ENNISKERRY

PARISH OF POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE

All Church Services and activities remain suspended in accordance with Government instructions. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates and for details of online services of worship.

Up to 25 immediate family and close friends may now attend a funeral but social distancing must be observed. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to open next Monday, further details are awaited from the Government and the Archbishop’s Office so that these can be implemented by the Select Vestry to facilitate the resumption of worship services.

Online Sunday Worship: All Sunday Worship Services are available on the Joint Parishes of Powerscourt and Kilbride YouTube channel – youtube.

Powerscourt Graveyard Reminder: The upkeep of the parish’s beautiful graveyard is important to the parish as this holy place provides peace and sanctuary for many visitors but we ask that you clean-up after your dog and that all dogs are kept on a lead. In order the maintain the natural sense of our country graveyard, it is requested that no coloured pebbles be used on the graves and that grave owners take responsibility to remove and dispose of wreaths or floral decorations once they have fulfilled their purpose.

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.

Masses Update: The celebration of Mass in our churches remain suspended till further notice in line with restrictions limiting attendance at public indoor gatherings.

The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligation to physically attend Sunday Mass for the duration of the present emergency Weekday Mass is now broadcast by RTÉ NEWS NOW at 10.30 a.m. and also through EWTN, Radio Maria, channel which can be found in Saorview and Channel 210.

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. Up to 25 immediate family and close friends may now attend a funeral but social distancing must be observed. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to open next Monday, so that these can be implemented by St Mary’s Parish Pastoral Council to facilitate the resumption of Masses.

Sacrament Cancellations: The 2020 schedule/timetable previously issued by the parish office for the Sacraments of First Confession, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation, remains cancelled. Meantime those who were to celebrate the Sacraments of First Confession, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation, are encouraged to continue their preparation. Although houses for worship re-open next Monday, social distancing protocols will still remain in force, and consideration will then be given as to how these sacraments will be celebrated at a future date.

Maintaining Contact With Our Parishioners: 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 including 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.

HISTORY SOCIETY

Monthly meetings of the Enniskerry History Society, which meets the guidance of its president, John Callan, are scheduled to resume in October if permitted to do so. Further information about the Enniskerry History Society available from John Callan at 01 2867853.

ENNISKERRY LIBRARY

The library has re-opened on Wednesdays only from 1.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. and is operating on a ‘click and collect’ basis only – borrowers can order/reserve books online at – smmulligan@ wicklowcoco.ie or call 01 286 4339 and will then be advised when they can be collected from the library. Books can be renewed online and returned books can be deposited in the ‘returns box’ located in the library doorway during Wednesday opening hours.

Please note that only those books held by the County Wicklow Library Service can be order for ‘click and collect.’.