This Sunday, Songs of Praise from Down Cathedral
Songs of Praise will be broadcast from Down Cathedral on Sunday 15 March so tune in to BBC 1 at 1.15 pm. Another of our churches, St Mark’s Dundela, will also feature.
The programme notes below will give you a taste of what’s in store.
Ahead of St Patrick’s Day, Claire McCollum is in County Down in Northern Ireland. St Patrick isn’t Ireland’s only patron saint, as Claire finds out about the life and work of the lesser–known St Brigid, locally famed for turning tree bark into bacon.
One of Belfast’s sons, CS Lewis was inspired by the beautiful landscape of County Down to write his Chronicles of Narnia, and we learn more about his sometimes reluctant Christianity at his home church in East Belfast.
Claire discovers how the Anglican Church is encouraging its congregations to take part in a countrywide spring clean. She joins a Christian youth group of Protestants and Catholics in Downpatrick to give them a hand litter–picking for Lent.
Plus music from across Northern Ireland and a very special performance of In Christ Alone with Daniel O’Donnell.