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Previous issues of The Parish News Contents of this issueMOTHERING SUNDAYMOTHERING SUNDAY falls on Lent 4 (Sunday March 10th). We welcome people of all ages at our main 10am and 11,30am services, when we celebrate the gift of our own mothers and of the Church as our mother. The children will distribute gifts to all mothers, and at St Brigid’s at 11.30am we will also be dedicating the new stained glass window of our patron saint. WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYERIt is St Brigid’s turn to host the ecumenical service this year, at 8 pm on Friday 1st March. The preacher will be our Curate, the Rev’d Sandra Pragnell. St Brigid’sThe new stained glass window depicting St Brigid is now in place in the south aisle of the church in Castleknock and looks very well. (Curiously, up until now there had been no representation of our patron saint in the church, although St Luke, St George and St Hubert are depicted in the Harry Clarke window at the other end of the south aisle.) Everyone who has seen the new window is impressed. Many thanks to Abbey Stained Glass for their skill which enhances our church. The dedication of the new window will be on Lent 4 Sunday March 10th MOTHERING SUNDAY NEW LEADERSNEW LEADERS for Pathfinders plus wanted Our 16+ youth club needs some new leadership. Training will be given and the group will be resourced as required. We will be setting up a Support team to give back up to the leaders. Even if you’ve no experience, please do give it serious thought and prayer. Contact Andrew on 8200040 as soon as possible. Parish NewsThe Parish News will be published monthly and will usually be available by the first Sunday. Have you any interesting stories to tell? We would welcome any articles or interesting stories which you think will make our Parish News more interesting to read. Please hand any material for consideration for inclusion in the magazine to Martha (Castleknock) or Iain (Clonsilla). Copy Deadline Organisation reports should be sent either in written format to Martha Waller, C/O The Parish Office, or by email to MarthaWaller@Hotmail.com. These should be submitted by the 10th of the preceding month, no matter what day of the week. THE RECTOR WRITESDear Friends, The Abortion Referendum “I wish personally to make two general and to me fundamental points about abortion
Please give serious thought and prayer about your own decision in this referendum, and remember in your prayers the women, unborn children and families involved in heart breaking and difficult decisions. Please do exercise your vote on March 6th. Holy week: Clonsilla Project: Yours in His service Andrew A NEW CREED
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March 3rd |
Exodus 17. 1-7 |
March 26th |
Isaiah 49. 107 |
March 10th |
Exodus 2. 1-10 |
March 27th |
Isaiah 50. 4-9a |
March 17th |
Ezekiel 37. 1-14 |
March 28th |
Exodus 12. 1-4, 11-14 |
March 24th |
Isaiah 50. 4-9a |
March 29th |
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12 |
March 25th |
Isaiah 42. 1-9 |
March 30th |
Job 14. 1-14 |
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March 31st |
Jeremiah 31. 1-6 |
The Week began on Saturday 19th January with our annual pulpit swap: the Rector preached at the Vigil Mass at the Servite Church in Hartstown, the Curate preached at St Thomas the Apostle, Laurel Lodge, and our Reader Robert Lawson preached at Our Lady Mother of the Church. On the Sunday morning 20th January, we welcomed Fr Tom Robinson from the Servite Community as preacher at St Mary’s, and Fr Eugene Kennedy (PP St Thomas the Apostle) as preacher at St Brigid’s. Two ecumenical services were held in the week: pupils from Castleknock Community College sang and danced at a youth service at St Thomas the Apostle on 22nd January, at which the Curate gave an address on the theme of the Water of Life (the organisers apologised that the date clashed with the big match that evening!), and on 24th January St Brigid’s, Blanchardstown, hosted the formal unity service, with refreshments afterwards.
On Saturday 26th January, an ecumenical group visited the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mary and St Demyana which is in Bray. The Coptic Church, based in Egypt, is one of the original oriental orthodox churches - tradition states it was founded by St Mark the Evangelist in Alexandria, which was a See equivalent in status to Antioch and Rome. The purpose built church in Bray was opened in 1994 by the Head of the Coptic Church, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, in the presence of the Coptic Bishop of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Bishop Anthony. (There are also two Coptic Bishops in England, Bp Misael in Birmingham and Bp Angaelos in London.) The church is dedicated to St Mary, the Mother of our Lord, and to St Demyana, one of the many Egyptian martyrs of the 3rd century (under Diocletian in 284 AD the church suffered enormous persecution). We were given a fascinating tour of the church by Deacon Basem, who showed us the baptistery below the church (specially designed for total immersion, with two tubs, one for adults and a smaller one for children), the many icons depticting saints and the biblical story of the Flight to Egypt (all handpainted in Egypt), the relics of Coptic martyrs, and the doors to the sanctuary (one for men on the left, and one for women on the right, which is where communion is received separately). The Coptic liturgy each Sunday morning lasts about 3 hours, and is conducted in Coptic (the original Egyptian language, which was gradually replaced by Arabic from the 10th century), in Arabic, and in English. Our thanks to our student reader Stella Mikhail, and her husband Dr Wahid Mikhail, who is a member of the Coptic Church, for organising such an interesting visit.
A THOUGHT THAT WAS SEEN IN A CHURCH IN GOZO
ENTER EXPECTANTLY
BREATHE PRAYERFULLY
WORSHIP REVERENTLY
RELAX RESTFULLY
GREET OTHERS CORDIALLY
LEAVE THOUGHTFULLY
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Girls' Brigade Notes by Olive Good.
The Girls’ Brigade Table Quiz is being hosted in the Castleknock Parish Centre on Saturday 9th March at 7.30pm – our Curate has kindly agreed to make her debut as Quiz Master.
Mothers' Union Notes By Shirley McGuckin (Hon. Secretary)
On Monday 4th February we were delighted to have Mrs. June Wilkinson, Diocesan President, at our meeting. June spoke about the work of Mothers’ Union. It was a most interesting meeting.
We look forward to hearing from Mrs. Lyn Franklyn on the 4th March. Lyn will speak to us about her work with ‘Habitat for Humanity’.
Please note that the Branch AGM is on Monday 8th April at 8 p.m. in the Parish Centre [this is misprinted on this years’ programme.]
by the Curate Sandra Pragnell
A couple of years ago, Holy Week began for me with a splendid Palm Sunday liturgy in a parish in the suburbs of Madrid. Hundreds of people of all ages thronged into an outside courtyard under a baking hot sun for the blessing of the palms, raising high their branches of rosemary and olive. Led by the children and clergy, we then followed into the cool dark church, lit only by candles and shafts of sunlight from small stained glass windows high up on the walls. All around the sanctuary and in front of the high altar sat the children facing us in the congregation, where there was standing room only as our numbers had swelled to over 700. There was a delightful air of informality and joy at what was a dignified and moving ceremony. The reading of the Passion was by lay people, and the whole church united in singing with the little choral group making the mix of traditional plainsong and modern chants a real hymn of praise and hosanna. When we emerged again into the sunlight, the streets were still strewn with bits of greenery and the lingering smell of incense wafted around.
I was privileged to be the guest of the Clerigos de San Viator (CSV) for the whole of Holy Week. The CSV is a Roman Catholic religious order originally founded in France, which aims to work in parishes assisting the clergy with liturgy, music and teaching. It is an open order: most of the members are lay brothers, rather than priests, and many married couples are associate members in parishes. The Provincial Superior Fr Goio (Gregorio), an old friend of mine, is Basque but based in Madrid where he is responsible for all 24 CSV houses throughout Spain as well as their houses in Central and South America. Staying with the community at three of its houses, I was free to join the brothers each day at morning prayer (Laudes) and evening prayer (Viperas) which gave me a valuable framework of daily prayer for Holy Week. This was usually held in their small private chapel (most houses also have a big chapel for parish and school services).
On Monday we drove north to the Basque country for the week, staying first at Eskoriatza, a little village in the mountains of Gipuzkoa province, in their 400 year old house built in traditional style around an open courtyard, and then in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the 14th century capital of Alava (another Basque province), where the CSV have a large modern complex which includes a school and a residential home for elderly brothers. The Maundy Thursday liturgy was in the large chapel there: young people provided the music and decorated the altar of repose – it was quite stark (rather than filled with flowers) but very effective. Spending time in silent prayer there during the night and early the next morning was a moving spiritual experience.
Good Friday itself saw us in Valladolid in the evening where we witnessed the incredible spectacle of the medieval torchlit procession held in the presence of the local bishop. All the town churches bring out their statues on flower bedecked floats: the sequence of the 31 floats tells the story of the Passion from Jesus’ trial before Pilate to the descent from the Cross. Men, women and children dressed as penitents in cloaks and tall pointed hoods, many barefoot, followed the floats in silence with banners. Each church had its band too, only drums and trumpets, which created a haunting sound. The procession took three and a half hours to pass us and ended in silence. The solemn atmosphere was almost tangible and very prayerful.
We were back in Madrid for the Vigil of the Resurrection. The local parish church began by lighting the new Paschal fire outside in the streets at 11pm. Again the church was packed: the liturgy was modern, well done, and with plenty of lay involvement, and we ended at one o’clock in the morning with a party in the church hall. The Spanish and Basque are very warm exuberant people: exchanging the Easter greeting that night with them all – young and old, friends and total strangers – was a glorious way to celebrate the joy of the Risen Christ and a wonderful end to a very different but special Holy Week.
Sunday Club Notes By Ada Lawson
A very special event is being held on Good Friday (29th March) in the Parish Centre from 10.30am to 12.30pm. This is a Children’s Way to the Cross, and will involve games, activities, including making an Easter Garden, and a video about the Easter story. Make sure you don’t miss it.
After a good deal of negotiation and redrafted plans, the Select vestry of Clonsilla have decided to apply for planning permission for the extension to St. Mary’s.
In essence we will be building a beautiful and substantial new room on to the side of the vestry, along with running water, sink and toilet facilities. The design takes its inspiration both from the magnificent mausoleum next to the vestry and the shape of the early Irish oratories such as the one at Gallarus on the Dingle peninsula.
When planning permission is passed, hopefully in July we will in a position to go for tender. The cost is likely to be a maximum of €190,000, and we have already raised approx €41,000 so far.
The Official launch will take place at a reception in The parish Centre on Sunday 28th April following a special joint service at 11 am in St. Brigid’s. That will be the chance for all of us to find out how we can support this exciting project for the fastest growing part of our parishes. Mark this date in your diary!!
Now that the Clonsilla Select Vestry are going for planning permission for the Clonsilla Project [to provide a large meeting room, toilets and running water]—it is time to get
FUND RAISING.
This project is a joint parish venture like the Parish Centre was between Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla—So we are looking for volunteers to come onto a fund raising committee or if you would like to run some event on your own with your own people—we will give you all the support that you need.
IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN HELP AND WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE CONTACT: clonsillaproject@eircom.net
David Dobson
Event Co-ordinator.
It was in the comfort of the Rob " Jan Nelson's living room, beside a rip roaring fire, whilst cradling a warm glass of mulled wine after the annual Parish Hockey Match, that the idea for the Kerry Challenge 2002 was first hatched. Isn't hind sight a wonderful thing !
A group of intrepid travellers have decided to complete a sponsored cycle (using non motorised bicycles - Note for all those involved) to raise money for the USPG. The money raised will go towards building a hospital in Tanzania - a very worthwhile cause. The Kerry Challenge 2002 will involve cycling around the Ring of Kerry over 2 days, approximately 105 miles in total ! The event will take place on the 3rd and 4th May 2002 and will start and finish in Killarney.
Those enlisted to participate include Eddie Colton, Dave Dobson, Dave Garrett, Eddie Greene, Gordon Kellett, Robert Lawson, Hal McGuckin and Sid Nagle (all cycling) with George Chambers providing logistical support. We are looking for 1 more cyclist to participate if anyone is interested.
Our intensive training session will officially commence on the 3rd March and we will commence seeking sponsorship around this time, so keep your eyes peeled for a bunch of old cronies on rickety bicycles and keep your cheque books at the ready.
Tiny tots have had a great month, the highlight was our visit to Nuzum's where we saw a camel and a llama, unusual sights to see in Dublin, but of course some of the toddlers were more interested in the crows!. We were fortunate with the weather, it was a grey day, but only started to pour after we had gone inside. Many thanks Edie for having us, and also for the super 'party' which the kids really enjoyed.
As well as our trip to Nuzum's, we also have had several normal (whats that) days which included a St Brigids day craft and a Valentines day craft.
At the time of writing our Beetle Drive is looming large and rather ominously on the horizon, more about it next time.
Castleknock Tiny Tots 2002 Spring term:
February 22 |
Normal Day*NB BEETLE DRIVE NB* |
March 1 |
Giraffes |
March 8 |
Mothers Day Craft*NB MUMS NIGHT OUT NB* |
March 15 |
Easter Craft |
March 22 |
Easter Party |
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Tots reopens on 12th April |
The Tiny Tots Committee consists of
Leader |
Lesley Anders |
Secretary |
Susan Green |
Treasurer |
Jane Hastie |
Creche Rota |
Linda Doyle |
Craft Rota |
Claire McCabe |
Tea Rota |
Avril McCabe |
Committee Members |
Susan Gormley |
The Committee members can be contacted at the Parish Centre
Tiny tots meets on Friday mornings in the parish centre from 10:15-12:00, anyone with a baby or toddler up to about three is welcome to become a member. . Please contact Lesley Anders at the Parish Office castleknock@dublin.anglican.org for any details.
Holy Baptism
Sunday 3rd February at St Mary’s |
Cori Lauren Gormley (daughter of Derek and Susan Gormley of Lucan, and granddaughter of Patricia Patton and great-granddaughter of Muriel Lawlor, both of Hartstown, Clonsilla.) |
May She shine as the light of Christ in the world to the glory of God the Father.
Sunday Service Times:
You are welcome to worship with us;
Children’s activities at the main morning services.
8.30am St Brigid’s
10.00am St Mary’s
11.30am St Brigid’s
8.00pm St Thomas’ (each week to end of September; thereafter 3rd Sunday)
7.00pm 2nd Sunday Healing service in St. Brigid’s (October - May)
Other Services in Lent – see below.
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March at a glance |
March 1st (Fri) |
7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's (NB This early service will be held every Friday during Lent) |
Sunday 3rd |
Lent 3 "Mirrors of Christ" (a series of sermons by Lay People) Today we will hear from Ferdinand von Prondzynski |
Monday 4th |
Mother's Union "Hapitat for Humanity" with Lyn Franklyn |
Tuesday 5th |
8pm Castleknock Select Vestry |
Wednesday 6th |
10.30am The Eucharist with Prayers for the sick, Parish Centre. Coffee " chat after. |
Thursday 7th |
11:15am or 8pm Lenten course Session 3 the model for identity |
Friday 8th |
7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Sunday 10th |
Lent 4 Mothering Sunday Today we celebrate the gift of our own mothers and of the Church as our mother. Gifts will be distributed to all mothers; At St. Brigid's we will also be dedicating the new stained glass window. |
Thursday 14th |
11:15am or 8pm Lenten course Session 4 the battle for identity |
Friday 15th |
7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Sunday 17th |
St. Patrick's Day "Mirrors of Christ" (a series of sermons by Lay People) Today we will hear from Tim Irvine (Ordinand, Theological College) |
Wed 20th |
10.30am The Eucharist with Prayers for the sick, Parish Centre. Coffee " chat after |
Thur 21st |
11:15am or 8:00pm Lenten course Session 5 living beyond the search for identity |
Friday 22nd |
7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Sunday 24th |
Palm Sunday Start of the Great Week. At the Sung Eucharist at St. Mary's and at St. Brigid's there will be a dramatised reading of the Gospel. |
Monday 25th |
Monday in Holy Week 7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Tuesday 26th |
Tuesday in Holy Week 7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Wednesday 27th |
Wednesday in Holy Week 7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's 8pm Evening Prayer (The Rector will preach each evining on "The Great Escape".) |
Thursday 28th |
Maundy Thursday 7:30am Holy Communion, St. Brigid's |
Friday 29th |
Good Friday 10:30am A Children's Way to the Cross, Parish Centre |
Saturday 30th |
Saturday Easter Eve 5:30pm Easter Egg Hunt, followed by Easter Vigil with Lighting of the Pascal Candle at St. Thomas' Mulhuddart |
Sunday 31st |
Easter Day Please note all services today take place at the usual i.e. "Summer" time! |
NB The clocks go forward at 0100 on Sun 31st March.
Parishes of Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla
Parish Office
Main Street
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Tel: 01-820 0040
Fax: 01-820 0040
E-mail: castleknock@dublin.anglican.org