AROUND THE DISTRICTS
Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion 2; 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Service.
Today (Wednesday): 11 a.m. – Holy Communion One; 8 p.m. – Meeting of the Select Vestry in the PLC Holy Week Timetable: Theme ‘But is it True…?’ Preacher – The Rector. Wednesday, March 28: 8 p.m. – Evening Prayer ‘What is Truth?’; Maundy Thursday, March 29,: 8 p.m. – Holy Communion and Tenebrae ‘True Service’ ; Good Friday, March 30,: 10 a.m. – Bray Head Way of the Cross (commences at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church); 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Vigil Service; 8 p.m. A service of the Passion ‘Truth Hurts’.
Easter Day – Sunday, April 1: 6.30 a.m. – Bray Churches Together Easter Sunrise Service; 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion 1; 11 a.m. – Family Holy Communion ‘Only A Fool Would Believe That.’.
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.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Stations of the Cross: Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7 p.m. replacing evening Mass.
Parking at Holy Redeemer: From Monday to Friday the Holy Redeemer car park is free for Mass goers from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. This is also true of Holy Days, Special Church services such as funerals, weddings, First Holy Communions and Confirmations etc. Please ensure you park in the area closest to the Village Gate Arcade to avail of this.
Lenten Talks: Fr John, Fr Ben and their team invite you to join them for a series of talks this Lent. The final topic covered will be: Mark’s Gospel (as this is the year of Mark), The Resurrection. This will take place tomorrow (Thursday) 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). Trócaire: Trócaire boxes are now available in the church porch and the tables around the church.
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
Young at Heart Dinners: Unfortunately due to the cold weather the Young at Heart dinners will not resume till further notice.
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. New Pilot Project – ‘Meet and Eat’: This social programme aims to target older adults, more socially isolated, living alone, in particular those more vulnerable due to physical, mental or cognitive impairment.
Area: Roundwood, Laragh, Ashford and Newtownmountkennedy. For more information contact Wicklow Dementia 089 4286928 or email wicklowds@gmail.com.
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.
Novena to St Anthony: On Tuesday mornings during the 9.30 a.m. Mass.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: On Friday mornings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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. This Programme is based on the Joy of Love (Pope Francis) and is a gentle approach to looking a little more closely at what love looks like in the context of family. Using engaging short videos, animations and activities to encourage discussion, it will offer families, parishes and wider society an opportunity to think about our vision and hopes for family and marriage, and a chance to rediscover the gift that family is to the world.
Dates: Monday, March 26, Venue: St Fergal’s Parish; Time: 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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.
Easter Mass Bouquet Cards: These are available from the parish office, or from the sacristy. The intentions of those who receive these cards will be remembered at the 9.30 a.m. Mass on Tuesday, April 3.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE.
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. Monday to Friday in St Fergal’s during Lent.
Holy Week Timetable: Palm Sunday – March 25: 6.30 p.m. – Vigil Mass (Saturday); 10.30 a.m. midday. Palms will be blessed at all Masses. Holy Thursday – March 29: 7 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration at the Altar of Repose till midnight. Good Friday – A day of Fast and Abstinence.10 a.m. – Stations of the Cross to Bray Head will commence in the church. Stations will continue in the church for those unable to go Bray Head; 3 p.m. – Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion. Holy Saturday: 9 p.m. – Vigil Mass followed by Perpetual Adoration. Easter Sunday Masses: 10.30 a.m. and midday; Easter Week Masses: 10.30 a.m. daily.
Communal Penitential Services: Tuesday, March 27 – 7.30 p.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church; Good Friday – March 30: 7.30 p.m. in St Fergal’s Parish, Ballywaltrim; Holy Saturday – March 31: midday in the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Bray.
Individual Confessions: Holy Saturday – March 31: From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
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.).
Legion of Mary: The Legion of Mary would like to request donations of Catholic magazines, these can be left at the back of the church. The residents in the local nursing homes are very appreciative to receive these magazines. We would also welcome new members. Our meetings take place on Thursday mornings at 11 a.m. in Villa Pacis.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club will not be open on Friday the 23rd because the leaders will be away on a training weekend. There will be no club function on Good Friday and the club will be open on Friday, April 6, when a night walk in Glendalough will be organised.
DIVING CLUB
Bray Divers will be accepting new trainee divers for training courses to begin immediately after Easter. Courses are tailor made to suit individual candidates and are run by qualified instructors. Qualifications gained will have international recognition. For more information call Albert at 087 6756439 and you could be an expert diver this summer.
BRAY LIBRARY
This Friday James Scannell, Bray Cualann Historical Society, will present a free talk looking back at ‘Easter 1918 in Bray, Co. Wicklow’ – all welcome.
BALLYWALTRIM LIBRARY
On Thursday, March 29, James Scannell, Bray Cualann Historical Society, will present a free talk looking back at ‘Easter 1943 in Bray, Co. Wicklow’ – all welcome.
CUALANN SOCIETY
Last Thursday night Joan Kavanagh was the guest speaker for the March meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, at 8 p.m. in the Royal Hotel, Bray, at which she presented her illustrated lecture ‘Glendalough through the eyes of a camera.’.
The society will also present two free lectures look back at past Easters in Bray. This Friday James Scannell will present his talk looking back at ‘Easter 1918 in Bray’ at 11.30 a.m. in Bray Library, Eglinton Road, Bray. All welcome – admission free. A week later on Thursday, March 29, James will present his talk looking back at ‘Easter 1943 in Bray, Co. Wicklow’ in Ballywaltrim Library, Boghall Road, Bray, All welcome – admission free.
Further information on the Bray Cualann Historical Society programme available on the Society’s web-site:.ie.
Other events which may of interest to members of the Bray Cualann Historical Society are tonight’s (Wednesday 8 p.m. lecture by Rob Goodbody on ‘Ballycorus Lead Works’to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin – all welcome, admission €3; Saturdays Local History Group Day in Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Street, Dublin two, from 9.45 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. at which the following talks will take place: 10.05 a.m. – ‘Starting a Local History Group’ by James Madigan, Liberties Cultural Association; 10.35 a.m. – ‘Closure of a Unremunerative Railway Line: Harcourt Street to Bray, 1958’ by James Scannell, The Old Bray Society; 11.05 a.m. – ‘The meeting at Rochestown Avenue, 1884 and related history’ by Thomas Burke, Local History Alumni Group; 11.35 a.m. – ‘Dear Miss B’ –a collection of Edwardian Postcards, by Brian McCabe, Kill History Group; 12.05 p.m. – Tea or coffee; 12.30 p.m. – ‘An Irish Country House in Cloyne, Co. Cork’ by Marie Guillot, Cloyne Literary and Historical Society; 1.05 p.m. – ‘Lesser Known Dubs – The Good, the Bad and the Downright Despicable’ by Ken Finlay, The Old Dublin Society; 1.35 p.m. – ‘My Experience as a Dublin Docker, 1963-2009’ by John Walsh, Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society; 2.05 p.m. – ‘irishhistoryonline.ie – a Resource for Local History Groups’ by Jacqueline Hill, NUI Maynooth; 2.20 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.: Discussion and Close. All welcome – admission free; and next Wednesday night’s 6 p.m. meeting of the Old Dublin Society in Dublin City Library and Archive at which the annual Members’ Night will take place as well as a presentation on the Old Dublin Society website and library. All welcome – admission free.
The Bray Cualann Historical Society extends its congratulations to John Lennon, a past president of the Rathmichael Historical Society, on the launch recently of his book ‘Main Street, A History of the Heart of Dundrum’ by Minister Josepha Madigan in the Holy Cross Parish Centre, Main Street, Dundrum.
FAMILY TABLE QUIZ
A family table quiz takes place on this Saturday, March 24, in St Andrew’s National School, Newcourt Road, Bray, at 7 p.m. Table of four – €20. Prizes – Raffle – Refreshments.