Shankill

ST JAMES’ COI, CRINKEN

Worship Service for Sunday, September 3,: 11 a.m. – Sunday Praise.

RATHMICHAEL COI

Services of Worship on Sunday, September 3 – The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Holy Communion; 7 p.m. – Evening Prayer, Lector – Avril Wardlaw.

Alpha/In-Between Book Club: 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, Rathmichael Fête.

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. Stalls include: Toys – Books – Refreshments – Games – Cakes – Jams – White Elephant – Good as new clothes – Shoes – Bags – Raffle – Bottles – Sports Gear – Fancy Dress – Kids Playground – Jazz Band and much more. Regretfully there will no parking available in St Anne’s Church due to a wedding taking place during the afternoon and any inconvenience that this may cause is regretted by St Anne’s Parish.

ST ANNE’S PARISH

St Anne’s Resource Centre Hours: St Anne’s Resource Centre is open 9 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and on Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those requiring Baptism/Confirmation certificates or application forms for baptism can obtain them during the above hours. Please note that the parish office is the only place where certificates and application forms can be processed.

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. Mass. Mass is now broadcast online and can be viewed by logging onto the parish website: stannesparishshankill.com and then clicking onto video link.

Evening Mass: Please note that there will be No Evening Masses during September. Evening Mass will resume on Monday, October 2, summer Weekday Church Hours: St Anne’s Church will close at the following times daily till October 1 – Monday to Thursday at 4.45 p.m. and on Friday at 2.45 p.m.

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.

Baptism Times: Baptisms take place in St Anne’s Church at 1 p.m. on the first Sunday of the month and at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. A month’s notice is required. Please contact the St Anne’s parish office located in St Anne’s Resource Centre to make your arrangements. Please note that when visiting the parish office to arrange a baptism, the child’s birth certificate should be brought as it necessary to photocopy it for the parish records but it will be returned immediately.

Pre-Baptism Meetings: Pre-Baptism Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month for parents presenting their children for baptism the following month.

Room Hire – St Anne’s Resource Centre: At present we have availability in the centre for room hire. If you are interested in running your class or course please contact Melissa Tobin at 01 2822777 for further information. Facilities include Free car park, tea or coffee, Use of whiteboard and projector, Flipchart Stands, three rooms available with capacity for 80 people, 25 people, or 15 people.

Thank You: The members of the Parish Conference of the St Vincent de Paul Society wish to thank all those who contributed to their recent monthly collection. The amount collected was €2,205.

Collection for the Holy Rosary Sisters: Thank you for your most generous response to our recent collection for the Holy Rosary Sisters. The amount raised was €2,408.

Training/Refresher Course: For Ministers of the Word and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will take place on October 4 at 8 p.m. in the church.

Community Games: Congratulations to the Shankill competitors who did the Shankill area proud recently. They won medals in art, Handwriting and Athletics and all showed great character and strength and gave us all happy memories. Well done. We invite you to come to join us in St Anne’s Resource Centre after 10.30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 10, to help celebrate all the Community Games achievements in 2017.

Ministers of the Word: We are urgently seeking new Ministers of the Word. Please contact the parish office soon, if you would like to be included on the rota for the coming months.

First Friday: This Friday is the First Friday of September and the Blessed Sacrament Adoration Chapel will be open from 10.30 a.m. to 2.45 p.m. Priests will be available on this day to visit the housebound and sick in the parish. Please contact the parish office if someone you know would like a priest to visit them.

Shankill SARA Art Group: This small art group meets on a Thursday morning to paint and exchange ideas. We are looking for new members to join the group. This will enable us to employ an art teacher who will support and encourage us in our work. So, if you enjoy painting in any medium and would like to join a group of like-minded people, please get in touch with Madelon Geoghegan at 086 3487516. A warm welcome awaits you. If you are an art teacher and would like to help this group reach their potential, please contact Madelon.

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 Pacific’.

Male Voice Choir: We are currently recruiting a new choir in St St Anne’s. This choir is aimed at retired gentlemen of Shankill – we are also looking for musicians. Launching in December this year at the Christmas Carol Service. Rehearsals will take place during late September, October and November on Thursdays from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. in the church. Free tea or coffee will be available after the 10.30 a.m. Mass on Thursday prior to rehearsal. If you would like to get involved as a singer or musician, please leave your name and mobile number in the parish office – call 01 2822277 – and your name will be added to the list for text message reminders and updates.

Youth 2000: Youth 2000 meetings resume at 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 7, in St Anne’s Church.

Ministry: Thank you to all those who have expressed an interest in volunteering this September for a Ministry in St Anne’s. We would like to encourage and appeal to more parishioners to consider committing their time towards a Ministry in September in St Anne’s from September to June 2018. In interested, please contact the parish office to arrange Garda Vetting over the summer. Examples of Ministry are Reader, Collector, Welcome Team, Hospitality Team, choir,

ALTAR SOCIETY.

Liturgy Courses: Masters/H. Diploma/Diploma: Study liturgy at the National Centre for Liturgy, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Contact 7083478; Email liturgy@spcm.ie; liturgy-ireland.ie.

Magnificat Prayer Book: August copies of the Magnificat Prayer Book are now available in the parish office for €6. It contains the readings and prayers for Mass for each day. It also contains meditations, lives of the Saints, and prayers for Morning and Evening based on the Liturgy of the Hours. Please let us know in the parish office if you would like us to reserve a copy each month for you.

Volunteers Needed: It is the competition judging season, please help Shankill Tidy Towns to keep the village looking well. We need volunteers to water plants on a rota once a fortnight. We also need people to do litter picking in their own area. Please ring 087 6750720 or email shankillmatters@gmail.com.

Support Network for Separated, Divorced and Re-married People: A support network for separated, divorced and divorced-and-re-married people has been set up by the St Anne’s Parish community and is open to people of all faiths and none. All communications guaranteed complete confidentiality. Text: 087 3814213 or email listeningear14@gmail.com.

Altar Society: If you are interested in joining the Altar Society please call into the parish office.

Men’s coffee morning: The Men’s coffee morning takes place every Friday from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Please join us if you are free.

St Anne’s Parish Website: The parish website is stannespcrishshakill.com.

BOOK SALE

This Saturday morning 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, so make a point of calling into the book sale on Saturday morning and avail of the opportunity to pick up some excellent reading material for the autumn.

Please note that photographs and memorial cards found in donated books can be collected at the book sale. Supporting the First Saturday Book Sale supports the Shankill Community.

SHANKILL LIBRARY

Opening hours for Shankill Library are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and on alternate Fridays and Saturdays. The library is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The library will be open this Friday but closed on Saturday. To renew or inquire about a book call 01 2827801 or email shankillib@dlrcoco.ie. The parents and Toddler Group meets on Monday mornings (except bank holiday Mondays and the second Monday of the month) from 10.30 a.m. to 11.20 a.m.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The following the successful conclusion of 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, the society is on a short break till October when monthly meetings in Rathmichael School will resume with a lecture by Finbar Dwyer on ‘The Black Death in the Dublin Region’.

In the meantime events coming up which may be of interest to members include the Tuesday, September 12, 8 p.m. lecture by Brian White on ‘Residents of the Killarney Road, Bray’ to the Genealogical Society of Ireland in Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street Dun Laoghaire – all welcome;

The Wednesday, September 13, 6 p.m. lecture by Professor Frank Barry on ‘The Leading Dublin Manufacturing Films of the 1920s’ to the Old Dublin Society in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two – all welcome, admission free;

The Wednesday, September 20, 8 p.m. lecture by Rod Goodbody on ‘The Martello Towers of the Dublin Coastline’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire – all welcome, admission €3.50; and the Thursday, September 21, 8 p.m. lecture by Neale Doherty on ‘The Streets of Dublin’ to the Bray Cualann Historical Society in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray – all welcome, visitors/non-members €5.

ICA GUILD

The guild meets on the second Monday of the month at 3.30 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Craft Morning takes place in St Anne’s Resource Centre on Tuesday mornings from 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Culture outings are held at different times throughout the year. New members always welcome – contact Patricia O’Connor at 282 0733.

GAA CLUB NEWS

Our juvenile Academy for both boys and girls, from four to six years of age is back in action every Saturday at 10 a.m. in Shanganagh Castle. The cost is only €2 per child and there is no annual subscription. Qualified coaches are always in attendance and all equipment is supplied free of charge. So why not come along any Saturday morning and give the Academy a try.

There will be a full round of fixtures for our juvenile teams this weekend so get the word out early. Centra Shankill is the new sponsor for our adult men’s football team who have a match against St Anne’s on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Shanganagh Cliffs. All support welcome.

We have ambitions to climb up through the league divisions so new players are always welcome contact Kevin at 086 8449902. For more information on the club, contact, secretary.shankill.dublingaa.ie or call 086 4010438. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

SHANKILL TIDY TOWNS

Come and join one of work teams on Saturday Mornings from 10 a.m. to midday and on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to midday. Meet outside Brady’s pub.