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NEWS FROM AROUND THE PARISH AND BEYOND

School news
Welcome (back) to our new Junior Infants teacher!

We are delighted that Mrs Lorna Beattie has decided to return to Castleknock NS and to take up the role of class teacher. Lorna comes to us in succession to Joy Smith who begins her new career as the first principal of Dunboyne National School, which opens in September. We wish all the staff and students there a very happy year, in the first C of I National School to open since 1922. Well done!

We look forward to our new Junior Infants class having around 21 pupils this year, as some have decided to take up places in Dunboyne.

Lay readers for training
Congratulations to Martha Waller and Stella Obe who have been accepted for training as Diocesan Lay readers. Robert Lawson was of course commissioned as a Lay reader ten years ago. The course lasts for three years and is non residential. They will have an extensive programme of study in Biblical Studies, Church history, Theology and Liturgy as well as practical training in preaching.

Please keep them both in your prayers in this time of training. If anyone else feels that they may have a vocation to this special ministry, please speak to one of the clergy.

CONGRATULATIONS

To Canon Ken Kearon, formerly Rector of Tullow parish and now Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics. Ken has been appointed Secretary General of the entire Anglican Communion. Based in London, he will represent the Anglican Communion across the world and be a central adviser to and organiser for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Some of you will remember Ken as our Holy Week preacher some years ago.

To Frank and Betty Turner (of Park Avenue) on the birth on 9 th July 2004 of a granddaughter, Lucy Amanda Ruth Turner (daughter of David and Julie).

To William Molyneux and Patricia Hilton, on the birth on 12th July of Colin William, a brother for Marc, Jenna, Craig, Christopher and Stephen.

To Olive and Philip Good, on the safe arrival, on 4th August 2004, of their second son, Aaron William, a brother for Matthew.

Also our thoughts and prayers are with Harry and Kay Hannagen who celebrated their Diamond (60th) wedding anniversary on 2nd August.

PARISHIONER ACHIEVEMENT

Orla Served with Food Award

Last week a Northside student of Dublin Institute of Technology obtained an important national award for her detailed and significant project on food safety.

Orla McKeever from Castleknock, a BSc Food Technology student, was awarded a food safety award by The Food Safety Authority of Ireland at the All-Ireland Best Food Safety Related Project.

Her project entitled ‘The Effect of Storage Temperature on the Shelf-life of Fruit Juice’ was undertaken in Cathal Brugha Street in conjunction with the Food Product Development Centre.

After a dutiful investigation of six unpasteurised fruit juices, Orla discovered that temperature had little effect on pH measurements but impinged on the microbiological quality of the samples. From her results she was able to determine the shelf life of the samples involved.

Acknowledgement: the above report appeared in the Northside People West edition, Vol. 10 No. 30, 4 – 10 August 2004

Congratulations…

To Theo Lawson who was invited to be one of those training during the summer with the Leinster Cricket Academy, where a small number of promising young stars of the future have been receiving intensive training.

Jonathan Fildes is currently lying 4th in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship. You can follow the races on Sky channel 413 or on his web site which is www.jonathanfildes.com.

HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES

A DAILY PRAYER

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And wisdom to know the difference.

Sunday 10th October:
Harvest Thanksgiving, St. Mary’s 10 a.m. and St. Brigid’s 11.30 a.m.
Preacher: Rev. Ian Gallagher, Rector of Stillorgan and Blackrock.

Contributions of Flowers, Greenery, Fruit etc are very welcome. Both Churches will be decorated from 10 a.m. on Saturday 9th October.

All Welcome

Please Contact Mrs Pat Gray (Castleknock) and Mrs Dorothy Robinson (Clonsilla)

PROM PRAISE

………….When life knocks you to your knees - well, that’s the best position in which to pray, isn’t it?
- Ethel Barrymore, American actress .

[How many readers can remember who said this in church on Sunday 15th August?!]

Celebrating 130 years of the Leprosy Mission
(founded in Dublin in 1874)

An outstanding performance of the Prom Praise Orchestra was given at The Helix Centre in Dublin on Saturday 17 th July. It was a most inspiring event with at least 800 people attending and joining enthusiastically in the singing. A good number of our own parishioners were able to enjoy this wonderful evening.

A fuller report on this event will follow.

Janet Craven

A LETTER FROM GORDON KELLETT

A THOUGHT

by Kahlil Gibran - Artist and Writer

It is wiser to speak less of God, whom we cannot understand,
and more of each other, whom we may understand.
Yet I would have you know that we are the breath and the fragrance of God.
We are God, in leaf, in flower, and oftentimes in fruit.

A mixture of joy & sorrow

Joy and thanksgiving for a long and wonderful life;
Sorrow at the loss of a loved one.

Nothing prepares you for the death of a mother.

Margaret, Mum, lived a long, healthy and fulfilled life and I am privileged to have had her with me for so long into my adult life. Not only was she a wonderful mother to me but a great friend and adviser too, full of unconditional love. She was a terrific mother–in–law to Muriel and a special Granny to Suzanne, Rachael, Jenny and Trudy. We miss her hugely.

The support and prayers we have received over the last few weeks and particularly during the week mum died have been a huge comfort to all of us. We are so lucky to be part of a caring community. Every day, in fact every few hours, we were receiving calls and txt’s simply asking, ‘how’s your mum?’ or ‘are you ok?’ ‘do you need any help?’ and ‘just to let you know we are thinking of you’. These little sentences carry so much weight at times of need.

Your words, cards and letters of sympathy, your support at the funeral service, your prayers and support in church and your continued calls and txt’s are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for caring.

Gordon

SAINTS DAYS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

The following information about Saints’ days may be useful in your personal prayers. The details have been compiled from Exciting Holiness (Canterbury Press).

3 September: St Gregory the Great - Born in 540, the son of a Roman senator, Gregory had a governmental career in Rome until the death of his father, when he sold his inheritance and became a monk. Elected Pope in 590, it was Gregory who initiated the mission to England, sending Augustine and 40 monks. An astute diplomat in times of political turmoil, and a great pastor and writer, Gregory’s spirituality was focussed on the love and desire for God – he is sometimes called the ‘doctor of desire’. As Pope, he saw himself as the Servant of the Servants of God. He died in 604.

4 September: St Oengus Mac Nisse of Dalriada - The first Bishop of Connor, Oengus Mac Nisse (or Macanisius) was believed to have been a hermit at Kells. Tradition records that he carried his gospel book on his shoulders, rather than in the customary satchel. He died on this day in 514.

8 September: The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mary’s response to the angel of the Lord ‘Let it be to me according to your word’ revealed Mary’s natural sense of obedience to God and her reverence for God’s word. This festival honours her birth (9 months after the feast of her conception) and is celebrated in both the eastern and western churches. The birth of Mary has been described as standing “on the boundary between the old and the new covenants, and ushers in the new dispensation of grace. Today is built a shrine for the creator of the universe.”

9 September: St Ciaran of Clonmacnoise - died 545. Ciaran from Connaught was the founder of the great monastery on the Shannon, Clonmacnoise.

10 September: St Finnian of Movilla in the Ards - died 579. Educated at Nendrum (Strangford Lough), Finnian spent 20 years as a student and missionary in Scotland before founding a monastery at Movilla (Newtownards). Some scholars say it was Finnian who introduced to Ireland the first copy of St Jerome’s Vulgate (Latin) version of the Bible.

13 September: St John Chrysostom - died 407. Born in Antioch c. 347, John, who was a brilliant preacher, is honoured as one of the four Greek Doctors of the Church. Made Patriarch of Constantinople in 398 against his wish, he then set about reforming the church, exposing corruption by clergy and the imperial administration. Exiled after falling foul of the Empress Eudoxia, he died of exhaustion and starvation with the words “Glory be to God for everything” on his lips.

14 September: Holy Cross Day - The cross on which our Lord was crucified became the universal symbol of the faith, replacing the fish symbol of the early church. With the end of persecution, pilgrimages to Jerusalem began to be popular in the 4 th century. Helena, the mother of the emperor, was a Christian and oversaw an excavation in the city which uncovered a cross, which many believed to be the Cross of Christ. The Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre was built on the site and dedicated on this day in 335.

17 September: St Hildegard of Bingen - Visionary. Born in 1098 in Germany, Hildegard became a nun at the age of 18. Much influenced by her foster-mother Jutta, who set up the convent, Hildegard succeeded her as Abbess in 1136. Hildegard travelled much, as a teacher and pastor, and wrote three visionary spiritual works as well as a natural history and medical companion, despite repeated illness and physical weakness. She died on this day in 1179.

21 September: St Matthew - Apostle and Evangelist. One of the 12 apostles, Matthew was a tax-collector (called Levi in the gospels of Mark and Luke). His calling by Jesus showed that Jesus accepted people and did not judge by outward appearances.

23 September: St Adamnan (or Eunan) - Born in Raphoe c. 624, and a relative of St Columba (whose life he wrote), Adamnan became Abbot of Iona in Scotland. He travelled widely, concerned to bridge the gulf between the Celtic and Roman traditions in the church.

25 September: St Fin Barre of Cork - A hermit at Gougane Barra, west Cork, Fin Barre founded a school and monastery in the marshes of what is now Cork city. Honoured as a teacher and a “loving man”, he died on this day in 623.

29 September: St Michael and All Angels - The three Biblical messengers of God are Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Michael, the protector of Christians, Gabriel, the strength of God and the one who announced the birth of Christ to Mary, and Raphael, the healer. This day has been kept in their honour since the 5 th century when a basilica near Rome was dedicated to Michael.

30 September: St Jerome - died 420. Born in Dalmatia, Jerome studied in Rome before trying the life of a monk, unsuccessfully. Following a dream in which he faced judgement before God and was condemned, not for his faith in Christ but for his faith in Classics, Jerome decided to study Hebrew and, with his knowledge of Greek, translate the Bible into Latin. Founding a monastery at Bethlehem, he settled there to a life of study.

Supplied by the Rev. Sandra

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