Bray
CHRIST CHURCH COI
Services of Worship for this Sunday – The day of Pentecost – Whit Sunday: The church remains closed till further notice. Please follow the Christ Church Facebook page or visit christchurchbray for up-to-date information. Alternative ways of worship and prayers will be posted on the website as well as information helpful for the individual or families struggling to adapt to the times that we are currently in. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to reopen in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.
Parish office: The parish office remains closed.
Connect online.: As our experience of ‘being church’ has changed from physical to virtual there are a number of online connection points with the parish. Our website is christchurchbray. ie, our Facebook page is called Christ Church Bray We are also developing our email connections (christchurchbray@gmail. com) and WhatsApp groups (087 9484407). We have also been developing a YouTube Channel for all ages called ‘The Story Tree’ which you can find by clicking the following link: youtube. We have now set up a live stream from the Epiphany Chapel from where you can follow our Sunday services at 11 a.m. The address is: churchservices.tv/christchurchbray. This is a 24/7 live stream so you can log in at any time, even just to see the familiar interior of our church building.
Events still Sunday Rocks; Rice and Praise; Recycled Teenagers. Keep an eye on the parish website for updates.
HOLY REDEEMER PARISH
Contact Holy Redeemer Parish: Call 01 2868413. Website: holyredeemerbray.ie; Email office@holyredeemerbray.ie.
Urgent Update for all Masses: Following the decision by Government to restrict public gatherings and the guidelines of the Irish Episcopal Conference, the celebration of all weekday and Sunday Masses have been suspended till further notice. The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligation to physically attend Sunday Mass while the present emergency persists. Check the RTÉ schedule for broadcast Mass times. Mass is also brought broadcast through EWTN, Radio Maria, channel which can be found in Saorview and Channel 210. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to re-open in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.
Little Flower Oratory (LFO): Remains closed.
Parish office: Remains closed. To Book a Mass: Please call the sacristy at 01 286 8413 from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.
ST PETER’S PARISH
Hall Bookings and To Book a Mass: To book a room in the Parish Hall or a Mass, please contact.
Sharon in the parish office at 01 282 9467. Mass cards available at the parish office.
Mass Update: The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligation to physically attend Sunday Mass while the present emergency persists. Mass will be broadcast on the parish website at 9.30 a.m. (Irish) and 11.30 a.m. (English) – Google Chrome required.
Church Closed: The church remains closed. Please keep an eye on the parish website for updates.
St Peter’s Cemetery, Little Bray: Visitors are requested to help to keep the cemetery tidy by bringing any rubbish home with them. There is strictly ‘No Dumping’ in force in any area of the cemetery. Your co-operation is appreciated. When visiting the cemetery please remember to maintain social distancing from other visitors.
Mass Intentions: Any Mass intentions booked for the coming weeks will be streamed on the 9.30 a.m., and 11.30 a.m. Masses on Sunday mornings.
Parish office: The parish office will remain open for the time being – however due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) it is preferable if all business could be conducted by telephone by calling 01 282 4967 or email stpeterslittlebray1@ eircom.net.
St Vincent de Paul Society: Anybody looking for assistance from the SVP must do so by ringing SVP Dublin at 01 8550022.
Useful Contact Numbers: Accord: 01 2867712; A.A.: 01 8527000; Aware: 1890-303302; SVP: 01 8550022; Samaritans: 1850-609090; Recovery: 01 2863423; Bray Homeless: 0404 20100; Bray Community Addiction: 01 2764692; Bray Women’s Refuge: 01 2866163.
Twitter and Facebook Details: You can follow the parish on twitter@dublindiocese and on
Facebook at: facebook.com/ pages/Archdiocese-of-Dublin/2097 92609053122.
ST FERGAL’S PARISH
Coronavirus Covid-19: Mass in St Fergal’s Church is suspended till further notice. The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligations to physically attend Sunday Mass while the present emergency persists. For Masses broadcast from other churches go to churchservices.tv/churches or churchservices.tv/.I For Live Mass from St Anne’s Parish, Shankill go to http://stannesparishshankill.com/live-video/; Live Mass from St Brigid’s Parish, Cabinteely, cabinteelyparish. ie/parish-services/web-cam/; live Mass from St Mary’s, Popes Quay, Cork: dominicanscork.ie/ live-Mass/; EWTN, the Catholic TV channel can be viewed on Sky 588 and on Virgin Media 815; EWTN LIVE on the WEB: ewtnireland.com/watch-live/; HSE Website: hse.ie/eng/
Church Closed: The church remains closed – please keep an eye on the parish website for updates.
Facebook page. for the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area: Check out ‘Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area’ for all the news and information of our Pastoral Area.
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
Villa Pacis Room Booking: Call 01 2760045 or emailvillafas1@ gmail.com.
Website: Please visit our Parish Website: queenofpeace.ie.
Updated Masses Details: There will be no celebration of public Mass till new updates are issued by Government. Please keep an eye on the parish website for updates. Mass will be celebrated privately during this time for your intentions and we join in Spiritual Communion with one another during these challenging times. The Archbishop of Dublin has announced that everyone is dispensed from the obligation of physically attending Sunday Mass while the present emergency persists. While churches and houses of worship will be permitted to re-open in mid-July, further details are awaited from the Government.
Church Re-Opened: The church re-opened last Monday for private prayer from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Please continue to observe in social distancing in line with Government and HSE guidelines.
Parish Activities: All parish activities remain suspended till further notice.
Mass via Webcam: There will live Masses via our newly installed webcam on Saturdays and Sundays at 10.30 a.m. Midweek Masses will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. Please follow the links on the parish website.
Online Mass from St Peter’s Parish, Little Bray: Mass is celebrated in Irish at 9.30 a.m. and in English at 11.30 a.m. every Sunday morning from St Peter’s web cam. Just go to their parish web site at stpetersparishbray.com and click on: watch Mass live.
Our Facebook page: Please visit and like our Facebook page: Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area.
QOP YOUTH CLUB
Queen of Peace Adventure Youth Club is making preparations for a possible gradual re-opening in the very near future. It will mean working with staggered small groups of four, observing the required distancing, using face masks and other protective equipment as needed.
The first events may be shore walks in areas that are not frequently used. Club members have been keeping in touch with online quizzes, puzzles, word games and others. There are vacancies for new members, and applications may be made to Paul on 2869264.
DIVING CLUB
Bray Divers/Wicklow Aquanauts Sub-Aqua Club are back in action following the easing of restrictions. Groups of four divers using the strict guide lines have had six dives since May 18.
All were in Carrig Eden Bay where the monthly survey had been missed during the lock down. The water was warm, clear, clean and full of wild life. Divers are now doing catch up during the good weather.
During the past week nine people have made enquiries about joining the club. For dive information call Albert at 087 6756439.
BRAY LIBRARY
Bray Library remains closed till further notice. Borrowers can renew their books online – late return fees will not apply for the duration of the present emergency. Library e-services are still available. While the library is scheduled to re-open in June, strict protocols and social distancing will have to be observed by borrowers in additional to any conditions which will be announced in due course.
BALLYWALTRIM LIBRARY
Ballywaltrim Library remains closed till further notice. Borrowers can renew their books online – late return fees will not apply for the duration of the present emergency. Library e-services are still available. While the library is scheduled to re-open in June, strict protocols and social distancing will have to be observed by borrowers in additional to any conditions which will be announced in due course.
BRAY CUALANN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
All activities and meetings of the Bray Cualann Historical Society, the local history society for Bray and North Wicklow, remain suspended. Full details about the Bray Cualann Historical Society’s future activities, when they are permitted to resume, can be found on the Society’s website.
In the meantime more of the articles in the Ireland’s Own magazine 1920-2020 Centenary Souvenir Edition, the fifth in the Birth of Nation series, edited by Seán Nolan and Shea Tomkins, are ‘The Michael Collins Papers’ in which Eoin Swithin Walsh takes a county by county look at the activities of Michael Collins during the War of Independence as documented in Irish Military Archives; ‘Ambush at Kilmichael – An iconic Republican victory’ recalls the largest ambush in the War of Independence near the village of Kilmichael between Dunmanway and Macroom in west Cork when 36 members local IRA volunteers killed 17 members of the RIC Auxiliary Division, led by General Tom Barry, who masterminded this ambush, ‘The Capture of Ernie O’Malley’ by Eoin Swithin Walsh, ‘Terence Mac.
Swiney – Death on Hunger Strike’ by Tom O’Neill, and ‘Cinemas of Cork in 1920’ by Éamon Ó Buadhacháin who took a the films that were showing there at that time. Copies are currently available from news agents or can be ordered via the Ireland’s Own website – irelandsown.ie; email – iosubs@irelandsown.ie or call 053 91401040.
RATHMICHAEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
All activities by the society remain suspended.
BOOKS FOR THE HOUSEBOUND
Aware that a lot of you are stuck at home and would really love a few books for company, Shankill Day Care/Shankill Old
Folks Association (SOFA) are delighted to announce the re-opening of its Book Sale service. However, due to the Covid-19 crisis, it will be an email/phone order and collection service.
You can place an order for specific book titles or authors (and we will check to see if we have them in stock) or you request a specific genre (Fiction, Crime, Mystery, History etc) and leave it up to us to find a suitable book for you. All books are in pristine condition and very competitively priced. We also have a selection of jigsaws and DVDs also very competitively priced. To place an order, you can email us at SOFABooks4U@gmail.com or send us a text or Whatsapp message at 089 4932103.
To collect the books, we will send you a message to let you know when your book (s) are ready for collection and the amount owing and then you can call to the Shankill Day Care Centre, Lower Road, Shankill D18 HW95, and pick them up between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednesdays or Fridays. Please note that we are not in a position to accept new books or take back any returns while the Covid-19 crisis is ongoing.
THE COMMUNITY CALL
As part of the Government response to the Covid-19 crisis, Wicklow County Council has established Covid-19 Community Call Forum which works with State agencies and community and voluntary to provide supports or service to any vulnerable people who need them such as the collection of essential items like food ,’meals on wheels’, household items, fuel or medicine (in line with guidance), and support for those who are experiencing social isolation or cocooning.
The Helpline No. is 1800 868 399 or email covidsupport@ wicklowcoco.ie. As part of the Northern part of the town lies with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area, their contact no. is 01 271 3199 or email covidsupport@dlrcoco.ie.