Enniskerry
PARISH OF POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE.
Services of Worship in St Patrick’s Church, Powerscourt for this Sunday – The Palm Sunday: All Church Services are suspended till further notice. 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 – Palm Sunday: All Church Services are suspended till further notice. 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, subject to current Government restrictions on gatherings being lifted by the date. If these are not lifted it will automatically be cancelled and rescheduled to a new date which parishioners will be advised of. 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, subject to current Government restrictions on gatherings being lifted by the date. If these are not lifted it will automatically be cancelled and rescheduled to a new date which parishioners will be advised of. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates about this meeting.
ST MARY’S CHURCH
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.
Coronavirus Measures: Due to measures introduced by the healthcare authorities limiting attendance at public indoor gatherings, Masses in our churches are suspended till further notice While Masses are suspended, the voice of prayer should not be silent. 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/watchlive; Mass is also broadcast by web-came from St Mary’s Pro Cathedral Dublin; for a list if churches broadcasting Mass by web-cam go to dublindiocese.ie/ list-of-churches-with-webcamsto-watch-listen-to-daily Mass/. St Mary’s and St Mochonog’s Church will be open for private prayer each day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – please remember to adhere to social distancing requirements.
Online Masses during the Coronavirus Pandemic: At this time there are many churches across various diocese that are broadcasting Masses through webcams and parish radios. The Enniskerry Parish website has been updated so that our parish community can tune in and engage in a Spiritual Communion – go to enniskerryparish.ie and click on the Daily Mass link on the home page.
On the parish website there is a Daily Reflection, a Pastoral Letter from Fr Bernard and Fr Hyacinth along with resources for families and prayers at home during this time. Parishioners will be updated on developments every week via our weekly Parish Link
Newsletter which will be available each Friday on the parish website. More resources will be added in the coming days and weeks with Mass resources and spiritual links for all.
Outreach: Two support groups have been set up by local volunteers to help people who are isolated due to the present crisis and need help with food shopping, prescription and medication collection. Parishioners, who would like to volunteer Kilmacanogue are asked to call David Metcalfe at 086 3895627 and for Enniskerry to call Melanie Corrigan at 083 3642439 for further information. Parishioners, who need assistance themselves or know of someone who does, are asked to call either of these numbers.
ALONE COVID-19 Support Line for Older People: ALONE – Supporting older people to age at home – has launched a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to the outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Ireland. Professional staff will be available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance where necessary. The support line will be open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., by calling 0818 – 222 024, and hours may be extended to meet the demand.
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.
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 SVP.ie/volunteer@ svp.ie.
Parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary Fund Raising Appeal: Parishioners have received aninvitation 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 Help Lines: Society of St Vincent de Paul: 01 8550022; Samaritans: 1850-609090; Recovery: 01 6260775; Accord: 01 5053112.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
The library is closed till further notice. Books can be renewed online – late return fees have been suspended during the period of the library’s closure.
HISTORY SOCIETY
Month meetings of the Enniskerry History Society, which meets the guidance of its president, John Callan, have now concluded and in light of the Government probations on social gatherings no further meetings will take place till October when hopefully it will be s possible 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 available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
KILMACANOGUE HISTORY SOCIETY
The April and May meetings and all subsequent activities by the society have been suspended till further notice and it is hoped that activities will be able to resume in October when the current public health emergency is over.