TCD Chaplaincy - Church of Ireland

25/11/2024

09/11/2023

Join us for the Remembrance Service to honour those who have fallen.

01/11/2023

Join us and for our All Souls’ Eucharist, where we commemorate the faithful departed. 🕯️ ✝️

31/10/2023

Reformation Day ✝️ 📖 ➡️

23/09/2023

Join us for Sunday Service with , every week at 10.45am 🎶 ✝️

20/09/2023

Join us for Urnaí na Nóna on Wednesdays at 6.30pm! A great chance to meet other Irish speakers in Chapel.

19/09/2023

The Eucharist is one of the ways Jesus uses to draw us closer to Himself, and transforms us with His grace. This spiritual food nourishes us on our Christian journey toward eternal life. We should receive it in faith, and be thankful.

13/09/2023

🎶 ✝️ Evensong returns! Join us and on Thursday at 5.15pm for a Service of Scripture and song.

Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness! Ps. 96

27/07/2023

Protestant and Catholic
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09/07/2023

1. What does the word ‘Eucharist’ mean?

The word ‘Eucharist’ comes from a Greek word meaning thanksgiving. This sacrament is called the Eucharist because it is the Church’s sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. It is also called the Lord’s Supper or the Holy Communion because it is the meal of fellowship which unites us to Christ and to the whole Church. (Revised Catechism, 50)

2. What does the Church of Ireland teach about this sacrament?

In the sacrament of the Eucharist, by Christ’s command, we make continual remembrance of him: we remember his passion and death, we celebrate his resurrection and ascension, and we look for the coming of his kingdom. In doing this we give thanks for the benefits of his sacrifice conveyed to us in the sacrament. In receiving his body and blood, we are strengthened in our union with Christ and his Church, we receive the forgiveness of our sins and we are nourished for eternal life. (Revised Catechism, 54)

3. How does the Church of Ireland understand Christ’s presence in the sacrament?

The Church of Ireland teaches that a sacrament has two parts: an outward and visible sign and an inward and spiritual grace. The outward and visible sign in Holy Communion is bread and wine. The inward and spiritual grace is the body and blood of Christ received in faith, that is the life of the risen Christ. (Revised Catechism, 53)

The Church of Ireland teaches that there is no change in the physical properties of the bread and wine. However, there is a change in the significance they have for worshippers. Through them the life of the risen and glorified Christ is communicated and received by faith. Thus, following consecration, they are considered as Christ’s sacramental body and blood.

It is the glorified Lord himself whom the community of the faithful encounters in the eucharistic celebration through the preaching of the word, in the fellowship of the Lord’s supper, in the heart of the believer, and, in a sacramental way, through the gifts of his body and blood, already given on the cross for their salvation.
(ARCIC, The Final Report, p.21)

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