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Shankill
ST JAMES’ COI, CRINKEN
Worship Service for Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday: 11 a.m. – Morning Praise.
Holy Week and Easter Services: Monday, March 26, to Thursday, March 29: Joint Holy Week Services at 7.30 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. – The Mark Drama.
Easter Sunday: 9.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Easter Praise; 7 p.m. – The Mark Drama.
RATHMICHAEL COI
Services of Worship on Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Morning Prayer – Liturgy of the Passion followed afterwards with coffee in the Erck Hall. ; 7 p.m. – Holy Communion, Lectors Suzanne and Dean Russell.
Holy Week Services: Wednesday, March 28: 8 p.m. – Service of Wholeness and Healing in Kilternan Parish Church at which the Speaker will be Mrs Hilda Plant, C of I chaplain to St Vincent’s Hospital; Maundy Thursday: 8 p.m. Service in Rathmichael; Good Friday: 11 a.m. Service and 8 p.m. Service both in Rathmichael.
Easter Sunday: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Holy Communion; No Evening Service.
Child Protection: The Church of Ireland has appointed Mr Gabriel Chrystal as Child Protection Officer (RI). Originally from Sligo, Gabriel has been in police work since 2002 and has been part of the child protection team within both the Metropolitan Police in London and Thames Valley Police. He brings a broad range of experience in the field of family support and child protection, including case management and investigation, and has also specialised in the provision of training programs.
The Alpha/In-Between Club: The Book Club will meet on Tuesday, March 27, at 8 p.m. The books the club membersare reading for March are: ‘ Small Great Things’ by Jodi Picoult and ‘The Chilbury Ladies Choir’ by Jennifer Ryan.
Easter Vestry Notice: The Easter Vestry will take place on Sunday, April 8, in the Erck Hall following the 11 a.m. Family Service. 14 people will be voted on to the Select Vestry. While only Registered Vestry Persons may vote, anyone may address the meeting. Every year, several names are suggested for nomination from the floor of people who are absent on the day.
Frequently we have no idea whether the absentee is willing to go forward for election or not and so we have to reject the nomination. SO, please do your homework beforehand and check with the person you would like to see elected to the Select Vestry. If you are unable to attend, then please do convey your apologies to the meeting. A Select Vestry makes these and many other decisions. Decisions which will shape things to come for a long long time. We look forward to seeing you there.
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. Mass. Mass is now broadcast online and can be viewed by logging onto the parish website: stannesparishshankill.com and then clicking onto video link.
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, with three rooms available with capacity for 80 people, 25 people, or 15 people.
St Anne’s Parish Library: There is a wonderful selection of religious/spiritual books available to borrow – free of charge in the foyer of St Anne’s Resource Centre. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hospitality Sunday occurs on the second and fourth Sunday of each month after 10.30 a.m. Mass. Books will be on display and available to browse/borrow at that time also.
Bethany Bereavement Group: Operates Drop-In Centre in St Anne’s Resource Centre on the First Friday of each month at 10.30 a.m. The Bethany Bereavement Support Group is a voluntary ministry. The volunteers are trained to listen and to help the bereaved and grieving.
Confirmation 2018: This Service of Light for all the Confirmation candidates will take place tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in the church.
Advocate Collection: The annual Advocate collection for the Sunshine Fund will take place this weekend. The Sunshine Fund, a special works conference of the St Vincent de Paul, provides summer holidays for children from all over Dublin, who need a holiday. This collection is their only source of funds – your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Hospitality Sunday: The Hospitality Team would like to invite you all to come to St Anne’s Resource Centre after this Sundays 10.30 a.m. Mass for tea or coffee.
Holy Hour: Please join with the Pallottine Union of Catholic Apostolate (UAC) to pray for vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious Life tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Easter Penitential Service: This Monday night in the church at 8 p.m. with visiting priests.
Easter Chicks: Easter Chicks are available to buy in St Anne’s Resource Centre, €2 each. All proceeds raised, will help to send a sick person to Lourdes this year.
Garda Vetting: We kindly ask all those who volunteer in our parish to complete the Garda Vetting form which can be collected from the parish office.
World Meeting of Families 2018: As part of the WMoF 2018 Programme, the parish is running a programme called ‘Let’s Talk Family’ – The Joy of Love: Six-Session Parish Conversation. The programme concludes with Session six on Tuesday – A Gospel; of Hope for Our Families.
All Night Vigil in Our Lady of Victories, Sallynoggin/Glenageary, this Friday and Saturday: Friday: 6.30 p.m. – Holy Mass; 7 p.m. – Stations of the Cross and Benediction; 8 p.m. – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament till 6.30 p.m. on Saturday; 10 p.m. – Evening Prayer; Saturday: 3 a.m. – Chaplet of Divine Mercy; 6 a.m. – Rosary; 9 a.m. – Holy Mass; 11.30 a.m. – Schola Cantorum Children’s Adoration; 1.30 p.m. – Holy Face Prayers; 2.30 p.m. – Music and reflections; 6.30 p.m. – Holy Mass. Confessions were heard at 8 p.m. on Friday and at 10.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday. Car parking and refreshments available. Please contact Mairéad Bernal at 086 8617884 to commit to an hour.
Child Safeguarding: Anyone, who ministers or volunteers in any way in our parish is required to complete the Garda vetting process. For further information, please contact Ms Elaine Hogan in the parish office.
Parish Choirs: New members always welcome for the following choirs – if interested please attend the rehearsals – Adult Choir: 8 p.m. on Mondays in St Anne’s Church; Junior Choir: Before 10.30 a.m. Sunday Mass in the church; Secret Choir: 8 p.m. on Wednesdays in the St Anne’s Church; Male Voice Choir: Thursdays at 11 a.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Tea or coffee served at 10.30 a.m.
‘The Family Cube’ – Art of Loving in the Family: These are available in St Anne’s Resource Centre for €10 each. Suitable for children preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Pallottine Pilgrimage to Lourdes – August 7: Spiritual Director Fr Liam McClarey, SAC. €739 per person sharing for five nights full board. For further information please contact Ms Elaine Hogan the parish office in St Anne’s Resource Centre. €200 non-refundable deposit required at the time of booking.
Stations of the Cross at midday on Good Friday – March 30: If any child would like to take part in the stations as an actor or narrator, please speak to Ceilia after 10.30 a.m. Mass next Sunday. Rehearsals will take place on Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 a.m. and on Good Friday at 10.30 a.m.
Pallottine Pilgrimage to Knock: Takes place on Saturday, May 19, Cost – Adults: €20; Children: €10. Please make full payment at time of booking in the parish office in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Cost includes tea and scone at stopoff on the way to Knock. The bus will leave St Anne’s car park at 7.30 a.m.
Cake Sale on Easter Sunday: A cake sale will take place in St Anne’s Resource Centre on Sunday, April 1 – Easter Sunday – from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in aid of World Blind Tennis Championships. The World Blind Tennis Championships will be held in Shankill Tennis Club, Quinn’s Road, from Friday, April 27, to Sunday, April 30, If you would like to donate homemade cakes, scones or jam etc., it would be greatly appreciated.
Film Night – This Saturday: Takes place at 8 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre at which the last 1½ hours of the 6-hour film ‘Jesus of Nazaraeth’ starring Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Rod Steiger + more, will be screened. In addition, there will be a showing of ‘The Way of Silence’, a short history of Mt. Melleray (½ hour in length). All welcome – admission free.
BOOK SALE
On Saturday, April 7, the April First Saturday Book, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association, will take place in the Shankill Old Folks Centre, Lower Road, Shankill from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. so make a point of calling into the book sale during that Saturday morning and avail of the opportunity to pick up some excellent reading material.
Donations of books, which must be in a good and clean condition, other than school/text books, will be accepted on the day. 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 – closed this Friday but open on Saturday. The library is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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 next meeting of the Rathmichael Historical Society, the local history society for Shankill, Ballybrack and the surrounding area, will take place on Wednesday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in Rathmichael National School at which Rob Goodbody will present ‘Ballycorus’. All welcome – admission €5.
Other events which may of interest to members of the Rathmichael 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; this Fridays 11.30 a.m. talk by James Scannell recalling ‘Easter 1918 in Bray, Co. Wicklow’ in Bray Library, Eglinton Road, Bray – all welcome, admission free; 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.
GAA CLUB NOTES
The juvenile Academy is in action in the gym of St Laurence College at 10 a.m. every Saturday. All equipment is provided free and cost is only €2 per child each week, there is no annual subscription. So why not come along and give the Academy a try your child will learn the skills of Gaelic games while having fun with their friends.
The effect of the recent bad weather is still causing problems. However, some games were played – our Ladies Adult football team played their first ever match against Cuala and did us proud. Well done, ladies. Also our under-10 hurling team made the long trip to Wild Geese and under-14 girls’ football were away to Thomas Davis.
Ladies’ football – team check out our Facebook page and follow the link to the ladies Facebook group, email stevedavis203@gmail.com or contact Steve at 087 6414123.
The men’s adult football team are looking for new players which 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.