Enniskerry
GAA ACTION
Enniskerry Junior Footballers got a hard earned point at home to Kilbride/Lacken last Sunday. The Black and Amber will be at home on Saturday in Pairc na Sillogue at 3 p.m. against table tppers Blessington, a good local support would help.
POKER NIGHT
Enniskerry YC soccer club are holding another Fund Raiser on Saturday, March 3, in Powerscourt Arms Hotel – there are a few tables still left.
DARTS NEWS
Powerscourt Arms Dart team got back to winning ways last Tuesday with a 5-3 home win inspired by an outstanding display from Brendan O’Toole.
WALKERS
The winter season enters its last weeks for Enniskerry Walkers on Saturday, March 10, on the Clara Vale Circuit.
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Powerscourt Tomorrow (Thursday): 10 a.m. – Holy Communion and Prayer for the sick.
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, March 4 – Lent 3: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion 11.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two; 11.30 a.m. – Sunday School in the School Hall.
Services of Worship in Kilbride for Sunday, March 4 – Lent 3: 10 a.m. – Holy Communion Two.
Today (Wednesday, March 28): 7.30 p.m. – Midweek Lenten Study continues in Powerscourt School Hall with ‘Laudato Si 2015 – An overview’ by Fr Donald Dorr. St Mary’s Church.
Mass Times: St Mary’s Church: Sunday Mass at 11 a.m.; 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. St Patrick’s Curtlestown: Sunday Mass at 10 a.m.; St Kevin’s 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 – St Mary’s: 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.
Saturday Evening Mass: The celebration of 7 p.m. Saturday evening Mass has returned to St Mary’s Parish Church for the season of Lent.
Women’s World Day of Prayer Service – (International and Interdenominational): In St Mochonog’s Church, Kilmacanogue, this Friday evening at 8 p.m. with the theme ‘All God’s Creation is Very Good’. The interdenominational movement of the Women’s World Day of Prayer invites everyone to attend one of over 5,000 services being held this Friday with the title ‘All God’s Creation is Very Good.’.
We will join an estimated three million people around the world that day in a service which has been written this year by the women of Suriname in South America. Starting in Samoa as the sun rises, and ending as the sun sets off the coast of American Samoa, the service will have been translated into more than 95 languages and 1000 dialects as we are reminded that we have responsibilities in caring for this wonderful world we live in.
With its vast rainforest and wealth of resources, Suriname asks us to pray for conservation and the protection of wildlife, through an awareness of pollution, misuse and abuse, as well as for the situation in Suriname and concerns for the future. This is not simply a day of prayer for women, but for everyone who cares about our world and those who live in it.
Trocaire: Trócaire boxes are available at the back of the church, please take one and return to the church at the end of Lent.
Bookstall: A bookstall has been placed in the rere of Enniskerry church to display suitable spiritual reading material. Please place money for books in shrines at back or front of church.
Diocesan Administrative Guidance: The Archdiocese recently publish Guidance for the administration of parishes to ensure compliance with legal requirements and otherwise with good practice. Arising from this a number of changes will have to be implemented in due course, some more obvious than others. Sacristy Registers have already been introduced which must be completed not only by the celebrant and Sacristan but also by other visitor a necessary. A reminder also to anyone, other than the Legion of Mary and SVP, wishing to collect or otherwise within church grounds that the prior approval of the parish priest must be sought.
Midweek Lenten Study Pro- gramme 2018: Takes place on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. in Powerscourt School Hall – theme ‘Climate Justice’. Tonight (Wednesday): ‘Laudato Si 2015 – An overview’ by Fr Donald Dorr.
Fr Donal Dorr is a theologian and a member of St Patrick’s Missionary Society. He has lived and worked as a missionary in several African countries. In the 1980s he was the holder of a Research Fellowship in the Theology of Development, and a consultor to the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace. The main focus of his work at home and abroad has been on empowering grassroots activists in working for justice and care for the environment, in training activists and religious leaders in leadership skills, and in running spirituality workshops for people who are searching for meaning and purpose in their lives.
Donal is the author of 10 books, mainly on issues of spirituality and international social justice, including ‘Option for the Poor and for the Earth’ and ‘Conversion and Holiness: The Teaching of John Wesley’; March 7: Catherine Brennan SSL – ‘ Eco-Congregation Ireland: a national perspective’; March 14: ‘ Eco Congregation Ireland: a diocesan perspective from the diocese of Cashel and Ossory’ by Ven. Andrew Orr; March 21: ‘An Eco Congregation 2017 (Shankill) – an ecumenical parish perspective’ by Rev Trevor Stevenson.
Confirmation and Holy Communion Dates for the parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary 2018: Ceremonies of Light: Kilmacanogue – Thursday, March 8, at 7.30 p.m. Confirmation: Curtlestown – Friday, March 9, at 11 a.m.; Kilmacanogue – Friday, March 16, at 11 a.m.; Enniskerry – Thursday, March 22, at 11m. First Confession: Enniskerry – Tuesday, February 27, at 7.30 p.m.; Kilmacanogue: Thurs- day, March 22, at 7.30 p.m. First Holy Communion: Enniskerry – Saturday, May 12, at 11 a.m.; Kilmacanogue: Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m.; Curtlestown: Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m.
Save the Date – This Saturday, March 3: St Patrick’s National School annual dinner dance takes place in the summer Hill House Hotel. Please contact Sorcha Burton at 086 1718652 or Paddy King at 087 2438570.
Baptism: Baptisms will be held on Saturday, March 11, in St Mochonog’s at 2 p.m. and in St Mary’s on Sunday, April 8, at midday. If you wish to book a baptism please phone parish office at least two weeks beforehand.
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. Click on the 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
John Lennon will be the guest presenter for the Thursday, March 8, 8.30 p.m. meeting of the Enniskerry History Society in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel, at which he will present his lecture on ‘A History of the Main Street, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. All welcome to attend – admission €5. Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities are available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
Other events which may of interest to members of the Enniskerry History Society are tonight’s (Wednesday) 6 p.m. lecture by Dr Brendan Kelly on ‘He Lost Himself Completely: Shell shock and its treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital, 1916-1919’ in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. All welcome – admission free; tomorrow (Thursday) nights 8 p.m. lecture by John Kirby on ‘Viking Dublin and Wood Quay’ to the Mount Merrion Historical Society in the community centre, North Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. All welcome – admission €4/Students €2; next Monday nights 6.30 p.m. lecture by Ron Cox on ‘Cast Iron Bridges’ to the Engineers Ireland Heritage Society in 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin four. All welcome – admission free and the 7.30 p.m. talk by Alan Hayden on ‘Everything but the apothecary: recent archaeological excavations, Kevin Street, Dublin’ to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in the Helen Roe Theatre, Society House, 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin two. All welcome – admission free; next Tuesday night’s 8 p.m. lecture by Frank Nugent on ‘The re-enactment of Shackleton’s Antarctic Rescue Mission’ to the Kilmacanogue History Society in the Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Delgany, Co. Wicklow. All welcome – admission €3; and next Wednesday nights 8 p.m. lecture by Diarmuid Ó Gráda on ‘Georgian Dublin: The Forces that Shaped the City’ to the Rathmichael Historical Society in Rathmichael National School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin. All welcome – admission €5.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
The opening hours for the li- brary are – Tuesday and Friday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. New members to the library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.