Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, May 28 – Easter 7: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion 1; 11 a.m. – Holy Communion 2; 7 p.m. – Evening Service.
Car boot sales in aid of Powerscourt Parish Funds: Will take place this Saturday in Powerscourt Church – Paddock, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For further details contact Robert Allison at 086 3835151.
25th annual Christ Church Garden Fête: Time is counting down to this event which takes place on Saturday, June 10,. Would you like to join the team and the fun of the day, in the runup to the Fête or helping with the tidy up? All offers of help, whether for a couple of hours or more would be very much appreciated. This is the main parish fundraiser and we need your help to ensure that the fête is a huge success. Please leave your name and phone number on the sign-up sheet at the back of the church or leave a message on 2862968 and we will get back to you.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Cake Sale: Philly’s Fillies are hosting a cake sale after the 9 a.m., 10.30 a.m. and 12 o’clock Masses in the Little Flower Hall this Sunday. All proceeds will go to Our Ladies Hospice Blackrock.
Dues Envelopes: When returning your Easter dues envelopes, please place them in the boxes in the walls around the church.
Sister Orla Treacy: A Loreto sister living in South Sudan but originally from Bray spoke about her work and those of her fellow sisters are doing in South Sudan and the famine crisis they are now facing at the end of last Sundays 6 p.m. Mass.
Holy Redeemer Parish Radio: If you are no longer using the Holy Redeemer parish radio we would be very grateful if you could please return it to the parish office. Thank you.
Celebration: The Holy Redeemer Feast Day and Celebration of Fr Enda’s Golden Jubilee will take place on Sunday, July 2, More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Important Notice of Change of Mass Times: On Sunday, July 2, the Mass times will be changed to the following: – 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Please note there will be no 10.30 a.m. or midday Mass on that date, as we are combining the two for 11 a.m.
Welcome: We extend a very warm welcome to the children from Gaelscoil Uí Chéadaigh who will join us at the Table of the Lord during the midday Mass this Sunday. May they always feel welcome and at home in our Church Community of Holy Redeemer.
Cemetery Sunday: This Sunday the Mass and the blessing of the Graves takes place at 3 p.m. in Shanganagh Cemetery. Please come on foot or use public transport if possible to avoid traffic congestion.
Lourdes Pilgrimage – September 7 to September 12: The parish will once again join the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes in September. The fully inclusive price is €725pps. Single Supplement €150 – Limited Single Rooms Available. Installments accepted. Final payment is due first week of July 2017. For details, please see poster in the church Porch or contact Michael Connolly in the sacristy at 01 2868649 or at 01 2868413.
ST PETER’S PARISH
Shanganagh Cemetery Sunday: The Mass of remembrance and blessing of the graves will take place this Sunday at 3 p.m.
Young at Heart Dinners: Have now ceased and will resume in September.
SV.P: Drop off point for post for the St Vincent de Paul is situated at St Peter’s Parish Bungalow Chapel Lane. If you need to contact the SVP please call 01 855 0022.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
Parish Fête 2017 Cancelled: Following a meeting of the Parish Fête Committee last Monday week, it was decided, that taking into consideration the poor attendance at last year’s Fête and the lack of volunteers to help with this year’s event we had no choice but to cancel it for 2017.
As the Fête was the main fundraiser for the parish for the year we have to replace it with something else, so, it was agreed that we hold a Monthly Cake Sale, together with, perhaps, a small amount of bric-a-brac, and a small raffle, to be held in the St Anthony Room. The first of these Sales will take place week ending the June 17 and June 18 and the sale of cakes on this particular weekend, will be combined with the sale of floral arrangements for the Parish Cemetery Sunday, which takes place on Sunday, June 18 (Father’s Day) in Springfield Cemetery at 2.30 p.m. In order to make this first weekend a success, and to make the Cake Sales which we hope to hold on the last weekend of each month throughout the year, we need Bakers, and we need Buyers. So, if you would be willing to bake a cake (or two) to help us make these fundraisers a success. And remember. Everyone loves a homemade cake. Many Thanks.
Parish Trip 2017 to Seville: From May 27 to June 3-8 Days and seven Nights Trip. The price includes seven Nights Dinner, bed and Breakfast at 4* Hotel America Seville Coach transfer to and from Airport. Tour guide for the duration of the trip. Plus three Day Trips: (1): Day Trip to Córdoba; (2): Day Trip to Cádiz; (3): Day Trip to Ronda. Cost: €959 per person sharing (based on 31-35 people); Cost: €935 per person (based on 36-40 people); Cost: €925 per person (based on 41-50 people). Single Room Supplement – (€196 for seven nights). There are a couple of places left on this trip, If you are interested Booking Deposit: €325 required this week (refundable, if minimum persons required are not met). Final payment due seven weeks prior to travel. See Posters at the back of the church.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
Benediction and Litany of Our Lady: Benediction and Litany of Our Lady will take place after 10.30 a.m. Mass every Monday during the month of May to honour Mary.
News from Overseas: We wish to congratulate Maeve Mitchell from New Zealand who, for the second year in a row has been selected to represent New Zealand in the under-15 Girl’s Softball Team and who will compete in Australia in the summer. Maeve’s mother is a former parishioner. Maeve’s first cousin Orla O’Callaghan, was one of our altar servers till her ‘retirement’ last year. Well done, Maeve.
Summer Project: The summer project will run this year from July 3 to July 14 ; Week July 1 to July 3 to July 7 ; Week July 2 to July 10 to July 14. Open to boys and girls 8-14 years. Please see posters in Church porches for more details.
Lourdes 2017: Our annual pilgrimage departs on September 7 for five nights. Bookings are now being taken in the Villa Pacis.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Conference of St Vincent de Paul Society: The designated contact number for those in the parish seeking assistance is 086 2567236.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Members of the Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club continue to enjoy the water sports season. On Tuesday their third session was enjoyed with over 30 members canoeing, body boarding, and just splashing around in the water. Some used the glass bottomed canoes to see the underwater world, and the canoe instructors were Paul and John.
In charge of safety at the seashore were Eoin, Sarah, and Kathleen, while Mike, Albert, and Stephen looked after the clubhouse.
Paul has been carrying out this activity with the club for over thirty-five years and he is just as enthuastic now as he was in the beginning all that time ago.
SEACREST RESIDENTS
The Seacrest residents’ association annual general meeting will be on Thursday, May 25, at 7.30 p.m. in the Parish Centre beside Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
This association was started in 1973 and its aim was to keep the estate in good order. There is no doubt that the association has done that, and indeed continues to do so. Almost every resident in the estate is a paying member of the association, and this how the committee maintain the area to such a high standard.
DIVING CLUB
Wicklow Aquanauts Sub-Aqua Club has begun their junior snorkelling programme at Greystones Harbour. Eight young people have enrolled and there is room for two more. There will be lectures, pool training, and up to 10 sea snorkels arranged.
The club takes on two new scuba trainees at a time and two have just completed the course. For details about how to be a scuba diver call 087 6756439.
BRAY LIBRARY
Bray Library opening hours are – Monday/Wednesday/ Friday/Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday – 10 a.m. and 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
Last Thursday night Michael Lee was the guest speaker for the May meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, at which he presented his lecture ‘Edward Lee – A Model Employer’ and ‘Lees of Bray’ in the Royal Hotel, Bray. B
efore the lecture commenced a special presentation of a bouquet of flowers was made to Nancy Mahony to mark her 90th birthday by May Harte, on behalf of the Society’s president, Eva Sutton, who was unable to attend the meeting.
In his lecture Michael Lee spoke about the life and career of businessman Edward Lee who opened his first drapery shop in Bray, Co. Wicklow, in 1885 and unlike many employers at the time, had a strong social conscience and a very caring approach towards his employees and was responsible for creating the half day mid week closing.
As a member of the Housing Committee of the Bray Urban District Council, Edward Lee oversaw the erection of municipal housing in Bray in 1905 which up to then had been neglected by the council and the Bray Township Commissioners. He subsequently served as chairman of Bray Urban District Council and later sat as a member on Blackrock Urban District Council.
He also had a strong social conscience and during the 1913 Lock-out profoundly disagreed with the tactics used by William Martin Murphy and other employers against the strikers and was a man of moral courage. He lost two sons in the First World War, one of whom was lost on the RMS Leinster in October 1918 – both are commemorated on the Bray War Memorial beside the Carlisle Grounds.
Part of the large audience included former employees of Edward Lee and Company which resulted in a very interesting post lecture Q& A session. At the end of the meeting society chairperson Brian White screened a selction of images of Bray showing Lees as it was.
This was the final meeting of the Society’s Spring 2017 programme – the next events for members are the five events that will take place during Heritage Week which are displayed on the Society’s web-site – bray culalannhistoricalsociety.ie. CALLINGALLBRIDGEPLAYERS
Bridge every Thursday Evening at 7.30 p.m. in the Bray Fishing and Social Club, Strand Road, Bray. Enjoy a game of bridge in a nice friendly atmosphere. All levels of players welcome. Contact Eileen at 086 4076020 – or just drop in by 7.30 p.m. any Thursday.