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Other NewsHunger Lunch | Pastoral Care Team seeks Workers | Naming the Space in St Brigid's | A Thought | Daffodil Day | Fair Trade Fortnight | Women's World Day of Prayer | Parish Directory | A Thought | Saints Days and Other Holy Days in March HUNGER LUNCHSunday 20th March 2005 12.30 p.m. Castleknock Parish Centre HOSTED BY Castleknock & Clonsilla Mothers’ Union In Aid of St. Anne’s Hospital, Luili, Tanzania Castleknock & Mulhuddart with Clonsilla If you are unable to attend, you might like to make a donation (you might like to donate what your normal Sunday Lunch would cost). Reply/Donation
PASTORAL CARE TEAM SEEKS WORKERSA healthy Christian community is one in which people know that they are loved, visitors are welcome, and young and old alike are valued and feel safe. The care that we offer, both at times of crisis and in everyday life, is an active proclamation of God’s love in Christ and for all the world. So how do we best care for one another and for the communities in which we live? The Parish Planning Group (PPG) has been keenly aware of building a caring community, and its work has included the setting up of the Coffee and Chat mornings for the integration of new parishioners, and the development of a dedicated space in St. Brigid’s to facilitate coffee and fellowship after Sunday Worship. Of course, last and by no means least, our dedicated Welcome Team members in Castleknock and Clonsilla (not known formally as a welcome team) have been playing a very important part in this process already. It is now time to reach out a little further to assist the Rector and Curate in the pastoral care of our church community . The PPG’s vision is that “Pastoral Care is a shared responsibility of all the people: clergy and lay”. This shared responsibility begins with awareness so that we can provide a continuing response to joy or sorrow, allowing the Church to walk with its members. To live the vision, a Pastoral Care Team is being developed. As this is a new venture in the life of the combined parishes, our aim is to start small and grow this vital ministry. Perhaps a few questions will help you explore the possibility of becoming trained as a lay pastoral visitor. If you answer YES to many of the following, you may want to consider whether you have a call to this ministry.:
The pastoral care goal at St. Brigid’s, St. Mary’s and St. Thomas’ is “pastoral care for everyone, all the time”. The Lay Pastoral Visitor (LPV) programme helps to meet the pastoral needs of a large parish with a relatively small pastoral staff. Each LPV provides support for about three households. LPVs have the following responsibilities:
NAMING THE SPACE IN ST BRIGID'SThe new space in at the rear of the church is working out magnificently. Increasing numbers are staying for coffee and the open plan style allows the opportunity for existing parishioners to mingle with new members. You now can keep up with notices and the wonderful work that is being done by members of our Sunday Club with the recently installed notice boards. As the area nears completion, we are inviting parishioners to suggest a suitable name for this space. One of the names already suggested is the “Meeting Place” When a name is chosen we will then be inviting the Archbishop officially to dedicate the area. You can forward your suggestion using any of the following ways:
Closing date for suggestions is Sunday March 27, 2005
DAFFODIL DAY11TH MARCH 2005 COFFEE MORNING 10.30 A. M. UNTIL 1 P.M. IN CASTLEKNOCK PARISH CENTRE PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THIS WORTHY CAUSE [each year we manage to send in excess of €1,000 to the Cancer Society] Janet Seaman / Shirley McGuckin
A TASTE FOR LIVING: FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT(1st – 13th March 2005) Most of us take a few seconds to choose our groceries – yet the choice we make has a lasting impact on farmers, producers and their families in the developing world. By choosing FAIRTRADE products, we can open the way for more farmers and producers in the developing world to get a better deal and to live with greater dignity. The FAIRTRADE mark is your only independent guarantee of fairly traded goods, so do look out for it! And ask for it in shops if you don’t see it. For further information, contact FAIR TRADE Mark Ireland on 475 3515, email info@fairtrade.ie or look at their website: www.fairtrade.ie
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYERWOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER INTER-CHURCH SERVICE St. Brigid’s Church Main Street, Blanchardstown Friday 4th March 2005 At 8 p.m. Theme: LET OUR LIGHT SHINE [Prepared by the women of Poland] Preacher: The Rev. Sandra Pragnell Organised by the Blanchardstown ICA Refreshments in the Church after the service All men and women welcome
PARISH DIRECTORY
A new edition of the Parish Directory is being prepared for publication after Easter. All organisations are asked to check their contact details, times of meeting etc., and to contact the Parish Office or the Communications Committee c/o wallerm@oceanfree.net with any changes. SAINTS DAYS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS IN MARCHOnce again, the following information about some of the Saints’ days this month may be useful in your personal prayers. The details have been compiled from Exciting Holiness (Canterbury Press). 1st March David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales. David (Dewi) was a monk and bishop in the 6th century, renowned as an ascetic but also highly regarded for his compassion to others, especially the poor and sick. Believed to have founded the monastery at Menevia (now St David’s) and a dozen others, he based his Rule on that used by the Egyptian desert monks, with a strong emphasis on hard work, abstinence from alcohol, and refraining from unnecessary speech. He died c. 601 AD, and since at least the 12th century has been the Patron Saint of Wales. 5th March Non (Mother of David of Wales). According to Rhygyfarch’s Life of St David, Non (a nun) gave birth to her son following rape by King Sant of Ceredigion. Irish tradition holds that Non also had two daughters, Mor and Magna. The ruins of Non’s chapel and holy well are near St David’s though she is believed to have moved to Brittany where she is revered as protector of pregnant women. 5th March Kieran of Seirkeiran, Bishop and Monk. Born in west Cork to an Ossory family, Kieran (or Ciaran) travelled to Europe where he was ordained. Returning to Ireland he settled at Seir near Birr, first as a hermit then as abbot of the large monastery there. He also had a hermitage at Cape Clear. He died on this day c. 545 AD. 7th March Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs. These 3rd century African martyrs were significant for the early church. Perpetua was a married noblewoman in Carthage, and Felicity her (pregnant) slave; Saturus was a priest, and there were two other men (possibly one a slave) all of whom were arrested as catechumens (preparing for baptism). From prison they were sent by the Romans to the arena to be mauled by wild animals; but they survived so were sent to be executed by the sword. Before their death, they exchanged the Peace and affirmed their faith in Christ as Son of God. Their martyrdom took place on this day in 203 AD. 17th March Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland. A Romano-Briton born in about 390 AD of Christian parents in Banaven Taberniae (possibly in the area of Carlisle), Patrick was captured by Irish raiders at the age of 16 and came to Ireland as a slave. Six years later he escaped and went to Europe before returning home. His faith grew and he was ordained in Gaul. In his early 40s, he returned to Ireland as a bishop, ministering first at Saul (near Downpatrick) and then making Armagh his base and evangelising the island by walking everywhere. Despite fierce opposition, he continued his missionary journeys. Two pieces of writing accepted as genuinely Patrick’s are his Confession and a Letter to Coroticus. These show Patrick as a humble man, aware that all he achieved was through the grace of Christ. He died on this day in 461 AD. 18th March Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith. Born in 315 AD, Cyril became Bishop of Jerusalem at the age of 34. Following the end of persecution, he nurtured the resident Christian population and the many pilgrims who came to visit sites connected with Jesus’ life. Cyril’s teaching show a sound orthodoxy (at a time of heresies) and his liturgical innovations to celebrate the observance of Holy Week and Easter are the basis of Christian practice to this day. He died on 386 AD. 21st March Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr. Born in Nottinghamshire in 1459, Cranmer was recruited to the diplomatic service, and worked on the annulment of Henry VIII’s first marriage. Made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533, he became a convinced Reformer, and married secretly in 1532 while clerical marriage was still illegal in England. A learned scholar, Cranmer’s legacy is the beautiful prose of the Anglican prayer book. In 1553, after the counter-Reformation, Queen Mary convicted Cranmer of treason and heresy. Cranmer, a confirmed Protestant to the end, was burned at the stake in Oxford on this day in 1556. 24th March Macartan, Bishop. Traditionally believed to have established the church in Clogher and spread the gospel in Tyrone and Fermanagh, Macartan was the ‘strong man’ of St Patrick. He died c. 505 AD. 24th March Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr. Born in 1917, Oscar Romero was a quiet and unassuming pastor and in 1977, amidst the political turmoil of El Salvador, he was seen as a neutral choice for Archbishop. Courageously, however, he spoke out against violence, and in his preaching supported the demands of the poor for economic and social justice. He refused to be silenced and on this day in 1980, while celebrating Mass, he was assassinated by a gunman. 25th March The Annunciation of Our Lord. Recalling the announcement of the coming of God made flesh in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ, this feast, which has been celebrated since at least the 4th century, marks the conception of Christ in the womb of Mary. It affirms both the perfect humanity and complete divinity of Jesus: this led the Eastern Church to see Mary as the otokos (God-bearer), translated in the west as Mother of God. For Anglicans, this day became known as Lady Day, a Feast of our Lord, on which his virgin mother still has a unique place of honour.
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