Enniskerry
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, November 12 – The third Sunday Before Advent – Remembrance: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. – Remembrance Service.
Powerscourt Tomorrow (Thursday): 10 a.m. – Holy Communion and Prayer for the sick.
Services of Worship in Kilbride for Sunday, November 12 – The third Sunday Before Advent – Remembrance: 10 a.m. – Remembrance Service.
Open Church and Daily Prayer: Open Church and Daily Prayer has ceased for the season in Powerscourt Church after 35 weeks during 2017. Special thanks goes to the team who mind the church and lead the prayer each day. During those weeks over 1,100 visitors spent time in the church for quiet time and reflection, sometimes lighting a prayer candle and often sharing stories of family connections with the church and graveyard. To mark the end of the season a number of the team spent some time in Glendalough on Saturday, October 14, for a mini retreat ending with lunch in the Heather Restaurant.
Photograph Request – Reeling In the Years: A call to all and especially to anyone who may have gone to Powerscourt National School – If you or anyone you may know have photographs or files of photographs from through the years right back to 1818. We would be delighted to source them, copy them, scan them and archive them and return them safely to you. This is in preparation for a wonderful exhibition in 2018. Please send to ‘ 200 Year Photo’ c/o Jane Honner, Powerscourt National School, Cookstown Road, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow.
Mothers’ Union Missionary Sale on Saturday, November 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Our annual sale, the entire proceeds of which will go to assist the funding of charitable organisations, is being held this year on Saturday, November 18, in the Parish Hall, Enniskerry Village. We would welcome the support of all members of the community in whatever way you can.
There will be the usual bargains to be had especially if you like home baking (cakes, breads, jams and more), gardening (seedlings, cuttings, shrubs) or reading (CDs and videos also available). It also provides a window of opportunity to do a ‘winter-cleanout’ of unwanted items that someone else will treasure or find a use for.
For younger people there will also be a great selection of toys at pocket-money prices. If you have an item or items to donate please get in touch with the relevant stallholder who will be only too happy to assist you.
Tea or coffee, scones and cakes served throughout the day. Stallholders are – Cakes: Ruth Sutton at 087 6408523; Books: Patricia Armstrong at 2865189; Toys: School at 2863862; brica-brac: Gillian Gleasure at 2766812; Raffle: Lydia Williams at 2867572; Plants: Elizabeth Rountree at 2863534; and Tea: Marjorie Mold at 2863499.
ST MARY’S CHURCH
Mass Times: St Mary’s Church: Weekday Morning Mass, 10.15 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Prayer Service: 10.15 a.m., Wednesday, Friday. Mass on first Friday of the month at 10.15 a.m. Baptism: Baptisms are now held on the second Sunday of the month. November 12 – baptisms in Enniskerry at midday; December 10 in Kilmacanogue at 2 p.m. for parishioners only. Parishioners are asked to give two weeks notice. Curtlestown: Sunday Mass at 10 a.m.; Glencree: 9 a.m. Mass on the First Sunday of the month; Kilmacanaogue: Sundays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Holy Days – as announced.
Sacrament of Reconciliation – (Confessions): Confessions are held after 10.15 a.m. Mass on Saturday morning. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after 10.15 a.m. Prayer Service each Friday morning. The Rosary is recited each morning at 9.55 a.m. in the Prayer Room. The Rosary Group meet on first Monday of each month in St Mary’s Prayer Room at 7 p.m.
Altar List of the Dead: Sheets and envelopes are available at the back of the church. Please complete the sheet and return in envelope to sacristy, parish office or leave on the collection basket on Sunday. Masses are offered for those whose names are on the Altar List of the Dead on the First Friday of each month.
Annual Mass for the Deceased: For those whose Funeral Masses took place in the four churches of our parish this year, this Mass will take place this Friday at 7.30 p.m. in St Mary’s Parish Church. All parishioners are welcome to come along and pray for our neighbours and friends. If you have a family member or a friend who died outside our parish this year and you would like to have them remembered at this Mass please contact the parish office.
St Kevin’s Church, Glencree, Enniskerry – winter Months 2017 – 2018: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered here for the Healing Of All Generations at 3 p.m. on the following First Saturdays: December 2 and January 6, 2018, The feast of the Epiphany. All are most welcome – Little Ones of Glencree (085 1441747).
Strictly Come Dancing Night: St Catherine’s Special School, Newcastle are hosting a Strictly Come Dancing night this Saturday night in Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel Killiney, Co. Dublin. We are fundraising for some much needed playground equipment for the kiddies and all donations big or small would be greatly received. Tickets for this event available from Val Kavanagh at 086 3525076.
Curtlestown by Candelight: Organised by Curtlestown parents’ association, this concert of classical music of Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Piazzolla, takes place by candlelight at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, November 25, in the intimate setting of St Patrick’s Church, Curtlestown, performed by Catherina Lemoni – piano, David O’Doherty – violin, Moya O’Grady – cello, and with very special guests St Patrick’s National School Choir. Tickets are €10 for adults, children free and can be obtained from Sorcha Burton at 086 1718652, Paddy King at 087 2438570 or via the Curltestown parents’ association Facebook page.
Legion of Mary – Kilmacanogue Presidium: Meet at 11.30 a.m. every Tuesday in the sacristy of St Mochonog’s. New members are most welcome. Group recite the Rosary on the first Saturday of each month at midday at the Grotto in the church grounds. Visit legionofmary.ie to view website.
Facebook page: Enniskerry, Curtlestown, Glencree and Kilmacanogue are part of the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area. A Facebook page has been created to coordinate any and all activities common to all parishes in the area.
So please link in with it and like our page. To find: type Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area on your own Facebook page and like it please.
HISTORY SOCIETY
Tomorrow night (Thursday) the November meeting of the Enniskerry History Society takes place on at 8.30 p.m. in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel, Enniskerry Village at which Rob Goodbody will present his lecture ‘The Martello Towers of the Dublin Coastline.’ Built in the early 1800s to warn the authorities in Dublin of an approaching French invasion force, which could only land on Killiney Beach as this was only one suitable to land an invasion force on, these structures, most of which still survive, extended from Bray to Sandymount. All welcome – admission €5.
Before this lecture takes place events coming up which may be of interest to members include tonight’s ( Wednesday) 6 p.m. meeting of the Old Dublin Society at which Mary O’Connell will present her lecture ‘From Meath of the Pastures to Smithfield: A story of a Cattle Market and a Family Who Lived There’ in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. All welcome – admission free; next Tuesday night’s 8 p.m. meeting of the Genealogical Society of Ireland in Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, at which Tadgh O’Shea will speak on ‘irishgenealogy.ie – a National Treasure’, and the Wednesday, November 16, 8 p.m. meeting of the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, at which Neal Doherty will present his lecture ‘The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin’.
Enniskerry History Society members asked to note that the 2017 Dublin City Library Local History Day will take place on Saturday, November 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin – admission free and details will be announced shortly.
The 2018 Dublin City Library and Archive Local History Society Group Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Satur- day, February 24, in the Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin – details of the programme will be issued in due course.
Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
Opening hours are as follows: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. New members to the library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.