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Other NewsWorld News | Parish Away Day | A Thought | Lent Speaker Series | Twenty Years Ago | What's On Locally | Parish Directory World NewsArchbishop arrives in Sudan with message of peace Rowan Williams has appealed for religious tolerance upon his arrival in Sudan at the start of a week-long visit in the run up to Lent. "So many of these conflicts are about who is to be king," the Archbishop of Canterbury told a crowd of more than a thousand Sudanese Christians in Khartoum, where Islamic sharia law is in force. "Together as groups, as tribes ... as religions, we know that God alone is king and we can therefore be at peace with each other," he said. Sudan emerged a year ago from two decades of conflict between the Muslim north and Christian rebels in the south with the signing of a peace agreement. Dr Williams hopes to encourage all agencies to "strengthen peace" there during his visit. His first stop was a shanty town, Al-Gariya, in the capital Khartoum, whose inhabitants have been displaced by war. After his Al-Gariya visit, thousand of Khartoum's Christians joined the Archbishop for a service of welcome. Most of his trip will be spent in the south, home to an estimated three million Anglicans. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey visited the Sudan three times. Southern Sudan is one of the poorest areas on earth with little access to clean water or electricity, only a few kilometres of tarmac roads and the lowest rate of school enrolment in the world. Dr Williams said he looked forward to visiting the Sudanese people "at this crucial time in their country's history" and, in particular, to supporting the work of the World Food programme in the country. "I am anxious to see governments, UN agencies and faith-based organisations working together to strengthen all the moves for peace in a land that has known far too much of war," he added. Dr Williams, who was invited by the Anglican Archbishop of Sudan, Dr Joseph Marona, will also consecrate a new cathedral in Renk and plans to visit a rural school in an area recently attacked by militia. The Archbishop's other plans for the visit include holding a service in new southern capital Juba and taking part in food distribution projects in Malakal, capital of the Upper Nile region.
Parish Away DayFollowing on from our Parish consultation, when you all received forms by post looking for your input (thank you to those who returned them), we are holding a Parish Awayday on Saturday 8th April, probably in Malahide. It will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include lunch. All are welcome to attend and join in a discussion about the future of the Parish over the next few years. Please contact Andrew or Elaine if you want to attend. Full details nearer the time.
Lent Speaker Series
This is a series of talks looking at issues which face both society and individuals today, organised by Churches Together in Dublin 15 Monday 6th March St. Thomas’ Laurel Lodge Monday 13th March St. Brigid’s Church, Castleknock Monday 20th March St. Thomas’ Laurel Lodge Monday 27th March St. Brigid’s Church, Castleknock Monday 6th April St. Thomas’ Laurel Lodge
Twenty Years AgoA recent reorganisation of the Parish Archives (OK, Valerie was clearing her back bedroom out) brought to light the March 1986 edition of ‘Castleknock and Clonsilla Parish News’. I thought that readers might be interested to learn a little about what was in it. It was produced in A4 size, using the system I think was known as cyclostyle. Cecil Bryan, the then Rector, opens the magazine by reflecting on the words of ‘There is a Green Hill Far Away’, considering how the hymn sums up the Easter story, with Christ having lived and died with us, and how He still continues to touch our lives. There is no mention, in the services list, of any services in St Thomas’. There is, however, a detailed explanation of how the Book of Common Prayer and Alternative Prayer Book are used in such a way that parishioners can avoid one (or, no doubt, the other) by carefully alternating attendance between St Mary’s and St Brigid’s. As in every year, the Easter General Vestries were approaching. The then Hon. Secretary of the Castleknock Select Vestry, P. A. Wayman, gives a summary of the single book containing Castleknock’s church records from disestablishment in 1870. The first list contained 66 names; women were excluded until the 1921 list; and the largest numbers to that date were 111 names in 1983 and 1985. Two names removed in the revision of the list in 1986 were the late Robert Galway (on the list since 1926), and David Horgan, whose father had been on the first list in 1870. The first set of organisation reports emphasise the continuity of the parishes over the years. Not only are the same organisations still present – Mothers’ Union, Tiny Tots’ Club, Sunday School, Youth Club; but the names of many of the individuals involved are still very familiar in 2006, even if they have ‘graduated’ over the years. So, the March 1986 reports include the Mothers’ Union enjoying a Chinese cooking demonstration – and the name Hilary Nason appears; the Tiny Tots report includes mention of the birth of Louise O’Connor and reports on the Beetle Drive; Valerie Greene stepped in as a Sunday School teacher; and the Youth Club reports that ‘activities continue at a breakneck speed… since September 1985 when our new leader, Valerie Fildes, took over the helm.’ Trips by the Club included ice skating, the waxworks, the cinema, and bell-ringing. There is then a reference to the Terry Wogan show which immediately dates the list. The next double page spread has a letter from Karen Wayman in Kenya, and a report on how villagers in Nottinghamshire are refusing to buy cards saying Happy Mothers’ Day (instead of Mothering Sunday). Moving on to some pink pages at the back, there is talk of the Easter Appeal, Confirmation Club (with Gwen Robinson, Beryl Stone and Niall Galway helping the Rector), and some more organisation reports – Scouts (by Michael Oakes), Brownies (by Margaret Oakes), the Bowling Club (by Sid McConnell), and the Table Tennis Club (by Valerie Fildes). The list of organisations includes Peter Scott as organist and choirmaster, Sheila Wayman as Parish News Editor, Hazel Bridcut as Secretary of the Mothers’ Union, and Caroline Eager as Superintendent of St Mary’s Sunday School. Iain Greenway
What's On Locally
Parish Directory 2006/07A 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 with any changes
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