Around the Districts: Shankill

St James’ COI, Crinken

Services of Worship for this Sunday The Sixth Sunday of Easter: 10.30am Morning Service.

Church Events/Activities: Please check the Church’s web-site for regular updates.

Rathmichael COI Parish

Worship Services for this Sunday The Sixth Sunday of Easter: 8.30am Service of Holy Communion; 11am Service of Holy Communion; 7pm Evening Prayer.

Sunday Evening Service: Did you know that there is an Evening Service each Sunday at 7pm in Rathmichael? Our evening service is a tiny fragment of something else: it is part of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour of the day and night, in every part of the world. Our monthly pattern of evening worship contains services of Holy Communion, Evening Prayer and Compline.

Rathmichael Book Club: The book for review and discussion at last night’s (Tuesday) April meeting was ‘The Island Swimmer’ by Lorraine Kelly.

Saturday Coffee: As always, our ever-popular Saturday morning coffee takes place in the Erck Hall at 11am on Saturday each week. All are welcome.

Shankill Bible Church

Shankill Bible Church, Glenmaris, Eaton Wood Grove - Sunday Worship: 9.30am–Sunday School (3 to 12 years): 10am–Sunday Service.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Friday nights at 7pm.

For further information see www.shankillbiblechurch.org for further information.

St. Anne’s Parish

Masses: Weekday Masses are celebrated Monday to Friday at 10am, and on Saturday at 10am and 5pm (Vigil). Sunday Masses are celebrated at 10am, 12pm, and 6pm. On Holy Days of Obligation the Vigil Mass is celebrated at 7.30pm the previous evening and on the Holy Day at 10am,12Noon, and 7.30pm. All Masses are available online through the link “Watch Us Live”.

Saturday Vigil Mass: The Saturday evening Vigil Mass is celebrated at 5pm. We are always looking for musicians and singers for this Mass. If you are interested please leave your details with the Parish Office in person, or call 01-2822277.

Family Tree Healing Mass: Our monthly Healing Mass will be celebrated tonight (Wednesday at 7pm. All are welcome.

Cemetery Sunday: This year’s annual Remembrance Mass and Blessing of Graves will take place in Shanganagh Cemetery at 3pm on Sunday May 26th.

The Parish Pilgrimage to the Knock Shrine: This will take place on the Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, on Saturday May 18th. The trip will cost €30 per adult, €20 per child and there will be a stop on the journey for tea and scones included in the price. Call the Parish Office on 01-2822704 to book a place.

St. Anne’s Parish Communion for 2024: Communions–Scoil Mhuire & Parish Class First Holy Communion at 11am on Saturday May 11th ; St. Anne’s First Holy Communion at 11am on Saturday May 18th.

Bethany Bereavement Support–National Bereavement Support for Adults: The Bethany Bereavement Support Group has a drop-in service in the Resource Centre on the First Friday of each month at 10.30am. The Bethany Bereavement Support Group is a voluntary ministry and their counsellors are trained to listen and to help those bereaved and grieving. The service is free to all adults over 18 years. The Bethany Group is also available in St. Anne’s Resource Centre as needed. Please contact the St. Anne’s Parish Office in St. Anne’s Resource Centre for more details. We have a drop in service in St. Anne’s Resource Centre on the First Friday of each month at 10.30am.

Trócaire Together for a Just World: We like to remind anyone still with Trócaire money boxes that they can still be left into St. Anne’s Resource Centre so we can send them in.

Lectio Divina Prayer Group: The Lectio Divina Prayer Group meets every Tuesday morning after 10am Mass in St. Anne’s Resource Centre. All are welcome.

Parish Book Club: Sr. Una Agnew has written a book called ‘The Mystical Imagination of Patrick Kavanagh: A Buttonhole in Heaven?’ The Parish is proposing that Sr. Una will come in and meet with us, to give a lecture on the book, which we will then read together to form a Book Club. If you would like to get involved in this, register your interest by leaving your details with the St. Anne’s Parish Office on 01-2822704.

Ballybrack-Killiney Parish: Mass Times: Sts. Alphonsus & Columba Church, Church Avenue, Ballybrack Mondays, Fridays at 10am & Sundays at 10.30am.; Church of the Apostles, Willlow Vale, Ballybrack: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10am, and Sundays at 12pm; Church of St. Stephen, Killiney Hill Road, Killiney: Saturdays at 6pm. Adult Faith Formation Talk: Dr. Jesse Rogers, Dean of Theology at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, and member of the Synodal Pathway Steering group will give a talk ‘Women of the Bible–Mary Magdalene’ at 7.30pm this Sunday in the Church of the Apostles (beside Tesco).

Recently Baptised: The Parish Pastoral Council wishes to again welcome and acknowledge our newest Parishioners and would like to invite recently baptised children and their parents, godparents, grandparents and siblings to join us on the afternoon of Saturday June 15th at 2pm. After a blessing in the Church of Saints Alphonsus and Columba, there will be entertainment for the children and light refreshments for all in the church grounds. Further information and invitations will be available shortly. You can indicate your interest by email to ballybrack.killiney@gmail.com.

St. Brigid’s Parish, Cabinteely: Weekday Masses are celebrated in St. Brigid’s Church, Cabinteely on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10am, and no Mass on Wednesday. On Bank Holidays Mass is celebrated at 11am. At weekends the Vigil Mass is celebrated at 5.30pm (Saturday). Sunday Mass times are 10am and 12.30pm.

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Dalkey: Mass Times: Sundays at 9am and 11am. Vigil Mass on Saturday at 6pm (Taizé/Gospel Choir); Daily Mass: 10am. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Monday after 10am Mass and on Thursday from 7pm to 8pm.

Parish of St. Columbanus, Loughlinstown: Mass Times are: Saturday Vigil Mass at 6pm; Sunday Mass at 11am, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Mass at 9.30am.

St. Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire: Mass Times: Monday to Friday: 10am; Saturday: 10am and 6pm Vigil Mass; Sunday: 9am, 10am (Irish), 11.30am, and 1pm. Praying the Rosary: The Holy Rosary is prayed daily (Monday to Saturday) after the 10am Mass All welcome.

Shankill Library

Opening hours are 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and 2pm to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, open on alternate Fridays and Saturdays the library will be open this Friday but closed on Saturday, Sunday and next Monday due to the May Bank Holiday, re-opening as normal at 2pm next Tuesday. Computer use is available. Online services including e-books, audio-books, digital magazines and newspapers and e-learning are available via the library website. The library can be contacted at 01-2823081 or by email at: shankilllib@dlrcoco.ie. Book borrowers can renew their books on-line at any time.

The Tuesday Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm while the Friday Morning Book Club meets once a month at 11am. The Parent, Baby and Toddler Group meet on Mondays from 10.30am to 11.45am. Interactive Storytime takes place on Wednesdays at 3.30pm. A Weekly Craft Circle takes place every Wednesday morning at 10.30am until 12 Noon. Come along to our community craft circle every Wednesday morning at 10.30am. Bring along your crochet, knitting, sewing or other project and share tips and conversation in this gentle and welcoming group.

Rathmichael Historical Society

Last weekend the Rathmichael Historical Society, the local history for Shankill and the surrounding area, held an Away Weekend to explore the history and archaeology of the Midlands, based in Birr.

Members and supporters of the Rathmichael Historical Society are asked to note that the following events will take place in the coming week: today (Wednesday) Jim Walsh will recall ‘A Balbriggan Tragedy, 1930’ to the Balbriggan and District Historical Society in the Bracken Court Hotel, 3A Bridge Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. All are welcome–admission is €5;tomorrow (Thursday) David Ryan will present ‘Buck Whaley’ to the Mount Merrion Historical Society at 8pm in The Fitzwilliam Rooms, Mount Merrion Community Centre, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. All are welcome admission is €4 for adults and €2 for Students; on Saturday the Medal Society of Ireland will hold a ‘Medal, Militaria and Collectables Fair’ from 10am to 2pm in the Knox Memorial Hall, Monkstown Village, Co. Dublin. All welcome–Admission is €2 for members and €4 for non-members; next Wednesday two guest speakers will speak on ‘Early Modern book collections in the 21st century’ at 1pm in the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Admission is free but booking required with the Royal Irish Academy call 01-609 0600 or email: info@rai.ie.

The Rathmichael Historical Society is always interested in new members and offers three levels of membership Individual (€25), Family (€30) and Student (€5). The simplest way to join the Society is via its web page: https://rathmichaelhistoricalsociety.ie/rhs-membership; send a cheque to the Honorary Treasurer, Rathmichael Historical Society, Gort na nÉan, Dublin Road, Shankill, Dublin 18 -, please include your name, address and email.

First Saturday Book Sale

The May First Saturday Book Sale, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association, will take place from 10am to 1pm on Saturday May 4th in the Shankill Day Centre, Lower Road, Shankill, and all are welcome to attend. This will be an excellent opportunity to obtain some first class reading material for the summer months.

Donations of books are appreciated but must be in a clean and good condition, are limited to two shopping bags per donor, and will be gratefully accepted only on the day of the book sale.

AA meetings in Shankill

Alcoholics Anonymous hosts meetings in St. James’ Crinken Church Hall every Monday evening at 8.30pm and in St. Anne’s Resource Centre every Sunday at 8.30pm. Doors open around 8.15pm.

Bridge Club

Shankill Bridge Club meets on Monday (except Bank Holiday Mondays) afternoons at 2pm in St. Anne’s Resource Centre. New members are most welcome no playing partner needed. Come along or phone 0860821347 for more information.

Classical Music Club

The May meeting will take place at 7.45pm tonight (Wednesday) in the Shankill Day Care Centre, Lower Road, Shankill. For further information text 087-2109175 or have a look at www.shankillclassical.org.

ICA Guild

A Craft Morning takes place every Tuesday morning in St. Anne’s Resource Centre from 10.30am to 12. 30pm. Contact St. Anne’s Resource Centre for further details.

Shankill Bowling Club

With the start of the Irish Lawn Bowls national championship fixtures up and running this week, we see a number of our members entered to pursue a little piece of the pie that is on offer to those who are willing to take their bowling to the higher level of competition. Our members compete among the best in National Singles, Pairs, Triples, and fours (rinks), we wish those brave enough to have a go well and to enjoy the journey.

Our in-house club competition is about to begin next week with doubles and triples, so please make sure that you have paid your €5 entrance fee.

This week’s fixtures in Division 2 Saturday sees our members in Greystones with a difficult game against the home side on grass. We wish them well and here’s hoping they can bring home some points to go with those following their victory in the starting game against Aughrim. Our Division 2 (Wednesday) side found Skerries a little too strong in their away game last week, and failed to gain any points but are hoping to rectify that next outing against CYM. Congratulations to our members Bridget Frazer and Martina Doherty in the national doubles, and their first round victory over Leinster, with a score of 28 points to 7 which was a great result for Shankill Bowling Club.

The Division 2 side (evening) away to BOI at Kenilworth last Monday week were unfortunate to come away with half point following their game on grass. There were no points also at Blackrock for Veterans Division 4, but a good win with three points at Crumlin for Division 3 Veterans and playing Division 2 Veterans s at home to Crumlin helped themselves to three points as well. Well done all.

The Shankill Bowling Club open bowling weekend when we invite all interested in learning the game to get in touch or drop by and give it a try, takes place from 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Saturday May 11th and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm on Sunday May 12th. Hope to see you then. Shankill Bowling Club is always looking for new people to enjoy this very healthy pastime and welcome anyone who wishes to avail of membership to contact our website shankillbowlingclub.ie or call to our facilities at Quinn’s Road, Shankill.

Plants needed!

A Fundraising Plant Sale in aid of Shankill Day Care for the Elderly will be held on Saturday June 8th from 10am to 1pm in the Day Care Centre on Lower Road. All plant donations would be appreciated-garden plants, houseplants, fruit/vegetables, annuals, perennials–in fact anything with a leaf! Contact 087 2747471 if you can help.

Darkness into Light 2024

The Darkness into Light walk takes place on Saturday May 11th starting at 4.15am from St. Anne’s Resource Centre and making our way to Killiney Hill and then back to Barts (Brady’s of Shankill). Register with:-darknessintolight.ie. Alternatively there will be a shorter route to Shanganagh Cliffs avoiding Killiney Hill if this is too challenging. Meeting at St. Anne’s Resource Centre at 4.15am on Saturday May 11th.

Community Games

Thank You to all those who contributed to our recent Collection as the funds collected will pay referees, medals etc., for our children’s activities. Our Athletics competition took place in the Stonebridge Road pitches last Monday evening at 6pm. The Winners will go forward to Represent Shankill in our Dublin Athletics on June 2nd.