Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, February 25 – the second Sunday of Lent: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two; 11 a.m. – Family Service; 6 p.m. – Confirmation Class.
Annual Register of Vestry Persons: Every year we revise our register of parishioners. If you are new to the parish, or have reached the age of 18, you are entitled to become a registered member of the parish. This entitles you to vote at the annual Easter Vestry meeting. To register, please fill out a form available from the church Wardens (the form will also be available on your service sheet. The current list is available to review at the back of the church. You do not have to register if your name is on the list.
Youth Club: Junior Shack for Primary School Children meet every Saturday from 6.15 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. up to the end of June. Senior Shack for Secondary School Students up to age 17 meets on Saturdays as advertised from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. If interested contact Rev Martin O’Kelly 087 2486368. We would like to update our database of parents contact details for Youth Club. Please email your contact details to Christchurchbray@ gmail.com.
Date for the Diary: Classical Piano Delights at Tinakily takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, in Tinakily Country House with Deborah Armstrong, back by popular demand. Tickets €25, which cover the recital and afternoon tea, are available from the parish office, Fleurtique, and the Travel Boutique.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Lenten Talks: Fr John, Fr Ben and their team invite you to join them for a series of four talks this Lent. The topics covered will be as follows: Mark’s Gospel (as this is the year of Mark), The Passion, The Paschal Mystery, Why did Jesus die?, and the Resurrection. This will take place.
on Thursdays March 1, eighth, 15th and 22nd in the Side Chapel of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. nightly (prompt start and finish). Quiet Space: An experience of guided prayer started in Loreto Convent starting last Monday and will continue throughout the five weeks of Lent. It will consist of one half-hour meeting on one day each week at a time to be arranged with you. Details are in the church Porch or can be obtained from: Sr. Valerie Walsh at Loreto Convent at 086 7309246.
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 €739 – Single Room Supplement is €155 – €180 and is subject to availability. Instalments accepted. Final payment is due June 15 For further details, please see poster in the church Porch or contact Michael in the sacristy on 01 – 286 8649 or 01 – 286 8413.
ST PETER’S PARISH
National Collection for the World Meeting of Families 2018: The third National Collection to support the World Meeting of families will take place this weekend at all Masses and will replace the Share collection. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Confirmation: The next preparation Mass ‘ Think Again.’ will take place this Sunday the 25th at 11.30 a.m.
Women’s World Day of Prayer: Prepared by women of Suriname with the theme ‘All God’s Creation Is Very Good’ takes place in St Peter’s Church. Little Bray, on Saturday, March 3, at 11 a.m. Refreshments available afterwards in the Parish Centre.
Young at Heart Dinners: Young at Heart dinners will now resume on Friday, March 2, at 12.30 p.m.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
St Fergal’s Parish Trip 2018 to Croatia from May 23 to May 30: This trip covers eight Days and seven Nights, The price includes seven Nights Bed and Breakfast; Dinner on five Evenings at 3* Hotel Delfin; Coach transfer to and from Airport; Tour guide for the duration of the trip, plus three Day Trips: (1): Day Trip to Trogir, Šibenik, and Split; (2): Day Trip to Rijeka; (3): Day Trip to Plitvice Lakes. Cost: €799 per person sharing (based on 26-30 people); €849 per person (based on 21-25 people); €915 per person (based on 15-20 people). Single Room Supplement (€35 for seven nights) If you are interested Booking Deposit of €250 required during the first week in January (non-refundable); A further €150 per person is required by January 30 with the final payment due seven weeks prior to travel. See Posters at the back of the church.
Lenten Let’s Talk Family: As part of our preparation for the World meeting of families and for the six weeks of Lent, you are invited to attend a six-week session called Let’s Talk Family.
Dates: Monday, February 26, Monday, March 5, Monday, March 12, Monday, March 19, and Monday, March 26, Venue: St Fergal’s Parish; Time: 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Midweek Lenten Study Programme 2018: Takes place on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. in Powerscourt School Hall – theme ‘Climate Justice’. February 21: Penitential Prayer Service in Thanksgiving for the Gift of the Earth and introduction to Lenten programme led by Archdeacon Rountree and Fr Kennedy: February 28: ‘Laudato Si 2015 – An overview’ by Fr Donald Dorr; March 7: Catherine Brennan SSL – ‘ Eco-Congregation Ireland: a national perspective’; March 14: ‘ Eco Congregation Ireland: a diocesan perspective from the diocese of Cashel and Ossory’ by Ven. Andrew Orr; March 21: ‘An Eco Congregation 2017 (Shankill) – an ecumenical parish
perspective’ by Rev Trevor Stevenson.
National Collection for the World Meeting of Families 2018: Please support the third National Collection for WMOF2018 which will be taken up in our parish this weekend. Many Thanks.
Mass Time For Lent: 2018: 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Monday to Friday ONLY Prayer Service on Saturday Mornings – 9.30 a.m.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
Hospitality This Sunday: Will be hosted by Team C.
WMOF 2018 Collection: A collection to support the World Meeting of families will take place this weekend at all Masses and will replace the Share collection. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Confirmation: The fifth Confirmation Preparation Mass will take place this Saturday at 6.30 p.m. in our church.
Novena of Grace: The Novena of Grace will take place from Sunday, March 4, to Monday, March 12, Novena prayers will be said at all Masses. Prayer leaflets will be available in the church.
Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area Early Morning Mass: In addition to the normal weekday Mass time in St Fergal’s, Holy Redeemer, Queen of Peace and St Mary’s Enniskerry, Mass will be celebrated at 7.30 a.m. Mon- day to Friday in St Fergal’s during Lent.
Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Bookings for our Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes are now being taken in Villa Pacis (weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
Church Cleaners: We are in need of cleaners for the church for Wednesdays 11 a.m. to midday. Please contact the sacristy at 01 2723865.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
There are lots of vacancies in the Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club for boys and girls aged 10 and over. The club programme includes a night walk, a mountain climb, a swim night, football, and one indoor night each month. From May to the end of September all kinds of water sports take place on Tuesdays. Other activities include visits to places of interest in Dublin, hostelling, camping, and more. To join call Paul at 01 2869264, and let the adventure begin.
DIVING CLUB
Bray Divers are now ready to train two new scuba divers. The course will include two nights of lectures, and two sessions of swimming pool training. After that the sea training begins, and the new members are expected to be scuba divers before Easter. Last year the club organised 140 dives, and in this year to date members have participated in 15 dives ranging down to 20 metres deep. For information call Albert at 087 6756439. He will be delighted to hear from you.
BRAY LIBRARY
Due to staff training the library will be closed today (Wednesday).
BALLYWALTRIM LIBRARY
Due to staff training the library will be closed today (Wednesday).
CUALANN SOCIETY
Felix Larkin was the guest speaker last Thursday night’s February 8 p.m. meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, in the Royal Hotel, Bray, at which he presented his lecture – ‘Two Gentleman of the Freeman: Thomas Sexton and William Braydon’, two Bray men who had links to this newspaper, in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Joan Kavanagh will be the guest speaker for the Thursday, March 15, 8 p.m. meeting of the society in the Royal Hotel, Bray, at which she will present her lecture ‘ Glendalough through the eyes of a camera’ – all welcome, visitors €5.
Other events which may of interest to members of the Bray Cualann Historical Society are tonight’s ( Wednesday) 7 p.m. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council winter of Heritage lecture in Marlay House, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, at which Richard McCormick will present his lecture ‘ DLRs National Maritime Museum History, Science, Culture and Tourism’ – admission free but pre-booking required via dlrheritageevents@ dlrcoco.ie;
the 8 p.m. lecture by Tom Conlon ‘Information Sources for Dun Laoghaire’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire – admission €3;
next Monday night’s 8 p.m. lecture by Brian White, chairman of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, on ‘Josephine Heffernan a County Wicklow nurse with the US Army in WW1 France’ to the Wicklow Historical Society in the New Parish Centre beside St Patrick’s R.C Church, Wicklow Town. All welcome;
and next Wednesday night’s 6 p.m. lecture by Dr Brendan Kelly ‘He Lost Himself Completely: Shell shock and its treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital, 1916-1919’ in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. All welcome – admission free.
WOMEN’S BARBERSHOP
Serendipity Women’s Barbershop Chorus is recruiting new members for 2018 and meets on Wednesdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Epworth Hall, Florence Road, Bray. We sing modern, pop and swing music, all abilities welcome. We are a very social group with a warm friendly atmosphere. For further information contact Pauline at 087 2143745 or Dee at 086 3039732.
FAMILY TABLE QUIZ
This takes place on Saturday, March 24, in St Andrew’s National School, Newcourt Road, Bray, at 7 p.m. Table of four – €20. Prizes – Raffle – Refreshments.
IRISH GERMAN SOCIETY
The next meeting of the Irish-German Society will take place this coming Monday at 7.30 p.m. in Bray Town Hall. The Guest Speaker will be Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough.
Dr Martin was a guest of the diocese of Wurzburg during the Kiliani Fest in July 2017 and he gave a talk on ‘The Challenge for the church in the 21st Century’ so we are delighted that the Archbishop has accepted our invitation to speak at our next general meeting.
All Members and non-Members are welcome to attend. In order to assist with seating the event, if those intending to come to the meeting could please contact gjjones@eircom.com or cflood@wichlowcoco.ie; or call 01 2875678.
INFORMATION SOUGHT
Dalkey Tidy Towns has restored part of Look Out Post No seven in Sorrento Park, Dalkey, and would like to hear from the relative of Charles Craney from Bray, or anyone else who served at this location during the Emergency – contact des@dalkeytidytowns.com.