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Other NewsChurch News | Discovery | Saints' Days in the month of June | A Thought 1 | Nepal Trek | A Thought 2 | Coffee in Castleknock CHURCH NEWSOrdination: Christian Aid: Parish Launch of BCP (2004): 
"DISCOVERY"- CAN YOU HELP?"Discovery" is the title being given to a Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan initiative which will be held in St. George and St. Thomas Church, Cathal Brugha Street, from 10th - 13th June. This initiative has been planned by the undersigned, in consultation with the Archbishop of Dublin, as a response to the arrival in Dublin in recent years of many Christians, including Anglicans, from many other countries as students, refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants. There will be an exhibition in St. George and St. Thomas Church from Thursday 10th June to Saturday 12th June, from 12 noon until 5 p.m., which will have stalls dealing with such topics as: support services available to immigrants; information about the Church of Ireland, our Diocese, parishes and schools; Dublin centre city churches of other Christian traditions; and the work of the Church Missionary Society of Ireland. On Sunday 13th June, a church service will be held in the church, starting at 2.30 p.m. which in this case will be devised for African worship. The speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Sahr Yambasu. It is hoped that there will be further church services in the future which will accommodate Christian traditions from other parts of the world. In order to make "Discovery" a worthwhile event for our Diocese, it needs your help. Can you help with your time between 10th and 13th June, as a day volunteer through the days of the exhibition, or in the planning of the church service, e.g., music and refreshments and its publicity, or on the day of the church service itself? Volunteers for any of these tasks would be much appreciated and can contact one of the following people - Katharine Poulton, Patrick Comerford, Philip McKinley, Fidele Mutwarasibo or Horace McKinley. Discovery - St. George and St. Thomas Church 10th-12th June: Discovery Exhibition 13th June: Discovery Worship
Saints' Days in the month of JuneThe Church has always honoured its saints, some of whom are well known and others less so, yet all can inspire us in our journey of faith. In the case of many of the Irish saints, little attention has been paid to these faithful servants of God, so it is good to see that, in the introduction to our new BCP, there is a list of commemorations of saintly persons associated with the various dioceses of the Church of Ireland, with the dates linked with the saints' names. For those of you who may be interested, the following notes on different saints whose feast or commemoration falls in June may be of some use in your daily prayers: 3rd June St Kevin, Glendalough diocese, died 618. Kevin is associated with the valley of Glendalough where he lived a contemplative life and which became the burial place of the kings of Leinster. A religious community gathered around this man of prayer, who was also a poet and musician. 6th June St Jarlath, Tuam diocese, died circa 550. Jarlath's life of learning lies behind the Christian traditions in Tuam diocese, where the Cathedral of St Mary stands on the site of the earliest place of worship there. 7th June St Colman, Dromore diocese, died 6th century. Famed as a teacher of St Finnian of Movilla (and not to be confused with other St Colmans), he was a faithful follower of the pastoral and teaching traditions of St Patrick. 9th June St Columba (or Columcille), Abbot of Iona, died 597. Born a son of the royal house of Ulster at Kilmacrennan, Donegal, Colum (whose name means 'dove') had such a devotion to the things of God as a child that he was nicknamed Columcille (dove of the church). The leadership he gave to monastic foundations in Derry and elsewhere in his youth secured them as firm bases for the expansion of the church in Ireland at a time of political turmoil. (There will be a service of Holy Communion on 9th June at 10.30 a.m. in the Parish Centre.) 11th June St Barnabas, Apostle, martyred (according to tradition) in Cyprus in the year 61. One of the most significant church leaders in the Acts of the Apostles, Barnabas sold his estate to give the proceeds to the church. Like his friend Paul, he was sent to Antioch to guide the new Christians there in their relations with non-Jewish converts, promoting the concept of all being one in Christ. 27th June Richard Fitzralph, Archbishop of Armagh, reformer, died 1360. Popularly known as 'St Richard of Dundalk', this learned scholar and one time Chancellor of Oxford University has long been honoured in his birth place of Dundalk. Although a figure of importance in church history, he is particularly remembered for his concern for the sufferers during the Black Death among the people of Dundalk and Drogheda. 29th June St Peter and St Paul, Apostles. Peter has often been called the Prince of the Apostles because of Jesus' renaming of him from Simon to Cephas (Peter), the rock on which Jesus would build his church. But within the leadership of the early church, Peter and Paul were seen in different roles - Peter in witnessing to the lordship of Christ, and Paul in developing an understanding of its meaning for Christ's followers. Peter and Paul have been remembered jointly on this day since the very early days of the church, it being regarded as the anniversary of their martyrdom in Rome in about the year 64. The Curate - with acknowledgements to Commemorating Saints and Others of the Irish Church (ed. Brian Mayne), to A Calendar of Saints (ed. James Bentley), and to Exciting Holiness (Canterbury Press).
Nepal Trek by Trevor and Melanie JonesOne of the first thoughts that came to me while Andrew was preaching a sermon referring to Christian Aid and using water as an example, was of our recent trip to Nepal. Just three weeks past and yet it seems a lifetime away, especially as the culture and people are so different to our life here in Ireland. The thought that crossed my mind during the sermon was of how the porters on our trekking trip carried the water that we used. While nearing the end of a day's trekking we came across one of the porters heading back in the other direction and on asking him where he was going he replied ' to the river to collect water' and then it dawned on me it was well over a mile away to the nearest river and they had been doing this for the whole trip. How much we take for granted at home by being able to turn on a tap and have an instant supply of water - hot or cold! There were about 14 Sherpa porters on the trek. The porters' work was determined by their status and experience, starting with a basic porter who would carry all the trek bags including tents, dining tent, tables and chairs; for this they would earn 400 rupees (5 euro) a day. The next level were the kitchen porters who carried the kitchen with them and produced three meals a day. Next in line were the Sherpa guides who were responsible for guiding the group to each of the day's destinations. Nepal holds a fascination for both of us. This is Mel and my second trip there - this time to fulfil a lifetime dream: my wish to go and see Everest and visit Everest Base Camp. Mel had suggested that we also visit Gokyo to see the glacial lakes and the glacier that carves its way down from the Cho Oyu mountain on the border with Tibet. A glacier is amazing in that it looks like a very slow moving river where the ice piles up in waves. It relentlessly grinds down the mountain and drags the spoil of crushed and broken rocks along with it within the ice flow, to be deposited along its route. The view we had looking from mountain of Gokyo Ri to the glacier and its path down to the terminal moraine was splendid and well worth our many hours of relentless toil to the top. Water was involved in another memory of our trip. On arriving in Gokyo, we found that as normal the porters had already put the tents up for us and had the tea and biscuits ready (which had become our afternoon ritual on arriving). So we dropped off our day packs and had a quick wash in bowls of warm water. It was a particularly cold so we all huddled around the stove to keep warm and talk about our day's trek. We all had different experiences as we normally spread out during the day due to our different speeds of walking and interests. Someone came in and mentioned that a lodge in the village had a shower - a hot shower. So we decided to walk up to the lodge and check it out. Now the first point to notice was that this lodge was called Gokyo Resort - Resort was not a name we would normally associate with such a simple building. The second was the heat that hit us on entering the lodge and the very casual way people were sitting around the tables looking very comfortable - even normal. So we threw off our many warm layers, gathered around a table and enquired about the showers. Well there was a queue, but only three people in front of us. As we had already decided who was to be our volunteer to try out the showers we ordered large flasks of hot chocolate while we waited. Books, playing cards and diaries came out too. It transpired that outside near the lodge there was a little tin shed with a large bucket on the roof. The bucket was filled with hot water from the kitchen and you controlled how long the shower lasted by how much you turned the shower tap. Open the tap full and the shower lasted two minutes; open the shower tap a little and there was six or seven minutes for the shower. You know, that was the best shower of the trip, 5000 metres above sea level and using a bucket full of hot water from the kitchen. Walking out of the shower across the snow back to the lodge, I felt positively radiant.
Coffee in CastleknockWe are currently drawing up a new rota for coffee after church in Castleknock. If you aren't already on the rota and would like to help, please let the Parish Office know as soon as possible. Your commitment is less than once a year! Church News | Discovery | Saints' Days in the month of June | A Thought 1 | Nepal Trek | A Thought 2 | Coffee in Castleknock |
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