Enniskerry

PARISH OF POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE.

Services of Worship in St Patrick’s Church, Powerscourt for this Sunday – The sixth Sunday of Easter – Rogation Sunday: All Church Services and activities remain suspended in accordance with Government instructions till further notice. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates and for details of online services of worship. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to re-open in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.

Services of Worship in St Brigid’s Church, Kilbride for this Sunday – The sixth Sunday of Easter – Rogation Sunday: All Church Services and activities remain suspended in accordance with Government instructions till further notice. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates and for details of online services of worship. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to re-open in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.

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: Masses in our churches are suspended till further notice due to measures introduced by the healthcare authorities limiting attendance at public indoor gatherings. 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 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/.

Weekday Mass is now broadcast by RTÉ NEWS NOW at 10.30 a.m. 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. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to re-open in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.

Sacrament Cancellations: As regards the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, the 2020 schedule/timetable previously issued by the parish office is now cancelled as is celebration of the Sacrament of First Confession and First Holy Communion. Please ignore any dates already given at parish level for them as these are now cancelled. Once the government deems it safe to have gatherings again, our parish priest, Fr Bernard Kennedy, after appropriate consultation, will issue new dates for these celebrations. In the meantime, those who are due to celebrate the Sacraments of First Confession, First Holy Communion, and Conformation, are encouraged to continue their preparation.

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.

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.

Useful Help Lines: Society of St Vincent de Paul: 01 8550022; Samaritans: 1850-609090; Recovery: 01 6260775; Accord: 01 5053112.

ENNISKERRY 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.

In the meantime a recent publication is Ireland’s Own magazine 1920-2020 Centenary Souvenir Edition, the fifth in the Birth of Nation series, edited by Seán Nolan and Shea Tomkins. More of the articles featured in it are ‘Hamar Greenwood – Last Chief secretary of Ireland; by Seán Beattie, ‘The Killing of Constable King’ by Michael Dwyer, ‘Songs of Defiance’ are recalled by Pauline Murphy, ‘General Frank Crozier –

He was a true friend of Ireland’ by Seán Ua Cearnaigh, and ‘The Bond Drive – De Valera’s crowd funding projects in America’ and ‘The War of Independence in the North West in 1920’ by Seán Beattie. Copies are currently available from news agents or can be ordered via the Ireland’s Own website – irelandsown.ie; email – iosubs@irelandsown.ie or call 053 91401040.

ENNISKERRY LIBRARY

The library remains closed till further notice. Books can be renewed online – late return fees have been suspended during the period of the library’s closure. While the library is scheduled to re-open in June, strict protocols and social distancing will have to be observed by borrowers in additional to any conditions which will be announced in due course.

SUPPORT FOR OLDER AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

COVID-19 community supports are now in place to ensure vulnerable members of the community are reached and helped at this time. Dublin City Council Helpline – 01 2228555; Email covidsupport@dublincity.ie; Fingal County Council – Helpline 01 8905000 with the lines open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seven days a week; Email covidsupport@fingal.ie; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Helpline – 01 271 3199. Opens 9 a.m. every day; Email covidsupport@dlrcoco. ie; South Dublin County Council Helpline – 01 4149043 with the lines initially open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.

COMMUNITY CALL HELPLINE

As part of the Government response to the Covid-19 crisis, Wicklow County Council has established Covid-19 Community Call Forum which works with State agencies and community and voluntary to provide supports or service to any vulnerable people who need them such as the collection of essential items like food, ‘meals on wheels’, household items, fuel or medicine (in line with guidance), and support for those who are experiencing social isolation or cocooning.

The Helpline No. is 1800 868 399 or email covidsupport@ wicklowcoco.ie.