Radio MASS from St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin Celebrant: Fr. Arthur O’Neill The Parish Choir directed by Jean Monahan, Organist: David Burke RTÉ Radio 1, MW only, Sunday 21 December, 10am MORNING PRAYER (Sung Matins) From the Book of Common Prayer conducted by the Reverend Tom Gordon RTÉ Radio 1, MW only, Sunday 21 December, 10.45am MARIAN FINUCANE - CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT The ESB Christmas Carol Concert from All Hallows College, Dublin Producer: Anne Farrell, Tara Campbell, Yvonne Judge RTÉ Radio 1, Tuesday 23 December, 9.03am A MAYNOOTH CHRISTMAS Memories of Christmas carols , accompanied by the choirs and soloists of NUI Maynooth and St. Patrick's College Maynooth Presented and produced by Colm Keane RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Eve, 1.45pm FESTIVAL SERVICE OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS From St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Introduced by the Dean's Vicar, The Reverend Charles Mullen 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 George Bannister RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Eve, 3.59pm FIRST MASS OF CHRISTMAS The First Mass of Christmas will be broadcast at 9.00pm on South East Radio (96.5FM) from St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy. Celebrant - Bishop Eamonn Walsh, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ferns South East Radio, Christmas Eve, 9.00pm STATIONS OF THE CRIB On walkabout in the Nativity Narratives Author Aidan Mathews, a wallfallen mid-lifer and a protesting Roman Catholic, mulls over the reports of the birth of Jesus/Yeshua in the gospels of the Greek Luke and the Jew Matthew. How can we read these works in the late Enlightenment when truth is verifiable and not visionary? How can such images and emblems speak to our ordinary unhappiness in the 21st century? What, in short, is Christ's mass good for? Mathews attempts to consider how these Christian texts and the Christmas calendar itself have shone their darkness and their daylight on personal experiences in labour wards, at death beds, in a psychiatric hospital, and in the solstice clarity of everyday existence. Written and produced by Aidan Mathews RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Eve, 9.02pm MIDNIGHT MASS from The Mater Private Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin Celebrant: Father Damian O’Reilly RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Eve, 12 midnight CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM CHURCH LEADERS IN COUNTY WEXFORD will be broadcast at 9.00 am on South East Radio (96.5FM) at 9.50am. (Bishop Eamonn Walsh, Bishop Peter Barrett and Rev Sam Anketell) South East Radio, Christmas Day, 9.50am MASS from The Mater Private Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin Celebrant: Father Damian O’Reilly RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Day, 10.02am SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION from St. Andrew’s Church, Lucan, Co. Dublin Celebrant: The Reverend Scott Peoples Preacher: Reverend Sandra Hales RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Day, 10.45am A TIME FOR CHRISTMAS A time for Christmas is about why and how we celebrate Christmas at this time of the year. We are familiar with the great Christian tradition of how Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem and how Jesus was born there but there is no reason to suppose that it was at this particular time of the year. Different Christian traditions put an emphasis on different times of the Christmas season. The Orthodox tradition celebrates Christmas as the coming of the Three Wisemen on January 6th and in many continental European countries the festive occasion is Christmas Eve not Christmas Day. This programme looks at all of this and features Fr. George Zavershiniskiy of the Russian Orthodox Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul's Harold Cross, Fr. Pat O'Donoghue of the Pro Cathedral, Padraigín Clancy an expert on Celtic spirituality, Tom Ray of the Institute of Advanced Studies and people from continental countries talking about their traditions. Producer: Peter Mooney RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Day, 4.02pm LIAM O'FLYNN AND CATHERINE ENNIS at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh Music played on uilleann pipes and organ. Recorded during the William Kennedy Festival of Piping held in Armagh in November. Producer: Peter Browne RTÉ Radio 1, Christmas Day, 7.02pm MASS - OUTSIDE BROADCAST FROM NEW ROSS, CO WEXFORD South East Radio will broadcast Mass from St Brigid's Church, Terrerath, New Ross, Co Wexford, at 10.30am on Sunday 28th December. Celebrant: Monsignor Donald Kenny CC South East Radio (96.5FM), Sunday 28th December, 10.30am Television RING OUT THE BELLS Roger Whittaker, Brendan Bowyer, Eleanor Shanley, Jack L, and Simon Casey are among the star line-up in RING OUT THE BELLS , a programme of Christmas carols, songs and readings from beautiful Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. They join harpist Cliona Doris, Cór na nÓg, the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, and the Pro-Cathedral's Palestrina Choir, who celebrate their centenary this year. The RTE Concert Orchestra will be under the baton of Gareth Hudson. This hour-long programme will be guaranteed to bring you into the true spirit of Christmas as, all over Ireland, turkeys are stuffed and last minute presents are wrapped. RTE 1, Christmas Eve, 6.25pm INTER-ACTIVE MIDNIGHT MASS Later on that evening, at 11.15pm, the annual Christmas Midnight Mass will come from the exquisite St. Teresa's Carmelite Church in Clarendon St, the very popular church in the heart of Dublin. The choir, directed by Grainne Gormley, includes many semi-professional singers who study at or have graduated from the nearby College of Music, so worshippers at Clarendon St are accustomed to a high standard of church music there every Sunday. The celebrant on Christmas Eve will be Fr James Noonan, Prior of St. Teresa's. Information about all the activities at St. Teresa's can be found on their new website - www.clarendonstreet.net Requests for intentions for this Midnight Mass are invited from members of the public, a selection of which will be included in the televised Mass. The email address of the Prior is jnoonan@ocd.ie RTE 1, Christmas Eve, 11.15pm CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE OF COMMUNION On Christmas Day, religious programmes begin with a Service of Communion for Christmas with members of Killiney Church of Ireland Parish, led by the Rev. Ian Poulton at 10.15am. RTE 1, Christmas Day, 10.15am URBI ET ORBI - FROM THE CITY TO THE WORLD Then, at 11am, Pope John Paul once again gives his Christmas Greetings and Blessing to the world from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The commentator will be Fr. Tom McCarthy OP RTE 1, Christmas Day, 11.00am MASS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY Mass for Christmas Day comes from St. Patrick's Church, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. The celebrant will be Fr Enda Lloyd, who spent many years working with the Columban Fathers in Santiago, Chile. So there will be a distinct South American influence in the Christmas liturgy! RTE 1, Christmas Day, 11.35am MESSAGES FROM THE ARCHBISHOPS OF ARMAGH The two Archbishops of Armagh, Dr. Sean Brady and Dr. Robin Eames, will present their Christmas messages at 2.45pm on Christmas Day. RTE 1, Christmas Day, 2.45pm Ends December 2003 |