Enniskerry
PARISH OF POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE.
Powerscourt Tomorrow (Thursday): 10 a.m. – Holy Communion in Powerscourt Church.
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for this Sunday – Trinity 20: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. Family Harvest Service, Preacher: Rev Jack Kinkead).
Services of Worship in Kilbride for this Sunday – Trinity 20: 10 a.m. – Family Service.
Kilbride Parish Supper Dance: The parish supper dance will be held on Friday, October 19, in Greystones Rugby Club.
ST MARY’S CHURCH ENNISKERRY
Christmas Concert: We are delighted to hear that worldrenowned soprano Niamh Murray and Concert Choir will return for another wonderful concert series in St Mary’s on Saturday, December 15, and Sunday, December 16, The concerts were completely sold out last year, so to secure your tickets early this year you can call Margaret or Joyce in the parish offices Enniskerry 01 2760030 or Kilmacanogue 01 2021882.
Date Set For Our Parish Assembly, Tuesday, November 20: Is the church in Ireland dead? What does my parish mean to me? Would I like it to be different? What Good News do I have to pass on to my children? How alive is my personal relationship with Jesus Christ? What do I want the church in Ireland to look like in 20 years? What can I do to make a difference? Maybe you have your own questions to add? Please give us your feedback and consider joining our planning group to prepare for the Assembly on November 20. Contact Margaret/Joyce in the parish offices at 01 2760030/01 2021882, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday) and we will get back to you.
Legion of Mary – Kilmacanogue Presidium: Meet at 11.30 a.m. every Tuesday in the sacristy of St Mochonog’s. New members are most welcome. Group recite the Rosary on the first Saturday of each month at midday at the Grotto in the church grounds.
ENNISKERRY HISTORY SOCIETY
Tomorrow (Thursday) meetings of the Enniskerry History Society, which meets under the guidance of its president John Callan, resume at 8.30 p.m. in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel in the village when Pádraig Laffan will open the autumn 2018 programme with his lecture recalling ‘ The Lord Anglesey Scandal’ which relates to Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. All welcome all welcome, admission €5.
Next events for members are tonight’s ( Wednesday) 6 p.m. lecture by James Scannell on ‘The Torpedoing of the RMS Leinster – October 10, 1918’ to the Old Dublin Society in the conference room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
Opening hours for the library which is located on Church Road, Enniskerry, are Tuesday and Friday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. New members to the library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.
MEALS ON WHEELS
Service operates in Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue and delivers hot meals every Tuesday and Thursday to older people in their homes. It’s an opportunity to connect with the community and provide a hot meal and social contact call to older people in the area. We are looking for volunteer drivers who can give up two or three hours twice a month to facilitate this much needed service. Interested volunteers should contact Maoiliosa Kelly at 086 8322466 for further information.