Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, August 27 – Trinity 11: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two; 11 a.m. – Family Service. No Evening Service.
Car boot sales in aid of Powerscourt Parish Funds: The August one takes place this Saturday in Powerscourt Church Paddock, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For further details, contact Robert Allison at 086 3835151.
Date for your Diary: The Rathmichael Parish and School Fête will take place in the grounds of Rathmichael National School on Saturday, September 2, from midday to 4 p.m.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Side Chapel Mass: The side Chapel Mass group will return at 10.30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 10, This group is for families with small children.
SVdP Collections: The amount raised in August for the Saint Vincent de Paul was €1,630. The annual collection to help bring a sick person to Lourdes amounted to €1,530. Thank you to all who contributed for your continued support and generosity.
Important Notice For All Group Leaders Regarding Garda Vetting: Some of you will have already received your invitation to Garda Vetting for 2017. If you have any questions with regard the process – please call into the parish office Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
ST PETER’S PARISH
Christian Mothers: Meetings will resume on Tuesday, September 5, at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall. The Christian Mothers have been active in the parish for many years. The meeting consists of a short prayer session followed by tea and a chat. We would very much welcome any mothers who would like to participate in the group. If you have any queries, please contact the parish office.
SVdP: St Vincent de Paul would like to thank you for your generous contribution of €448.39 on Sunday, August 6, 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.
Young at Heart Dinners: Resume in September.
Wicklow Dementia Support: St Peter’s Parish Hall every Monday from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Monday Club is a social club for people with memory loss and their family carers. Support activities, fun and outings. For more information contact 089 4286928.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
St Fergal’s Gospel Choir: St Fergal’s Gospel Choir are looking for a musician, and for new members. Gospel music is uplifting and inspiring. So, if you are interested in joining the group please leave your contact details at the parish office. Many Thanks.
Baptism Team: Volunteers are needed for the baptism team. Your support would be much appreciated. Please leave your name and contact number in the parish office.
Sa Bhaile Homeless Project: The church gate collection in July raised €911.96 for Sa Bhaile Homeless Project.Sa Bhaile are most grateful to both collectors and subscribers. We really appreciate the support. Thank you.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
Midsummer Dues: Thank you to all those who returned their mid-summer dues and to those who helped deliver them. Spare dues envelopes are available in the church porches for anyone who would like to take one.
Hospitality: Hospitality this Sunday August is hosted by Team C.
Perpetual Adorers Needed: We are in serious need at all times for Perpetual Adorers. We have to see that the hours are covered 24-7. Can you please help? If you can commit, please leave your name and contact number in the box provided at the end of the church.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Due to demand the Queen of Peace Adventure Youth club did not close for the customary two weeks in August, and the club water sports activities continued. This included canoeing, body boarding, surfing, coasteering.
On Saturday, September 23, a land and sea triathlon will take place and the event will conclude with a presentation of certificate awards and a barbecue.
DIVING CLUB
Eleven juniors who joined Bray Divers Sub-Aqua Club have done very well, and all are now experienced snorkelers. As the colder weather approaches it will be interesting to see how many of them will acquire thicker wet suits to continue the sport despite the much cooler winter conditions.
The club is planning an away trip to St John’s Point in Donegal in September, one to Lanzarote in October, and another to Portroe Slate Quarry in November. To date this year the club has organised over 60 dives.
CUALANN SOCIETY
Monthly meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, have now concluded and will resume again in September in the Royal Hotel, Bray when the Society’s autumn programme will commence.
The Bray Cualann Historical Society commenced its Heritage Week 2017 programme of talks and walks last Saturday with a talk by James Scannell at 11.30 a.m. in Bray Library, Eglinton Road, Bray, covering ‘August 19 to August 27, 1917, in Bray’, recalling a variety of events that took place in Bray.
Today (Wednesday) Brian White will lead a ‘Killarney Road Walking Tour’ which departs from Bray Town Hall at 11 a.m. This walking tour will be repeated on Saturday at 3 p.m. departing from the Town Hall. Please wear suitable foot gear and dress appropriately for the weather conditions on the day for these walks. Admission to these walks is free and all are welcome.
Tomorrow (Thursday) James Scannell will give a short talk ‘August 19 to August 27, 1942’ at 11.30 a.m. in Ballywaltrim Library, Boghall Road, Bray. Admission free – all welcome.
The final event takes place in Kilrudery House, Bray, at 3 p.m. on Sunday when Brian White will present his talk’ Trains, Planes, Automobiles, and Family Stories from Kilruddery.’ Admission free but booking required via Kilruddery House web-site.
Full information on the Bray Cualann Historical Society Heritage Week programme is available on the Society’s web-site: brayculalannhistoricalsociety.ie. tism; 7 p.m. – Holy Communion, Lector – John Donovan.
Alpha/In-Between Book Club: There are no Book Club meetings till September. The three books for summer reading are: ‘Once we were Sisters’, a memoir by Shiela Koehler; ‘Circling the Sun’, a novel by Paula McLain, and ‘The Stars are Fire’, by Anita Shreve. Meetings will re-commence on Tuesday, September 26, The Thursday Group: No meeting this month.
Date for your Diary: The Rathmichael Parish and School Fête will take place in the grounds of Rathmichael National School on Saturday, September 2, from midday to 4 p.m. Regretfully there will no parking available in St Anne’s Church due to wedding taking place during the afternoon and any inconvenience that this may cause is regretted by St Anne’s Parish.
ST ANNE’S PARISH
Mass Times: Mass is celebrated in St Anne’s Church at 10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Monday to Friday (except July, August and September). Weekend Mass times are Saturday 6.30 p.m. Vigil Mass and on Sunday at 8 a.m., 10.30 a.m. (Family Mass), midday, and 6 p.m. Confessions are heard on Saturdays after the 10 a.m. Mass, between 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m., and after the 6.30 p.m.
Please note that there will be No Evening Masses for the months of August and September. Evening Mass will resume on Monday, October 2.
St Patrick’s Chapel, Loughlinstown: The celebration of the Sunday 9 a.m. Mass has now ceased in the Chapel and will resume when essential maintenance has been completed.
Hospitality: Hospitality after the 10.30 a.m. Mass on the second and fourth Sunday of the month has ceased and will resume on the last Sunday of September.
Monthly Film Night: Please note that there will be no film night this month (August). The Film Night will return on the last Saturday of September when the movie showing will be ‘South Pa- cific’.
Youth 2000: Please note that Youth 2000 meetings in St Anne’s Church, are taking a break for the month of August and will recommence on September 7.
BOOK SALE
The September First Saturday Book Sale, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association and Meals on Wheels, will take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Shankill Old Folks Centre. Lower Road, Shankill, on Saturday, September 2. Donations of books, other than school/ text books, accepted on the day.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Last Friday night the week long 43rd summer series of Evening Lectures, organised by the Rathmichael Historical Society, the local history society for Shankill, Ballybrack, and the surrounding area with a lecture on ‘St Mary’s Abbey and its Medieval Grange farms, Co. Dublin’ presented by Geraldine Stout.
Forthcoming events for members include today’s (Wednesdays) 11 a.m. ‘Killarney Road Walking Tour’, led by Brian White, Bray Cualann Historical Society, starting from Bray Town – all welcome, free, tonight’ 6 p.m. Old Dublin Society talk ‘So Many Sweet Flowers: From Clontarf to Killiney – Watson’s Nurseries, 1884-1967’ presented by Ms Bernardine Ruddy, president of the Old Dublin Society, in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. Admission is free but booking required – call 01 6744999 or email dublinstudies@dublincity. ie; the 7 p.m. ‘Dalkey Town and Coastal Walk’ led by Ms Alice Cullen, Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, starting from the car park of the Church of the Assumption, Castle Street, Dalkey, Co. Dublin – all welcome; tomorrow’s (Thursday) 11 a.m. talk by James Scannell looking at ‘August 19 to August 27, 1942’ in Ballywaltrim Library, Boghall Road, Bray – all welcome, admission free; Saturdays 3 p.m. ‘Killarney Road Walking Tour’ starting from Bray Town Hall, led by Brian White – all welcome, free; and Sundays 3 p.m. talk in Kilruddery House, Bray, by Brian White, who will present his talk’Trains, Planes, Automobiles, and Family Stories from Kilruddery.’ Admission free but booking required via Kilruddery House web-site.
HOSPITAL MEMORIAL
Last Saturday afternoon an ecumenical memorial service to remember those who died in St Columcille’s Hospital from its earliest days as a workhouse in famine times or more recently as a caring hospital, was held in the hospital cemetery at 2 p.m.
Organised by the hospital management, the attendance included clergy from St Anne’s Parish, Shankill, Rathmichael Church of Ireland, Cabinteely Parish, those attached to the hospital and members of the public.
In the brief ceremony, a number of bible reflections were read, the grounds were blessed and incensed, memorial candles lit, with music from a healing harp being played throughout the ceremony.