Shankill
ST JAMES’ COI, CRINKEN
Worship Service for this Sunday – Trinity 17: 11 a.m. – Morning Praise.
RATHMICHAEL COI
Worship Service for this Sunday – the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion; 11 a.m. – Morning Prayer followed afterwards by coffee in the Erck Hall ; 7 p.m. – Holy Communion, Lector – Caroline Senior.
The Alpha/In-Between Club: Three books have been chosen for summer reading: ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ by Amor Towles’ ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ by Heather Morris and ‘Wonder’ by RJ Palacio. The next meeting is on Tuesday, September 25, St Anne’s Parish.
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 during 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.
Mass Time Change: Until the end of this month there will be no celebration of the Monday to Friday 7.30 p.m. Evening Mass.
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.
St Anne’s Parish Pastoral Council: Last Monday the September meeting of the PPC took place at 8 p.m. last Monday night in St Anne’s Resource Centre at which time was devoted to planning courses and events for the coming year. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know. These can be left into the suggestions box in the church or handed into the parish office.
New Altar Servers: This in an invitation to children who received their First Holy Communion to become Altar Servers and is open all children from third to sixth class. Training will take place in St Anne’s Church during October. Please choose Tuesday or Sunday training – Tuesdays October 2, 9 and 16, from 2.40 p.m. to 3.20 p.m.; Sundays October 7, 14 and 21, from 9.30 a.m. to 10.10 a.m. New servers must attend the three training sessions. The commissioning of the new Altar Servers will place during the Sunday, October 21, 10.30 a.m. Mass.
Christmas Fair – Appeal for sponsors: We would greatly appreciate if any individual or company in our Parish/community are in a position to sponsor any part of the Christmas Fair such as the cost of raffle tickets or prizes. If you can assist us in any way, please contact Martin Walsh or Pat Maguire through the Resource Centre. A meeting took place in St Anne’s Resource Centre last Monday night at 8 p.m.
New Youth Group: We are working hard in the parish to set up a new youth group for those aged 13 to 18.We met with 26 young people over the summer and they told us they would like to meet fortnightly in St Anne’s Resource Centre, so we have chosen the first and third Saturdays after Evening Mass. They are very interested in learning more about their Catholic Faith. They would like a mixture of games, talks, music, prayer time, movies and socials. A group of youth leaders will prepare and deliver each meeting. In order to launch the group, we need to have everything in place to ensure their safety. We are now seeking teams of adult supervisors and we ask for people to commit to one Saturday evening per month. We would require at least four adult supervisors each time the youth group meet. The role of the adult supervisor will be to open/close the centre, kitchen supervision and to make sure the youth (not the adults) leave the centre clean and prepared for Sunday School. Also, they will have to make sure each young person has someone to collect them. Training will be given to this group before the first youth meeting takes place. There will be an information session in the parish on Wednesday, October 10, at 8 p.m. and the youth group supervisors will be expected to attend this session. If you are interested in volunteering, please call into the parish office to complete the Garda Vetting application. You will need to bring photographic ID and also a utility bill with your address.
Parent and Toddler Group: Meets on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to midday in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Cost: Donation – for further information contact Iarla at 086 351322.
Creation Time September 1 to October 4 (feast of St Francis of Assisi): We will mark this season with prayers at Mass this Sunday reminding us that we must care for the Earth, our Common Home (Laudate Sí).
Parish Volunteers: Could you commit to being a member of one of our parish teams from September 2018 to June 2019? We especially need help in the areas of hospitality and Welcome Ministry, and to collect the baskets during Mass. If you are interested, please drop into the parish office for more information and to begin the garda vetting process over the summer to ensure that you will be ready to begin in September.
September Film Night: Takes place on Saturday, September 29, at 8 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre when the film being screened is the classic Ealing Studios comedy ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’, directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, and Vincent Price. All welcome – admission free.
Rosary for Peace: Is said every Saturday at 3 p.m. in St Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire.
Child Safeguarding: The Dublin Diocese require all those involved in parish life as Ministers and volunteers to take part in a 2-hour session on child safeguarding. A representative from the Dublin Diocese will be in St Anne’s Resource Centre on Wednesday, October 10, at 8 p.m. and we ask anyone who is involved in the parish as a minister/volunteer to come along to this session.
Simply Sewing: If you enjoy sewing and have some time to spare, Apostolic Work needs you. All material supplied to make vestments and altar linens for mission parishes in Africa. For further information contact Kathie at 01 2823014.
Support Network: St Anne’s Parish Network for those who are divorced, separated or re-married, meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. All welcome – text: 087 3646067 or email listeningear14@gmail.com.
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.
Gluten Free Hosts: Gluten Free Hosts are available for Holy Communion. Please advise the Sacristan if you require one.
Have You Downloaded the New Parish App?: An easy way to keep up to date with the news and events in the parish. You can also send in a prayer request and it will be included in the Prayer of the Faithful on Sunday. There is a reflection and daily Scripture Readings. To download type in ‘Your Parish App’ to the playstore.
Facebook: St Anne’s Parish is now on Facebook. Search for St Anne’s Parish, Shankill; click on ‘pages’ (left hand side under All Results); ‘like’ the page; receive updates directly into your Facebook account.
St Anne’s Parish Website: The parish website is stannespcrishshakill.com.
BOOK SALE
The October First Saturday Book Sale, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association, will take place on Saturday, October 6, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Shankill Old Folks Centre, Lower Road, Shankill, so make a point of calling into it during that Saturday morning and avail of the opportunity to pick up some excellent reading material for the autumn.
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 Li- brary are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on alternate Fridays and Saturdays – The library will be closed this Friday but open 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), from 10.30 a.m. to 11.20 a.m. Historical Society
The next events for members of the Rathmichael Historical Society, the local history society for Shankill, Ballybrack, and the surrounding area.
The next events of interest for members are tonight’s (Wednesday) 8 p.m. lecture by Cormac Lowth on ‘The Sinking of the Leinster’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough History Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire – admission €3; tomorrow night’s (Thursday) 8 p.m. lecture by Ms Bernardine Ruddy on ‘Watson’s Nurseries: From Clontarf to Killiney, 1884-1967’ to the Bray Cualann Society in the Royal Hotel, Bray – admission €5; this Friday and Saturdays fifth festival of History – 30th La Touche Legacy Weekend in Greystones Golf Club, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Full information on this two-day event from latouchelegacy.com Friday night’s Irish Railway Record Society Open Night of their Dublin Hueston Station premises between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. – all welcome; the Wednesday, September 26, 6 p.m. lecture by Diarmuid Ó Gráda on ‘Georgian Dublin: the forces that shaped a city’ to the Old Dublin Society in Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2; and the Thursday, September 27, 8 p.m. special on-off lecture to the Bray Cualann Historical Society on the Royal Hotel, Bray, by visiting American historian Joseph EA Connell Jr. on ‘Michael Collins and the guerrilla warfare during the War of Independence’ – all welcome, admission €5.
Members and supporters are asked to note that the Final Mail Boat Leinster Centenary Event programme organised by the Mail Boat Leinster Centenary Committee can be down be downloaded from leinster2018. com.
Also now out is the programme of events for the Dublin Festival of History 2018, organised by Dublin City Council and managed by Dublin City Libraries, which will run from Monday, September 24, to Sunday, October 7 – details from dublinfestivalofhistory.ie.
Members are also reminded that the Old Bray Society has published a special issue of the Bray Historical Record – ‘First World War Special Issue’ which recalls those from the county who took part in this conflict. Over the counter copies available from the Town Hall Bookshop, 23 Florence Road, Bray. Lectures of the Rathmichael Historical Society will resume at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3, in Rathmichael National School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin.
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 NOTES
The juvenile academy is back in action at 10 a.m. every Saturday in Stonebridge Road. Please come along and give the Academy a try. The cost is only €2 per child each week and there is no annual subscription. All equipment is provided free and qualified coaches are always in attendance and it’s all about having fun with your friends.
The new season is back in full swing Last Thursday week saw the under-14 girls play Kilmacud Crokes, last Saturday week the under – 11 hurlers played against St Anne’s and under-12 girls played Ballinteer while last Sunday weak morning there was under-nine girls’ football match against Geraldine P Moran’s with an exciting finish.
Our under-eight and under-10 girls’ teams had a brilliant weekend in Cork at the National blitz hosted by Passage West GAA Club. Well done, everyone.
In the ‘Chase the Ace’ draw in Brady’s there was no jackpot winner – the €50 prize went to Caitlyn McGurk. Last week’s jackpot was €1,050. Tickets are €2 each or three for €5.
Congratulations to the Dublin ladies’ team on their victory over Cork last Sunday in Croke Park.
We are currently looking for new players for our Adult Ladies and Adult Men’s football teams – if interested please contact GPO Steve Davis at 087 6414123 or email stevedavis203@gmail. com.
LAWN BOWLING CLUB
Lawn Bowling is a 32-county sport. Easy to learn and play. Offers good exercise plus you measure up, take scores etc – suits both ladies and men. Call in to the club house on Quinn’s Road, leave a message or call Paddy at 01 282 2740.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
Activities have now resumed. The Scrabble Group meets every Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. in St Anne’s Resource Centre. Beginners are very welcome. The Art Group meets on Thursday mornings from 10 a.m. to midday in the same venue. Participants paint in all mediums – oil, watercolour, acrylic, drawing.
SOCIAL CLUB
Are you aged over 50 and interested in joining a local community social group? Shankill Social Club is looking for new members and new ideas. Planned activities include a guest speaker on the Fair Deal Nursing Home Scheme on October 15 ; a guest speaker with Gardening tips for the Spring and the autumn on November 19, and visit to Dail Eireann – date to be confirmed.
Meetings of the Shankill Social Club take place in St Anne’s Resource Centre on the third Wednesday of the month – next meeting takes place on Wednesday, September 17. All welcome – further information from Jackie Hall at 086 8671166 or Paula Morgan at 086 3467480.