Bishop of Cork – Titanic Centenary Week; March of Witness for Craigyhill churches; Seek hope through Christ – Bishop of Derry; Festival marks Titanic anniversary; Swallow led to thirst for musical hit – Neil Hannon
Bishop of Cork – Titanic Centenary Week
Easter Sermon of Rt Rev Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross at the start of the Centenary week of the RMS Titanic (Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork on Easter Day 2012)
“Watching a ship sinking – a ship you’ve travelled on – is a very disturbing feeling. On 4th August 1991, Susan and I watched our television screens in disbelief as the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sank off the coast of the Transkei, the Eastern Cape of Southern Africa. It was the famous incident (you may recall it distantly) where allegedly, having given the order to ‘abandon ship’, the captain was winched off first with his pet dog. A year to the day before this, Susan and I were enjoying a memorable holiday in the Mediterranean on that very ship.
“Yesterday, one hundred years ago was Easter Day. At berth number 44 in Southampton the RMS Titanic, another ship doomed to sink, was at rest. Two days before – Good Friday – was, I understand, the only day she was ever ‘dressed’ – flags and pennants on the ship’s rigging – for two reasons: first, to mark Holy Week; and second, to honour the people of Southampton. On Easter Day the dock was deserted, the last quiet moments the ship and her crew would ever have….
http://churchofirelandcork.com/2012/04/09/bishops-easter-sermon-titanic-centenary-week/
March of Witness for Craigyhill churches
Larne Times – Three local churches have teamed up with friends from other churches for a March of Witness through Craigyhill. All Saints’ Church of Ireland, Craigyhill Methodist and Craigyhill Presbyterian took part in the event in the spirit of the first Palm
http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/community/march-of-witness-for-craigyhill-churches-1-3705839
Seek hope through Christ – Bishop of Derry
Derry Journal – The Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry and Raphoe has urged those struggling amid the pressures of modern life to seek the “fresh sense of hope and a renewed sense of purpose” offered through Christ. In his Easter message Bishop Ken Good said it is his …
http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/seek-hope-through-christ-bishop-1-3705715
Festival marks Titanic anniversary
Belfast Telegraph – On the night of the sinking, April 14, there will be a requiem for the lost passengers and crew of the Titanic at St Anne’s Church of Ireland cathedral in the city centre, followed by a candle-lit procession to the memorial garden at Belfast City Hall.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/festival-marks-titanic-anniversary-16141295.html
Swallow led to thirst for musical hit
Sheffield Telegraph – “It’s a bit of a plummy kind of thing and terribly old-fashioned and quite unPC in an involuntary way,” observes Neil Hannon the son of a Church of Ireland minister in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. “But I thought when you take it apart and put it back together …
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/listings/theatre/swallow-led-to-thirst-for-musical-hit-1-4422440