Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, November 19 – The second Sunday Before Advent – Remembrance Sunday: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two; 11 a.m. – Family Service with Girls Brigade Enrolment; 7 p.m. Praise Service with Rustic Worship.
Guided Tour: This Saturday afternoon Sarah Greene will lead a guided tour of ‘The Stained Glass Windows of Christ Church Bray’ at 2 p.m. in Christ Church Church of Ireland, Church Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow. All welcome – admission free.
St Vincent de Paul Clothing Appeal: Bags which were will be distributed outside the church last Sunday will be collected this Sunday.
Classics by Candlelight: Back by popular demand, ‘Classics by Candlelight’ returns for its eighth year at 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 3, Tickets cost €10 and can be bought from the Travel Boutique or by calling the parish office.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Two Taize Evenings: An open invitation to come, away to the quiet, for 30 minutes of silent reflection, on Wednesday, November 29, and Wednesday, December 20, at 8.30 p.m. in Holy Redeemer Church.
Calling All Parish Choirs: In this year of preparation for the world meeting of families, we thought it would be nice to celebrate music and musicians in the pastoral area. You are all invited to attend a gathering of choirs where there will be an opportunity to learn a new Mass setting, and the hymn written especially for the occasion of the world meeting of families. Some new music will be introduced that may or may not suit your choir, but why not come along anyway and have a listen. Afternoon tea is a must as part of any gathering. Thank you. Aideen Darcy, Parish Pastoral Worker. The date is this Saturday in Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Bray, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Annual Plaque Remembrance: The 7 p.m. Mass this coming Monday will be celebrated for the repose of the souls of all those named on the brass plates on the seats in the church. As we live, they too shall live, as we remember them.
Fr, John Moses Jatau: Fr John Moses is returning to Bray for a short visit later this month. We are hosting a social evening, with Entertainment, for him on Friday, November 24, at 7.30 p.m.
Cake Sale: There was a cake sale after all last Sundays morning Masses this morning in the Little Flower Hall, hosted by a student from Loreto Dalkey, who is travelling to Zambia in Africa with Habitat for Humanity to help build houses for the local community. Thank you for your support.
Confirmation Preparation Mass: This Sunday there will be a Confirmation preparation Mass on the theme ‘Believe and Hope’ at 6 p.m. Children and parents who are preparing for their Confirmation in 2018 are invited to attend.
Saint Vincent de Paul Collection: Last Sunday week’s collection for the Saint Vincent de Paul amounted to €1,435. Thank you all for your continued support and generosity.
ST PETER’S PARISH
An Evening with St Fergal’s Men’s Choir: A fundraising concert in aid of the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance takes place at 8 p.m. on Sunday, November 26, in St Peter’s Church, Little Bray. Adults €10/Students €5. Accompanying children free.
November Altar List of the Dead: The envelopes for the November Altar list of the dead are available at the back of the church. All those whose names are listed will be remembered at Masses on the feast of All Saints, All Souls and the First Friday of each month. Please return envelopes to the sacristy or the parish office.
Confirmation: Our next preparation Mass ‘Believe and Hope’ will take place this Sunday at 11.30 a.m.
Young at Heart Dinners: Take place on Friday at 12.30 p.m. Come along and enjoy great food and a game of bingo. Young at Heart dinners will finish on Friday, December 8, will recommence in February. Date to be confirmed.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
Ballywaltrim Community Centre: Is organising a Christmas Market as a fundraising event on Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Christmas Shopping Day Tour to Kilkenny: On Saturday, December 9, departing at 9.30 a.m. from St Fergal’s Church, heading back from destination at 7.30 p.m. Cost, depending on numbers: €47 – €57. Contact parish office for details and to book. Full deposit to be paid at time of booking.
An Evening with St Fergal’s Men’s Choir: A fundraising concert in aid of the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance takes place on Sunday, November 26, at 8 p.m. in St Peter’s Church, Little Bray. Admission: Adults €10/Students €5. Accompanying Children: Free All in a beautiful setting with lighting and spectacular visual backdrops.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
Confirmation: Our next preparation Mass ‘Believe and Hope’ will take place this Sunday at 11.30 a.m.
Our Lady Queen of Peace annual Christmas Fair: Will take place in Villa Pacis on Sunday, December 3, If you have any unwanted new gifts and would like to donate them, please drop them into the Villa Pacis or contact Anne at 087 7772127.
For All Parish Choirs: In preparation for the World Meeting of families, all parish choirs are invited to attend a gathering of choirs and learn a new Mass setting and hymn written especially for the occasion. Afternoon tea will be provided. Please let your own parish office know if you will attend this event this Saturday in Our Lady Queen of Peace, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Vevay Active Retirement Association: The Christmas Lunch will be held in the Martello, Bray, on Friday, December 8, at 2 p.m. Please contact Carmel at 2761241 or the Villa Pacis at 2760045. A number of our members have been invited to Aras an Úachtáin today (Wednesday).
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club is preparing a very special extra Christmas party to which all past members and friends of the club will be welcome. This is to acknowledge the 50 years of the club service to the community. Next club items include a night walk in the Glen of the Downs, swimming, and football.
DIVING CLUB
Congratulations to Ann of Bray Divers, who recently celebrated her 850th dive. The club is currently arranging scuba and snorkelling courses, and the annual water fitness testing for existing divers. A diving trip to Portroe Slate Quarry and to Hook Head is being planned for the near future. New members are now enrolling. Call Albert at 087 6756439 for application.
BRAY LIBRARY
Bray Library opening hours are – Monday/Wednesday/ Friday/Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday – 10 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Borrowers are reminded that books can be renewed by phone – call 01 2862600.
On Friday, November 24, due to staff training, the library will not open till the later time of 11.30 a.m. that day.
CUALANN SOCIETY
Pádraig Laffan will be the guest speaker for tomorrow (Thursday) nights 8 p.m. meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, in the Royal Hotel, Bray, at which he recall ‘The Desperate Fight to Save the Harvest of 1946 and the Severe winter of 1946/47’ All Welcome – Visitors €5. This lecture will recall the massive operation undertaken by thousands of volunteers to save the harvest during September 1946 and the terrible weather conditions of February/March 1947 when snow and ice brought to the country to a standstill.
Although there are no meetings of the society in the Royal Hotel during December, on Thursday, December 7, James Scannell will present a talk ‘Christmas 1942 in Bray’ at 11.30 a.m. in Ballywaltrim Library, Boghall Road, Bray. All welcome – admission free. The following day, Friday, December 8, James will present a his talk ‘Christmas 1917 in Bray’ at 11.30 a.m. in Bray Library, Eglinton Road, Bray. All welcome – admission free.
Events coming up which may be of interest to members include tonight’s (Wednesday) 8 p.m. meeting of the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, at which Neal Doherty will present his lecture ‘The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin’ and this Saturdays afternoon 2 p.m. guided tour of ‘The Stained Glass Windows of Christ Church Bray’ lead by Sarah Greene in Christ Church Church of Ireland, Church Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow. All welcome – admission free.
Also taking place on Saturday is a Dargan 150 Seminar in Carlow IT at which Fergus Mulligan will be the key note speaker. – further information from info@ carlowhistorical.com.
The 2017 Dublin City Library and Archive Local History Day will take place on Saturday, November 25, from 9 a.m. to 2.15 p.m. in Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin – admission free and details will be announced shortly.
The 2018 Dublin City Library and Archive Local History Society Group Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, in the Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin – details of the programme will be issued in due course.
Further information on the Bray Cualann Historical Society programme available on the Society’s web-site cualannhistoricalsociety.ie.
REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
Last Saturday was the 99th anniversary of the Armistice which marked the end of hostilities in the First World War and at 11 a.m. the Western Front Association (Dublin Branch) held its annual wreath laying ceremony, organised by Michael Grant of the Western Front Association (Dublin Branch) at the Bray War Memorial located on the Quinsboro Road at which a number a wreaths laid.
Representatives attending included Cllr Michael Fox, Cathaoirleach Bray Municipal District, Cllr Steven Matthews, Bray Municipal District, members of the Western Front Association, American Legion, RAF Association, Irish United National Veterans Association, Old Dublin Society, Bray Cualann Historical Society, the Enniskerry History Society, and descendants of those named on the war memorial. In the short ceremony William Lennon, Western Front Association, opened the proceedings with a short talk about some of the local people who had died in World War One and then recited ‘The Fallen’.
He was followed by Brian White, Bray Cualann Historical Society, who gave a short talk on Josephine Heffernan, a Bray woman who served a nurse with the US Army in France in 1918 and who is buried in St Peter’s Cemetery, Little Bray, concluding his talk with a recitation of ‘In Flanders Fields’. Wreaths on behalf of the Western Front Association (Dublin Branch), the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association and the RAF Association were then laid.
The proceedings concluded with a prayer from Rev Martin Kelly, Christ Church Bray. Last Friday retired French school teacher Estelle Lefauvre gave a talk on Josephine Heffernan in Rimacourt Haute Marne while on Saturday Romauld, who found her bracelet 15 years, was presented a number of gilts sent to France by Josephine’s relatives in Bray. A radio documentary about the bracelet and Josephine was broadcast by RTÉ Raidio One while a television documentary about her will be screened this weekend on French television.
EDUCATE TOGETHER
Tomorrow night (Thursday) an Open Night will take place in the North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School, located on the Putland Road, Bray, from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a presentation by the principal at 6 p.m. and again at 7.30 p.m. Applications for September 2019 are now being accepted and can only be made online at northwicklowetsecondary.ie.