Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, July 15 – Trinity 7: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One; 11 a.m. – Holy Communion Two.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Holy Redeemer Parish: Call 01 2868413. Website: holyredeemerbray.ie and amp;data= Email office@holyredeemerbray. ie.
Prayer Opportunities: Prayer group with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Monday in the Presbytery at 8 p.m.; Lectio Divina Tuesday Group will resume in September; Holy Face Devotions, Tuesday immediately after the 7 p.m. Mass in the main church. (Prayer booklets available for new members); Bray Gathering Charismatic Prayer Group, Wednesday in the Little Flower Hall, at 8 p.m.; Silent Holy Hour in the Side Chapel, Friday.
Evening Mass for the month of July: There will be no evening weekday Mass for the month of July. The church will close its doors each day at 4 p.m.
Child Protection Officers: We have two designated Child Protection Officers here in Holy Redeemer. They are – Eamonn Burgess and Niamh Grist. If you need to speak with one of them you will find their numbers in the church Porch or by calling in to the sacristy after Mass.
Holy Redeemer Parish Pastoral Council: The Holy Redeemer Parish Pastoral Council is made up of 11 parishioners. Their names and contact details are available through the parish office or through the sacristy.
Coffee Dock: The Coffee Dock is now closed till Monday, September 3, World Meeting of Families Information: Parishioners, who have booked a place on the Holy Redeemer Bus to the Phoenix Park do not need to book individual tickets. Your place on the bus secures a ticket to the Final Mass. There are a limited number of places still available on a strictly first come, first served basis. If you would like to attend and have not yet booked a place, please call in to the parish office this week.
ST PETER’S PARISH
Hall Bookings and To Book a Mass: To book a room in the Parish Hall or a Mass, please contact Sharon in the parish office at 01 282 9467. Mass cards available at the parish office.
Peter’s Pence Collection: The annual collection for Peter’s Pence to support the Holy Father, Pope Francis and his papal charities raised €310.14. Thank you for your generosity.
St Peter’s Cemetery Sunday Collection: We would like to thank everyone for their generous contribution of €550. We appreciate your co-operation in keeping the cemetery tidy.
The World Meeting of Families 2018 Icon of the Holy Family: The Icon, which is travelling around the country will visit St Anne’s Parish, Shankill, Co. Dublin, from tomorrow (Thursday) to this Saturday. The Icon of the Holy Family was specially commissioned by the WMoF 2018, written by iconographer Mihia Cucu and assisted by the Redemptoristine Sisters of the Monastery of St Alphonsus, Iona Road, Dublin (see worldmeeting2018.ie and amp;data= 636666598773503497 and amp;sdata=UmSCuOLxu/6ihg1dWNaub0lo
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Thank You: St Vincent de Paul would like to thank you for your generous contributions to the June and July collections. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Twitter and Facebook Details: You can follow the parish on twitter@dublindiocese and on Facebook at: facebook.com/pages/ Archdiocese-of – 01 s.rooney@ peoplenews.ie 0 0.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
Parish Information and web site: Moderator, V.F.: Rev Larry Behan. The Parochial House, St Fergal’s, Killarney Road, Bray.
Team Assistant: Fr Hugh O’Donnell OFM Sacristy: telephone 2768194. Telephone 01 2860980. Email info@stfergalsbray.ie.
Web: stfergalsbray.ie and amp;data=. Baptisms: First and third Saturday of each month at midday. Three week’s notice before the preparation meeting is required. Preparation meeting is normally held on the Monday before the First Saturday Sacrament.
Novena to St Anthony: On Tuesday mornings during the 9.30 a.m. Mass.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: On Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thank You: The recent Diocesan Peter’s Pence Collection for the Pope and Pontifical Charities, amounted to €1,605. Thank you for your generosity.
Facebook page for the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area: Check out ‘Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area’ for all the news and information of our Pastoral Area.
Villa Pacis Room Booking: Call 01 2760045 or emailvillafas1@ gmail.com.
Website: Please visit our Parish Website: queenofpeace.ie and amp;data=.
Welcome to Eucharistic Adoration: We invite you to commit to one hour per week. If you currently attend but are not signed up, we would encourage you to become part of the official rota as we need to ensure that each hour is covered. Signing up is easy. There are cards and information at the special display at the back of the church. Please fill in one of the cards and leave it in the box provided.
Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Bookings for our Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes are now being taken in the Villa Pacis (weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
Our Facebook page: Please visit and like our Facebook page: Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Following almost fifty-one years of terrific fulfilment and responsibility of setting up and running the Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club Albert is gradually reducing his role in the club. The club has a great yearly programme with over 100 items annually, and there is a system in place which should ensure continuity into the future.
Paul Temple is the senior leader who with the dedicated voluntary committee has the great job and the honour of bringing the club along for at least the next twenty five years, and with his long experience in the club he is certainly the man for the job.
DIVING CLUB
Bray Divers have returned from a fantastic week of scuba diving at Hook Head. Divers were Brendan Moran, Sharon Regan, Albert Kerr, Dave McKeon, and Dave Kerr.
Dive sites included the Lighthouse Gully, the Blowhole, Solomon’s, the Grotto, the Cathedral, off Slade Harbour, and the wreck of the Sleezeen. Many under water photographs were taken but the most spectacular were some fantastic shots of sticklebacks. Visibility under water was up to 15 metres.
The club will organise many more trips to this area during the next two months.
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.
BALLYWALTRIM LIBRARY
Branch opening hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. The library is closed on Mondays and Fridays. Borrowers are reminded that books can be renewed by phone – call 01 2723205.
CUALANN SOCIETY
During Heritage Week 2018 which runs from Saturday, August 18, to Sunday, August 26, the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, will hold a number of events during that week and details of these will be announced shortly.
The next event for members is this Saturdays 1.30 p.m. Blessing of the graves in the Famine Cemetery at the back of St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, at which prayers will be said for all those who died during the workhouse era. A book written by local author Séamus Murphy, who died in 2015 called ‘Having It Away’ – A story of Freedom, Friendship and IRA Jailbreak’ is now available from the Town Hall Bookshop. This book tells the story of his escape from Wakefield Prison in Brian in the 1950s where he was serving a term of long imprisonment as a participant in the raid on the Arbourfield arms depot. With the assistance of other Republicans and members of EOKA, he managed to escape and return to Ireland. This book tells the story of his time in prison and escape and return to Ireland.
Further information on the Bray Cualann Historical Society programme available on the Society’s web-site:.ie and amp;data=.
BLOOD DONATION CLINIC
The blood donation clinic continues in the Royal Hotel Bray, today (Wednesday) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.