Shankill
ST JAMES’ COI, CRINKEN
Worship Service for Sunday, March 18 – Lent 5: 11 a.m. – Morning Praise.
Holy Week and Easter Services: Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday: 11 a.m. – Morning Praise.
Monday, March 26, to Thursday, March 29: Joint Holy Week Services at 7.30 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. – The Mark Drama. Easter Sunday: 9.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Easter Praise; 7 p.m. – The Mark Drama.
RATHMICHAEL COI
Services of Worship on Sunday, March 18 – The fifth Sunday of Lent: 8.30 a.m. – Holy
Communion; 11 a.m. – Holy Communion; 7 p.m. – Compline, Lector Ros Cox.
Holy Week Services: Wednesday, March 28: 8 p.m. – Service of Wholeness and Healing in Kilternan Parish Church at which the Speaker will be Mrs Hilda Plant, C of I chaplain to St Vincent’s Hospital; Maundy Thursday: 8 p.m. Service in Rathmichael; Good Friday: 11 a.m. Service and 8 p.m. Service both in Rathmichael.
The Alpha/In-Between Club: The Book Club will meet on Tuesday, March 27, at 8 p.m. The books the club membersare reading for March are: ‘ Small Great Things’ by Jodi Picoult and.
‘The Chilbury Ladies Choir’ by Jennifer Ryan.
Easter Vestry Notice: The Easter Vestry will take place on Sunday, April 8, in the Erck Hall following the 11 a.m. Family Service. 14 people will be voted on to the Select Vestry. While only Registered Vestry Persons may vote, anyone may address the meeting. Every year, several names are suggested for nomination from the floor of people who are absent on the day. Frequently we have no idea whether the absentee is willing to go forward for election or not and so we have to reject the nomination. SO, please do your homework beforehand and check with the person you would like to see elected to the Select Vestry. If you are unable to attend, then please do convey your apologies to the meeting. A Select Vestry makes these and many other decisions. Decisions which will shape things to come for a long long time. We look forward to seeing you there.
ST ANNE’S PARISH
Mass Times: Mass is celebrated in St Anne’s Church at 10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Monday to Friday (except July, August and September). Weekend Mass times are Saturday 6.30 p.m. Vigil Mass and on Sunday at 8 a.m., 10.30 a.m. (Family Mass), midday, and 6 p.m. Confessions are heard on Saturdays after the 10 a.m. Mass, between 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m., and after the 6.30 p.m. Mass. Mass is now broadcast online and can be viewed by logging onto the parish website: stannesparishshankill.com and then clicking onto video link.
Confirmation 2018: This Service of Light for all the Confirmation candidates will take place on Thursday, March 22, at 8 p.m. in the church.
Easter Chicks: Easter Chicks are available to buy in St Anne’s Resource Centre, €2 each. All proceeds raised, will help to send a sick person to Lourdes this year.
Crosscare Youth Services: The annual collection for Crosscare Youth Services Social Support Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin will be at all Masses this weekend and will replace the Share Collection. Crosscare’s mission is to provide innovative and relevant services to those most in need. For us, those most in need are people who are unable to reach their potential because they have complex and multiple needs, experience a high degree of social isolation and marginalisation and/or find it difficult or impossible to access appropriate services and supports. Despite challenging financial times Crosscare are targeting our youth work resources and efforts to those most in need in the community.
Rosary at the Mass Rocks for Life and Faith: Please join us in prayer on Sunday, March 18, at 2.30 p.m. to pray the Rosary for Life and Faith beside the Kiltuc Cross located in the grounds of St Anne’s Church – for further information see: coastalrosaryireland.ie.
Mass Times for St Patrick’s Day – Saturday, March 17: Vigil Mass: Friday at 7.30 p.m. and on Saturday at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., midnight, and 6.30 p.m.
St Patrick’s Day Invitation: Celebrate St Patrick’s Day is St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre, Glasthule, Co. Dublin, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in aid of the ‘Forgotten Irish Immigrants in London.’ A dvd produced by BBC television will be shown during the celebrations. Irish and Bailey’s Coffee cake and treats served throughout the Celebrations. All donations gratefully received. For further information on supporting this cause please contact Margaret Brown at 2804776.
Garda Vetting: We kindly ask all those who volunteer in our parish to complete the Garda Vetting form which can be collected from the parish office.
World Meeting of Families 2018: As part of the WMoF 2018 Programme, the parish is running a programme called ‘Let’s Talk Family’ – The Joy of Love: Six-Session Parish Conversation. The programme continues with Session five on Tuesday, March 20: God’s Mercy – No One Excluded; Tuesday, March 27: Session six – A Gospel; of Hope for Our Families.
Child Safeguarding: Anyone, who ministers or volunteers in any way in our parish is required to complete the Garda vetting process. For further information, please contact Ms Elaine Hogan in the parish office.
Parish Choirs: New members always welcome for the following choirs – if interested please attend the rehearsals – Adult Choir: 8 p.m. on Mondays in St Anne’s Church; Junior Choir: Before 10.30 a.m. Sunday Mass in the church; Secret Choir: 8 p.m. on Wednesdays in the St Anne’s Church; Male Voice Choir: Thursdays at 11 a.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Tea or coffee served at 10.30 a.m.
Choose Life 2018: This is a newsletter designed by the Catholic Communications Office with the purpose of encouraging discussion on the value of every human life. Follow the development of ‘Bump’ over the coming weeks at choselife2018.ie. For parishioners who are unable to access this publication ob line, copies will be available every week at the back of St Anne’s Church.
‘The Family Cube’ – Art of Loving in the Family: These are available in St Anne’s Resource Centre for €10 each. Suitable for children preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Pallottine Pilgrimage to Lourdes – August 7: Spiritual Director Fr Liam McClarey, SAC. €739 per person sharing for five nights full board. For further information please contact Ms Elaine Hogan the parish office in St Anne’s Resource Centre. €200 non-refundable deposit required at the time of booking.
Stations of the Cross at midday on Good Friday – March 30: If any child would like to take part in the stations as an actor or narrator, please speak to Ceilia after 10.30 a.m. Mass next Sunday. Rehearsals will take place on Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 a.m. and on Good Friday at 10.30 a.m.
Parish Day Trip to Knock: Takes place on Saturday, May 19, Cost – Adults: €20; Children: €10. Please make full payment at time of booking in the parish office in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Cost includes tea and scone at stopoff on the way to Knock. The bus will leave St Anne’s car park at 7.30 a.m.
Cake Sale on Easter Sunday: A cake sale will take place in St Anne’s Resource Centre on Sunday, April 1 – Easter Sunday – from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in aid of World Blind Tennis Championships. The World Blind Tennis Championships will be held in Shankill Tennis Club, Quinn’s Road, from Friday, April 27, to Sunday, April 30, If you would like to donate homemade cakes, scones or jam etc., it would be greatly appreciated.
Film Night – Saturday, March 24: Takes place in St Anne’s Resource Centre at 8 p.m. at which the last 1½ hours of the 6-hour film ‘Jesus of Nazaraeth’ starring Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Rod Steiger + more, will be screened. In addition, there will be a showing of ‘The Way of Silence’, a short history of Mt. Melleray (½ hour in length). All welcome – admission free.
BOOK SALE
The April First Saturday Book, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association, will take place in the Shankill Old Folks Centre, Lower Road, Shankill, on Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. so make a point of calling into the book sale during that Saturday morning and avail of the opportunity to pick up some excellent reading material. Donations of books, which must be in a good and clean condition, other than school/text books, will be accepted on the day. Photographs and memorial cards found in donated books can be collected at the book sale. Supporting the First Saturday Book Sale supports the Shankill Community.
SHANKILL LIBRARY
Opening hours for Shankill Library are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and on alternate Fridays and Saturdays – open this Friday but closed on Saturday and Monday. The library is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. To renew or inquire about a book call 01 2827801 or email shankillib@dlrcoco.ie. The parents and Toddler Group meets on Monday mornings (except bank holiday Mondays and the second Monday of the month), from 10.30 a.m. to 11.20 a.m. Historical Society
Last Wednesday night Diarmuid Ó Gráda was the guest presented for the 8 p.m. March meeting of the Rathmichael Historical Society the local history society for Shankill, Ballybrack and the surrounding area, in Rathmichael School, Stonebridge Road, at which he presented his lecture ‘Georgian Dublin: The Forces that Shaped the City’ in which he revealed that unlike the Dublin depicted in the conventional histories of grand red-brick square and elegant drawing rooms, it expanded so rapidly to the extent that the Government was unprepared to provide feeding or housing for the fast rising population and that as it struggled to cater for this rapidly unfolding situation, at times here was great civil unrest due to the authorities not being able to react quickly enough.
The next meeting of the society will take place on Wednesday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in Rathmichael National School at which Rob Goodbody will present ‘Ballycorus’. All welcome – admission €5.
Other events which may of interest to members of the Rathmichael Historical Society are tonight’s ( Wednesday) 6 p.m. lecture by Dr Finnian Ó Connaith on ‘ The Dublin Paving Board (1774-1847): grime and grandeur of the city’s streets’ to the Old Dublin Society in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. All welcome – admission free; and the 8 p.m. lecture by Bernard Neary on ‘Dublin 7’ to the Knocklyon History Society in the Iona Centre, Knocklyon, Templeogue, Dublin 16; tomorrow (Thursday) night’s 8 p.m. lecture by Joan Kavanagh on ‘Glendalough through the eyes of a camera’ to the Bray Cualann Historical Society in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow – all welcome, admission €5; next Tuesday nights 8 p.m. talk by Eoin Kinsella on ‘Leopardstown Park Hospital, 1917-2017’ to the Foxrock Local History Club in the Foxrock Parish pastoral centre, rear of the Foxrock RC Church, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, which will be preceded by a short talk by Myles Reid on ‘The Remaining, the Lost and the Forgotten Gate Lodges of our Area’ – all welcome, admission €5; and next Wednesday nights 8 p.m. lecture by Rob Goodbody on ‘Ballycorus Lead Works’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin – all welcome, admission €3.
The Rathmichael Historical Society extends its congratulations to John Lennon, a past president of the society, on the launch last Tuesday week of his book’ Main Street, A History of the Heart of Dundrum’ by Minister Josepha Madigan in the Holy Cross Parish Centre, Main Street, Dundrum.
GAA CLUB NOTES
The juvenile Academy is in action in the gym of St Laurence College at 10 a.m. every Saturday. All equipment is provided free and cost is only €2 per child each week, there is no annual subscription. So why not come along and give the Academy a try your child will learn the skills of Gaelic games while having fun with their friends.
After the recent severe weather there may be some disruption to training so please contact your coach for the times of the various team sessions.
The club is trying to form a Ballad Group – contact Áine at 086 8646494.
Ladies’ football team – check out our Facebook page and follow the link to the ladies Facebook group, email stevedavis203@gmail.com or contact Steve at 087 6414123.
The men’s adult football team are looking for new players which are always welcome contact Kevin at 086 8449902. For more information on the club, contact, secretary.shankill.dublingaa.ie or call 086 4010438.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
Shankill Active Retirement Association is happy to announce that it is open for new membership. Details will be announced shortly.
ICA GUILD
The guild meets on the second Monday of the month at 3.30 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Craft Morning takes place in St Anne’s Resource Centre on Tuesday mornings from 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Culture outings are held at different times throughout the year. New members always welcome – contact Patricia O’Connor at 282 0733.