Around the Districts: Enniskerry

Parish of Powerscourt with Kilbride

Services at Powerscourt with Kilbride: All Services are available on the Parish YouTube Channel at youtube.

Service of Worship in St Patrick’s Church, Powerscourt, for this Sunday: 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion one.

Service of Worship in St Brigid’s Church, Kilbride, for this Sunday: 9.45 a.m. Morning Prayer two.

St Patrick’s Church Dalkey: This Saturday the St Patrick’s Parish summer Fête and Dog Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the grounds of St Patrick’s Church. There will be food stalls, clothes, games, toys, gifts, cakes, plants, bric-à-brac, bouncy castle, lunches, books, ice creams, dog show and much much more.

Irish Trefoil Guild – Guiding for Life: Calling all former leaders of the Irish Girl Guides in ray and the surrounding area. There is now a Trefoil Guild in Bray. Contact Anne at braytrefoilguild@gmail.com.

St Mary’s Church Enniskerry

Parish Website: ‘enniskerryparish.ie’ is the parish website of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – check it out for the latest information about our parish.

Facebook page: There is a Facebook page for the parish of Enniskerry, incorporating all four churches which Facebook users will find under Enniskerry parish with a cover photo of trees and profile picture of a quote from Pope Francis. Please give it a like and feel free to post news from your community.

Enniskerry (also Curtlestown and Glencree) parish office opening times: Monday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; email stmarys@enniskerryparish.ie; or call 01 2760030.

St Mochonog’s parish office opening times: Monday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday: (by phone) 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday (by phone) 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed Friday.

Parish Churches Schedule of Masses: Enniskerry St Mary’s: Saturday evening 6 p.m. and also via parish webcam; Sunday 11 a.m. and also via parish webcam. Weekday Mass at Enniskerry is at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and also via parish webcam lay-led prayer service on Wednesday; and Saturday at 10.15 a.m., and also available via the parish webcam. Masses in Curtlestown and Kilmacanogue are on Sunday at 10 a.m. Mass in Glencree is at 9 a.m. on the first Sunday each month.

Trip to Knock: Our trip to Knock is now going to take place on Saturday, August 18, We need names as soon as possible please, so we can work out a price. If your name is on the list already and you can’t go on that date, please contact Aideen at 086 8182241 or Sadie in the sacristy, Thank you.

Baptism Requests: Requests for baptism now take place online at enniskerryparish.ie.

The Living Room – Churches together, friends together: Today (Wednesday) the next meeting with our friends from St Patrick’s Powerscourt is at 11 a.m. in St Patrick’s Church. The theme is ‘Through a glass darkly’ God through our own perspective. Sometimes when we feel let down by God or that his presence isn’t with us it’s due to our own expectations and ideas about God. Join us for reflection, tea, coffee and fun.

A Time For Healing: This seminar of Spirituality, Healing and Integration for the times we live in, will take place on Saturday, September 28, at Glencree Reconciliation Centre, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This seminar, presented by Fr Jim Cogley focuses on intergenerational healing (Healing the family tree), personal, and relational healing. A must for us all, revealing the exciting Christian message of healing found in the Scriptures. Fr Jim Cogley is a psychotherapist and wood turner with over 40 years’ experience. He was an associate of the renowned pioneer in Family Tree Healing Dr Ken McCall. Currently Director of pilgrimage in Our Lady’s Island in Co. Wexford, his particular interest is that of Healing, both personal and intergenerational, and how the past that is unacknowledged can still influence the present. Please register your interest at 086 8182241. Offering is €20. There are a limited number of places left.

Church Music Group: We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.15 p.m. in St Mary’s Church. We would love to have a few more voices. If you would like to try, just come along and you will be warmly welcomed.

Broadcast List: A broadcast list for the parish is now up and running. This is to keep everyone up to date with what is happening in the parish and for easy communication in relation to building our communities. If you would like your name added to the list please contact Aideen at 086 8182241.

Building Hope Novena: You are warmly invited to join once again with every parish in the diocese in a Novena to the Holy Spirit, our dedicated period of prayer, reflection and planning for the renewal of the church in the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Novena will take place in the nine days from May 12 to May 20 beginning on the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, through Pentecost and continuing to the feast of Mary, Mother of the church. As well as being a time of prayer, this Novena time can be used to plan, in parish and partnership of parishes, for the pastoral year ahead guided by the Spirit. Building Hope Novena Prayer Cards have arrived in our parish. To aid you in prayer, resources are accessible on the diocesan website at dublindiocese.ie/novena-2024/. This novena will take place in St Mary’s after Mass and prayer services starting on May 12 but please ask for a card if you would like to join in at home.

New Here?: You are very welcome. Please keep up to date with us at enniskerryparish.ie. You can register as a parishioner by mailing us at stmarys@enniskerryparish.ie or stmochonogs@enniskerryparish.ie. If you wish to receive items, or if you would like to receive the ‘Parish Link’ by email weekly please phone the parish office in Enniskerry at 01 2760030 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday or email stmarys@enniskerry.ie; and Kilmacanogue at 01 2021882. (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday to Thursday, or email stmochonogs@enniskerryparish.ie.

Rosary: A group from the parish meets every Wednesday evening, on Zoom, from 7.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to pray the Rosary. Please call or message 087 4189338, to be added to the group or for further information.

Society of St Vincent de Paul: The local telephone number is 01 8550022.

Enniskerry History Society

Members and supporters of the Enniskerry History Society are asked to note that the following events will take place in the week ahead today (Wednesday) two guest speakers will speak on ‘Early Modern book collections in the 21st century’ at 1 p.m. in the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin two. Admission is free but booking required with the Royal Irish Academy call 01 609 0600 or email info@ria.ie; next Monday Mairead McLoughlin will present ‘History and Archaeology of St Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffin’ at 7.30 p.m. to the Clontarf Historical Society in St John’s Parish Centre, Clontarf Road, Dublin three. All are welcome admission is €5; Marc McMenamin will present ‘Did explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine conquer Mount Everest nearly three decades before Sir Edmund Hilary and Tensing Norgay in 1953?’ at 8 p.m. to the Kilmacanogue History Society in Kilmacanogue Parish Hall, adjacent to St Mochonog’s RC Church, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow. All are welcome – admission is €3 for members and €5 for non-members; next Tuesday Brian Dooley will present ‘Images from Malahide Historical Society Archive’ at 8 p.m. to the Malahide Historical Society in St Sylvester’s Church Parish Centre, Malahide, Co. Dublin. All are welcome – admission €5; next Wednesday two guest speakers will speak on ‘Reading and collecting books in early modern Ireland and Europe’ at 1 p.m. in the Royal Irish Academy, nine Dawson Street, Dublin two. Admission is free but booking required with the Royal Irish Academy call 01 609 0600 or email info@ria.ie; John Healy will present ‘Devlin’s Pub and the Army Mutiny’ at 6 p.m. to the Old Dublin Society in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. All are welcome – admission is free; Historian in Residence Dr Cormac Moore will present ‘Dublin-Monaghan Bombings 50 Years On’ at 6.30 p.m. in Rathmines Library, 157 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin six. All are welcome, admission is free with seats allocated on a first-come first-seated basis; Hal Sisk will present ‘Developments in transforming Dun Laoghaire Harbour’ at 8 p.m. to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. All are welcome – admission is €5.

Enniskerry Library

Opening hours are Tuesday 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Wednesday: 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday: 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. The library is closed on Mondays and Thursdays and on the Saturdays of Bank Holiday weekends. The library can be contacted at 01 2864339 or email enniskerrylib@wicklowcoco.ie. Online services including e-books, audio-books, digital magazines and newspapers and e-learning are available from the library website.

Feel Like Volunteering?

Wicklow Dementia Support (WDS) is seeking volunteers to support people living with memory loss who will attend our new ‘Cognitive Stimulation Therapy’ group in the Villa Pacis Centre, Bray. Our clients attending this group are in the early stages of dementia. Your role will be to help the session leader and encourage the involvement of those attending. The sessions will take place each Wednesday morning between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Full free training and ongoing mentoring provided. If you feel you can help, please contact Wicklow Dementia Support on: info@wicklowdementiasupport.org, or call Kate at 085 1345128.

GLENEALY

GLENEALY CARD DRIVE 45

Card drive will be on every Thursday night at 8 p.m. in Glenealy Village Hall. New players always welcome.

NO POSTER VILLAGE

Glenealy Tidy Towns would like to remind everyone that we are a No Poster village from Deputy’s Pas road to the welcome sign on the Rathnew side and on the back road to Ashford as far as Hargrove Estate. Thank you.

GLENEALY MEN and WOMEN SHED

We are looking at setting up a men and women shed here in Glenealy Village Hall. Anyone who might be interested in this please contact Tomas Cooney at 087 1266624.

GLENEALY HURLING CLUB

There is a clothes collection fundraiser for club, anyone who is looking to dispose of old clothing, shoes etc. Please leave in Glenealy club house before May 14. All proceeds to Glenealy hurling club.

COFFEE MORNING

The next monthly coffee morning is on Wednesday morning 5TH June from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Glenealy Village Hall.

GLENEALY SOCIAL CLUB

The next Glenealy social club will be on Friday, May 24, from 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. in Glenealy village hall. Entry fee is €10 which includes tea or coffee, a chat, line dancing, jiving and social dancing to live music. All enquiries to Leslie at 0404 67755.

BLESSING OF THE GRAVES

The blessing of the graves will take place in Glenealy on Saturday, July 20, at 3 p.m. Refreshments in the hall afterwards courtesy of Glenealy Tidy Towns.

PILATES

Pilates is now on in Glenealy Village Hall every Tuesday night at 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. For more information contact Zara at 087 9367474.

FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB

Foróige youth club in Glenealy Village Hall on every Friday night from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for 11- and 12-year-old youths. If interested contact 086 8732963 or 087 681087.

INDOOR BOWLS

Indoor bowls will resume in Glenealy village hall every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. A Great hobie for the winter months. New players always welcome.

BOOK EXCHANGE

If anyone would like to exchange books or take books, the book shelf is just inside the main door at hall.

ASTRO TURF

Astroturf is now available to rent at very competitive rates. Tennis court also available. For more information contact 0404 44040.