limerick 11am Morning Prayer.

All Saints' Raheny and St John the Evangelist, Coolock. Fifth Sunday in Lent. All Saints', 9.00am Holy Communion, 10.00am Morning Prayer. St John's, 11.30am Morning Prayer. Wednesday 16 March, at All Saints' at 7.30pm, Lenten Prayer Service for the Christians of Palestine. Thursday 17 March, St Patrick's Day, 10.00am Joint Parishes Holy Communion.

Ardamine Group, Co Wexford Monamolin 9.00am (Morning Prayer) Kilmuckridge 10.15am (Holy Communion) Clonevan 11.30am (Morning Prayer)

Arklow,Inch and Kilbride Inch Parish Church 10am. Service of the Word, St.Brigid's, Kilbride 10am. HC (2), St. Saviour's, Arklow 11.30am. Service of the Word. Wednesday Mid - Week Service through Lent- Inch Parish Church 8pm. St. Patrick's Day (Thursday) Holy Communion (2) at St. Saviour's Arklow 11am. Friday - Holy Communion with the Laying on of Hands in St. Saviour's Hall 2pm. followed with tea and refreshment.

Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla 8.30a.m. Holy Communion, St. Brigid's. 10.00a.m. Morning Prayer with General Easter Vestry, St. Mary's. 11.30a.m. Morning Prayer, St. Brigid's.

Christ Church Delgany 8.30am Holy Communion; 10.30am Holy Communion;7pm Evening Prayer. Revd Harry Lew.

Christ Church, Dunlaoghaire 9am - Holy Communion Service 2. 10.30am - Morning Prayer Service 2.

Christ Church, Taney Parish 10.15am Family Service with Confirmation Group Rev. Canon Robert Warren. 7.00pm Holy Communion. Wed 16th March Holy Communion at 10.00am.

Cork Carrigaline Union. 930am- Holy Communion St John's Monkstown. Preacher-Richard Dring. 11am- Morning Prayer St Mary's Carrigaline. Preacher-Richard Dring. 7pm- Choral Evensong St John's Monkstown. www.carrigalineunion.org

Donnybrook, St Mary's Simmonscourt Road 10am Fifth Sunday in Lent: The Holy Communion

Finglas (St Canice) Lent 5: NO SERVICE. United worship in Santry at 10 a.m.

Immanuel Church Dublin, 28 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin 1: Service of the Word - Sunday 11.00am - Davood.

Irishtown/ Sandymount, St Matthew's 11.15am Short Morning Prayer, followed by the annual Easter Vestry Meeting

Julianstown, Co Meath Sunday 13th March at 10.30am Service of Holy Communion and Holy Baptism

Kilternan, Kilternan Parish Church 8:30am The Holy Communion 10:30am The Holy Communion

Monkstown Parish Church 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.45 a.m. Morning Prayer - Canon R. Byrne 17 March - St. Patrick - 10.45 a.m. Holy Communion

Rathfarnham Parish Sunday 13th march Holy Communion at 8am and parish Communion at 10.30am followed by Annual Easter Vestry. No 12 noon Holy Communion. Tuesday 15th march 8pm Lent Study in the Rectory; L Fhile Pdraig Thursday 17th March Bilingual Holy Communion followed by festive coffee. Filte roimh chch/Everyone welcome.

Rathmichael Parish 08.30 hrs. Holy Communion. 11.00 hrs. Family Service followed by The Easter Vestry. 19.00 hrs. Holy Communion.

Saint Bartholomew's Church, Clyde Road, Dublin 4 Sunday 13 March 2016 9am Said Eucharist. 11am Solemn Eucharist: Girls and Men. Victoria: Miss Trahe me post te. Chilcott: God so loved the world. 6pm Choral Evensong: Boys and Men. Plainsong responses. Byrd: The Second Service. Leighton: Solus ad victimam.

Sandford Church, Ranelagh 10.00am - Holy Communion; Thursday 10.30am - Holy Communion

Santry (St Pappan) Lent 5: 10.00 All-age Service. St Patrick's Day: 10.30 Eucharist in Irish and English

Skerries / Rush/ Balbriggan 9.30 Kenure Rush MP Rev Anthony Kelly 10.30 Holmpatrick Skerries Holy Communion Rev Ken Sherwood 12 noon St Georges Balbriggan Family Service Rev Anthony Kelly

St Andrew's Lucan 9am Holy Communion, 10am Holy Communion, Wed 16th 10am Holy Communion

St Ann's Dawson Street 11 am Morning Prayer (MP2). Hymns: 561, 247, 81, 376. Anthem: Handel Surely He hath borne our griefs. Monday Friday Eucharist 12.45 pm. Tuesday 12.45 pm Eucharist and prayer for healing with laying on of hands. All welcome.

St Audoen Cornmarket Today, Irish Association of Change Ringers gathering. Tomorrow, 10.00 Eucharist. Preacher, the Revd Martha Waller.

St Bartholomew's Church, Conary, Co Wicklow 10am. Morning Prayer. Mr Henry Alexander. St Patrick's Day Service at 10am with Canon Roland Heaney.

St Brigid's Stillorgan 8.30 am Holy Communion 11.30 am Morning Prayer

St Brigid's Stillorgan 10.00 am Morning Prayer

St Catherine St James Donore Avenue Today 10.00 Church of South India. Tomorrow 11.30 Family Service (and Church Coffee), the Revd Martha Waller. Wednesday 10.30 mid-week Lenten service.

St Columba's College 10.00 am Morning Prayer. Preacher: the Chaplain.

St John the Evangelist, Sandymount Sunday 13th March - 5th Sunday in Lent: Sung Eucharist 11 a.m. Wednesday 16th March: Holy Eucharist 11 a.m. Thursday 17th March - St. Patrick's Day: Sung Eucharist in English and Irish 11 a.m. Friday 18th March: Stations of the Cross 11 a.m. www.sandymount.dublin.anglican.org

St Kevin's Church, Dunganstown, Co Wicklow 10.30am. Morning Prayer. Canon Roland Heaney.

St Maelruain's, Tallaght 8.30am Holy Communion. 11.00am Morning Prayer. Wed 9th March Lenten Holy Communion at 10.00am.

St Mary's, Leixlip 11.30am Service of the Word, Tue 15th 10am Holy Communion, Wed 16th 8pm Lenten Service

St Matthias, Killiney - Ballybrack 9.00 am Holy Communion, 10.30 Holy Communion. Wednesday. 8.00 pm Lent Study Group.

St Michael's Church, Pery Square, Limerick 8.30am Holy Communion. 10am Eucharist.

St Nahi's, Dundrum 8.30am Holy Communion. 11.45am Parish Communion Rev. Cathy Hallissey.

St Paul's Glenageary The Fifth Sunday in Lent 8.15 am Holy Communion (One) 10.30 am Parish Communion and Sunday Club 7 pm A Service of the Word

St Philips, Milltown 8.30am - Holy Communion; 11.30am - Morning Prayer

St Stephen's 1st Sunday of the month 11 am Holy Communion. All other Sundays in St Anns Dawson Street, also at 11 am. All welcome.

Trinity Hall, Redcross, Co Wicklow 11.30am. Family Worship with Joanna Heaney. 7.30pm Sunday evening service,

Whitechurch Parish 8.00 a.m., Holy Communion. 10.30 a.m., Holy Communion. 7.00 p.m., A Late Evening Office.

PRESBYTERIAN

Arklow Sunday 13th 10.00am. Colin Jenkins of the Seaman's Christian Friend Society. Everyone is very welcome. www.arklowpc.com

Blackrock St Andrews 9.45am.Reverend K P Meyer.A G M after the Service followed by Brunch.Junior Church and Creche.

Christ Church Rathgar 9.30 am Holy Communion, 11.00 am Morning Worship, Rev. Jim Carson. All welcome.

Dun Laoghaire Sunday 13th March - 11.15am service. Rev. Chris Kennedy. Crche and children's programmes provided for our ever-increasing number of children This will be followed by a brief lunch, and then the Annual Congregational Meeting (AGM). Everyone is warmly welcome. For more information visit www.dl-pc.org.

Greystones 11.00am. Rev Gary McDowell. Children's Sunday Club programme during worship. Everyone most welcome. Join us for Tea/Coffee after the service. Visit us at www.greystonespc.org

Howth 11.45 am. Rev. Alastair Dunlop. Everybody welcome. Childrens programme during the service. Join us for tea/coffee after the service. Visit us at www.hmpchurch.org.

KELLS Bective Street, Kells, Co. Meath. Morning worship 10am led by Mr. Robert Wilson. All very welcome.

Malahide 10.00 am. Rev. Alastair Dunlop. Everybody welcome. Childrens programme during the service. Creche available. Join us for tea/coffee after the service. Visit us at www.hmpchurch.org.

METHODIST

Arklow 10.00am. Morning Worship - Rev. Ivor Owens.

Blanchardstown Methodist Centre, Tyrrelstown Town Centre (Behind Netpol) 10.30am Morning Worship - Rev Dr Laurence Graham

Bray 9.30am Morning Worship and Holy Communion - Rev. Alan Wardlow

Centenary Leeson Park.10.30am 'God's Mission, Our Mission' with Rev Dr Heather Morris, General Secretary of the Home Mission Department with Rev Andrew Dougherty.

Dublin Central Mission Lower Abbey Street, D1. 11.00am Morning Worship - Charity Tsambwa. Wed 1.05pm - 1.35pm Service of Healing Wholeness.

Dublin Korean Church meeting in Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church at 2.00pm - Rev Yongnam Park.

Dublin North Sutton 10.00am - Rev D. Nixon: Clontarf 11.30am Messy Church - Mrs K O'Mahony: Skerries 12.00pm - Holy Communion - Rev D. Nixon

Dun Laoghaire 11am Morning Worship - Mr. Ken Twyble, the Lay Leader of the Conference.

Dun Laoghaire 11am Morning Worship - Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly

Dundrum 10.00am Morning Worship - Rev Stephen Taylor. 11.30am Contemporary Worship - Rev Stephen Taylor

Gorey 10.30 am. Morning Worship, Rev. Steven Foster

Lucan 10.00am Morning Worship - Rev Katherine Kehoe

Rathgar 11.30am Morning Worship - Rev Vanessa Wyse Jackson

Tallaght Kiltalawn, Jobstown. 11.45am Morning Worship - Mr Bruce Mullen

Wicklow 11.45am. Morning Worship - Mrs. Val Galloway

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church,21 Herbert Park,Dublin,4 Sunday Service 11am Wed Testimony Meeting 8pm Reading Room 15v Sth Gt Georges St Dublin 2 Open Tues Thurs Frid 11am-3pm Sat 11am-1pm Tel 01-6793524.Christian Science Society 15 Sth Main St Cork Sunday Service 10.45am.All are Welcome.

BAPTIST

Grosvenor Road Baptist Church, Rathmines, Dublin Sunday, 13March 11am: The authenticity of the healer John 5: 31-47 Ed Neill. Followed by Tearfund Lunch. (Crche and full youth and childrens programme available). 7pm: Sunday7 Walking worthy Part 2: Maturity Ephesians 4: 7-16 Richard McConnell. Followed by the Lords Supper. People from all backgrounds welcome. www.GrosvenorBaptist.org

UNITARIAN

Dublin The Unitarian Church welcomes all who wish to worship in the spirit of freedom, reason and tolerance. Dublin Unitarian Church 112 St. Stephens Green West Dublin 2. Services are held each Sunday at 11am. www.dublinunitarianchurch.org and podcasting on iTunes. Minister Rev. Bridget Spain. A short assisted lunchtime service of meditation/recollection is held in the church each Wednesday between 1.10pm and 1.40pm. All are welcome to drop in for all or part of this weekly period of quiet reflection in the heart of a busy city.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

All Ireland Visitors welcome to public meetings for worship each Sunday in meeting houses at: Dublin 4-5 Eustace Street, 11 am; also Thursday 6.15 pm. Churchtown, 82 Lr Churchtown Rd, 11 am. Rathfarnham, 62 Crannagh Rd, 10.30 am. Monkstown, Pakenham Rd, 10.30 am. Drogheda, The Grammer School, Mornington Road. 2nd 4th Sunday, 11am. Ballitore, Ballitore Meeting House, Ballitore, Co Kildare, 11am. Edenderry, Co Offaly, Fr Kearns St, 2nd Sunday last Sunday, 11.30 am. Enniscorthy, Wexford Rd, 11 am.; Gospel Meeting 1st Sunday, 7.30pm. Kilkenny: Highbank Orchard, 2nd Sunday phone 0863592897 for details. Waterford, Newtown, 10 am. Cork, Summerhill South, 11 am. Killarney, The Old Monastery, Port Road 2nd Sunday of the month, 11 am. Limerick, Southville Gardens, Ballinacurra, 11 am. Roscrea, 1st 3rd Fridays, 8pm, Last Sunday at 11am. phone (0505)41394 for details. Scariff , Raheen Wood Steiner School, Tuamgraney 1st Tuesday, 8pm. Galway, St Nicholas Parochial School, Waterside, Galway, 11.00am. Derry, The Gate Lodge, 91 Strand Road, 1st,3rd5th Sundays, 11 am. Coleraine, 52 Union St, 11.30am. Belfast, Frederick St, 11am. South Belfast, 22 Marlborough Pk Nth, 10.45 am. Lisburn, 4 Magheralave Road, 11 am. Grange, near Dungannon, 11 am. Richhill, 15 Irish Street, 11 am. Bessbrook, Deramore Road, 11.15 am. Lurgan, Johnstons Row, off High Street, 11 am. Moyallon, 117 Stramore Road, Gilford, 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11.30 am. Fermanagh, Ochard Acre Farm, Nr Lisnarick, 4th Sunday,10.30. ENQUIRIES: Quaker House Dublin, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16 01 4998003 WEB SITE: www.quakers.ie