of Upcoming Lectures and Events in Ireland

March 2010

11h, Thursday, The Spring Theology Lecture Series at Mater Dei Institute of Education will conclude with Dr Anna Williams of the University of Cambridge who will lecture on 'Who needs systematic theology?' at 7.30 p.m. at the Mater Dei campus on Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3.

12th, Friday, and 13th, Saturday, The Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin and The Irish Interchurch Committee are pleased to announce a workshop on "Christian-Muslim Relations: The Fashioning of Images" with Prof. David Thomas University of Birmingham
Venue: Irish School of Ecumenics, 3rd Floor Bea House, Milltown Park, Dublin 6. The Friday events between 9:30-12:00: Christian images of Islam are shaped Friday between 13:00-15:00: Muslim images of Christianity are shaped. Saturday, March 13, 9:30-12:00: The images are set. The workshop is open to students of ISE and Religions and Theology, and other advanced learners on Muslim-Christian relations. or more information contact: isedir@tcd.ie

16th, Tuesday, An Ecumenical St. Patrick’s Tide Celebration, organised by the Dublin Council of Churches. The Dublin Council of Churches is organizing an ecumenical celebration on the Eve of St. Patrick’s Day to commemorate in simplicity and beauty, in word and music the coming of Christianity to Ireland and the role that St. Patrick played in this. It will take place on Monday, 16th March, 7pm. The venue is City Quay Church near Matt Talbot Bridge. The event celebrates the coming of Christianity to Ireland and the role that St. Patrick played in this. Through readings from Patrick’s historical writings and through music, prayer and scripture readings it seeks to bear witness to the great source of hope in our common faith which challenges, renews and sustains in these difficult times. The event will begin outside City Quay Church on the quay side as a rowing boat will land symbols of the arrival of the Gospel through St. Patrick, which will be received in the presence of the Dublin Church leaders including Archbishops Diarmuid Martin and John Neill. The gathering will be addressed by Rev. Julian Hamilton, Joint Methodist/Presbyterian Chaplain to Trinity College. DCC are grateful for the support from musicians associated with the Pro-Cathedral who will help to make it a beautiful occasion. All are most welcome.

June 2010

16th, Wednesday, to 18th, Friday, The Irish School of Ecumenics and the theological journal Concilium are pleased to announce the international conference: ‘From World Mission to Interreligious Witness: Visioning Ecumenics in the 21st Century’, which will take place at Trinity College Dublin from 16-18 June 2010. The conference seeks to explore and examine the following three-fold trajectory:
1)From World Mission to World Christianity and Beyond
2)Cultures of Faith and Public Theology: Ecumenical Witness
3) Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Witness.
For further information, please visit the following link: For further information, please see the attached document or click on the following link: http://www.ecumenics.ie/research/visioning-21st-century-ecumenism/2010-conference/..

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