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The Junior Girls’ Choir at Evensong on March 11. An important moment! On Friday March 11 the Cathedral’s Junior Girls’ Choir sang Evensong for the first time. They sang the opening plainsong responses, a form of ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’ as well as an anthem and hymn. There was a good attendance of parents and friends. The Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann, said: “This was an important moment for the 20 young girls, all from the three Cathedral Choir Schools, and they responded well to the challenge. singing in three north Belfast primary schools, Sacred Heart, Edenbrook and Cliftonville Integrated. Senior Girls sing in Bach St John Passion The Senior Girls’ Choir performed in the Bach St John Passion at the Ulster Hall, with the Belfast Philharmonic and the Ulster Orchestra on Good Friday evening. “Thanks to Thérèse, who directed, and Anna and Aoife, who supported them and to Ian on the organ. It was a most encouraging service and we hope that we will hear more of them as the months pass and that some of the girls will find a place, after audition, in the Senior Girls’ Choir (watch this space!).” The Choir School project teaches choral Members of the Girls’ Choir distributed beautiful daffodil posies to the congregation at services on Mothering Sunday. 8 Cathedral Digest
Canon Jim Sims and Canon Noble Hamilton at the Retired Clergy Association meeting. Retired clergy hear talk on Genesis and geology Members of the Retired Clergy Association held a Service of Holy Communion in the Chapel of Unity in St Anne’s on March 8. This was followed by a talk by the Rev Ron Elsdon entitled ‘Genesis and Geology’ which Ron said focused on ‘how to read Genesis when we know the earth is very old, not very young.’ or four times a year. Secretary, the Rev Canon Walter Laverty, said members would meet again for their annual lunch in May, which is also attended by clergy widows and wives. The Association will then hold its September meeting in Armagh, with a visit to St Patrick’s Cathedral and other historical sites in the Armagh area. Before the 11am Communion Service, the Association members enjoyed refreshments in the Cathedral Hall, which they returned to for the talk. The Association draws members from across Northern Ireland, and meets three And in November they will head to Bangor Abbey, established by Saint Comgall in 558, for the final meeting of 2016. The Association is chaired by the Rev John McKeagney. Cathedral Digest 9
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