Enniskerry
PARISH OF POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in St Patrick’s Church, Powerscourt for this Sunday – The Fifth Sunday in Lent: All Church services are suspended for the foreseeable future. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates and for details of online services of worship. Services of Worship in St Brigid’s Church, Kilbride for this Sunday – The Fifth Sunday in Lent:. All Church services are suspended for the foreseeable future. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates and for details of online services of worship.
Irish Trefoil Guild – Guiding for Life: Calling all former leaders of the Irish Girl Guides in Bray and the surrounding area. There is now a Trefoil Guild in Bray. Contact Anne at – braytrefoilguild@ gmail.com.
Easter General Vestry Meeting for St Patrick’s Church, Powerscourt: This is scheduled to take place in Powerscourt National School at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 27, and is subject to cancellation and rescheduling if current Government restrictions on gatherings are not lifted by this date. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates about this meeting.
Easter General Vestry Meeting for St Brigid’s Church, Kilbride: This is scheduled to take place in the Parish Room of the church at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, and is subject to cancellation and rescheduling if current Government restrictions on gatherings are not lifted by this date. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates about this meeting.
ST MARY’S CHURCH ENNISKERRY
Parish website: The parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary has its own website. Please check out ‘Enniskerryparish.ie’ for the latest information about our parish.
Important Notice – Suspension of Masses: Due to the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19), all Masses and Services for Enniskerry Parish and the Bray Pastoral Area including Enniskerry, Kilmacanogue, Curtlestown and Glencree, are suspended for the time being. While Masses are suspended, the voice of prayer should not be silent. We know that many will want to our churches and pray privately and this will be accommodate where possible. In challenging times like this, people find strength, consolation and hope in prayer. We rediscover the value of the traditional prayers such as the Rosary, the Memorare, St Patrick’s Breastplate etc. We have placed prayer resources on our website. The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligation to physically attend Sunday Mass while the present emergency persists. Check the RTÉ schedule for broadcast Mass times. Mass is also brought broadcast through EWTN, Radio Maria, channel which can be found in Saorview and Channel 210. Mass from Knock Shrine is brought each day at midday; Rosary at 7 p.m. and Mass at 7.30 p.m. on knockshrine/watch-live; Mass is also broadcast by webcam from St Mary’s Pro Cathedral Dublin. For a list of churches broadcasting Mass by webcam go to dublindiocese.ie/list-of-churches-with-webcams-to-watch-listen-to-daily Mass/.
Lenten Sacred Space: Parishioners are invited to click through to our Lenten Sacred Space on the parish website. There will be some lovely reflections and links on the website during Lent.
The Priory Institute for Lent: ‘Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving’ – the three pillars of Lent – is a free three-day online retreat from Dublin’s Priory Institute. The video reflections are available from the beginning of Lent, to view at your convenience. You can register at any time throughout Lent. For further information please email Frances at: frances. oloughlin@prioryinstitute.com.
Volunteers Sought: St Vincent de Paul Society urgently need volunteers in the areas of Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare to work in assisting individuals and families once a week. This will be for about three hours, day or night (whatever suits you best). Full training and support provided – for more information Tel: 01 8198405 or email volunteer@ svp.ie.
Parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary Fund Raising Appeal: Parishioners have received an invitation to donate to the Parish
Fund Raising Appeal either by increasing their direct debit, Family Offering Envelope donation or by donating through our website. Envelopes are available at the rear of church.
Useful helpines: Society of St Vincent de Paul: 01 8550022; Samaritans: 1850-609090; Recovery: 01 6260775; Accord: 01 5053112.
ENNISKERRY HISTORY SOCIETY
Meetings of the Enniskerry History Society have now concluded and will hopefully resume in October when the current Covid-19 epidemic should be behind us. At that time it is hoped to hold the cancelled March lecture by Tom Conlon on ‘The History of St Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire.’ Further information about the Enniskerry History Society is available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
The library is closed till further notice as a public health measure to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). Books can be renewed online – late return fees have been suspended during the period of the library’s closure.
KILMACANOGUE HISTORY SOCIETY
The April and May meetings and all subsequent activities by the Society have been suspended until further notice and it is hoped to resume activities in October when hopefully the current Covid-19 crisis will be over.