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WILSON’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL 

CO-EDUCATIONAL BOARDING AND DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL 

Under the patronage of Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland 

Celebrating 250 years 

1761-2011 

www.whs.ie 

Convenient yet rural location set on 

200 acres, just off M4/N4, less than 10 

minutes west of Mullingar. 

One and a quarter hours from Dublin 

400 pupils (250 Boarders) ensuring 

happy, caring, wholesome and tranquil 

environment 

Pastoral care, school nurses and doctor, 24 

hour supervision including active night time 

care – on duty staff – Wilson’s never sleeps 

Bedrooms containing 3 or 4 beds 

School Chaplain, Sunday night Chapel 

service, Morning Assembly 

Award winning Choir 

Lifelong friendships established 

Five day teaching week – extensive 

weekend recreational programme for 

pupils remaining at weekends 

Outstanding academic record (A1s in 12 

Leaving Certificate subjects in 2010) 

Choice of 20 subjects to Leaving 

Certificate level 

Staff supervise all study. Strong emphasis 

on career guidance. Academic focus 

Wide range of recreational activities, team 

and individual sports, indoor and outdoor 

Seven day boarding fee: €7767 

(level of maximum grant) 

Extensive programme of grants, bursaries 

and scholarships 

For further information and prospectus, please contact 

The Headmaster, Mr Adrian G Oughton B.A., HDip. Ed.,D.E.M. 

Gunda Marl, Head Girl 2010 / 2011,Wilson’s Hospital School 

MULTYFARNHAM, CO. WESTMEATH 

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Friends of the 

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Christmas Sale 

Saturday 12th November 2011 

10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. 

in our Concert Hall 

Monster Raffle 

Come and grab a bargain at this fun day 

*Household *Jewellery *Toys *Books *Cakes 

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~ Refreshments Available ~ 

Buses 46a & 46b to bottom of road 

Car parking available 

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CHIEF REPORTER 

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CHURCH OF IRELAND UNITED DIOCESES 

OF DUBLIN AND GLENDALOUGH 

The Most Reverend Michael Jackson, 

Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, 

Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan. 

Archbishop’s Letter 

NOVEMBER 2011 

We last met John the Baptist at the mid-point of the calendar year, when on 

June 24th we celebrated his birthday. On Advent Sunday, this same John will 

come to meet us as we approach the River Jordan. What we will notice first is his 

voice. He is, of course, a voice crying in the wilderness but it is not a voice of 

despair or defeat. It is a voice of challenge and a voice of commitment. John is 

crying: Prepare and make straight the way of the Lord. 

As I write this letter, I understand that there is going to be a significant period of time 

during which parts of the Phoenix Park will be closed to traffic for road works. History 

marches on and my guess is that this may not entirely be unconnected with the prospect of 

a new and in-coming President of Ireland. History is so unpredictable that by the time each 

of you reads this letter, we will be in the thick of a presidential election, the outcome of 

which we cannot foresee. I should, however, like to thank President McAleese for the 

leadership which she has offered in a most even-handed way within our nation and on behalf 

of our nation for a period of fourteen years. Not only did everyone feel they knew her, and 

her husband Dr Martin McAleese, but they learned quickly to hear and to heed her voice 

and to listen intently. 

As we approach Advent Sunday, preparation and making straight are at the core of who we 

are and of the life’s work of John the Baptist. The cry which John makes comes from deep 

within the prophetic tradition and challenges each one of us to live the life of prophecy day 

by day and hour to hour until God’s kingdom comes. The cry comes from deep within what 

we have become accustomed to speak of as The Old Testament. I can understand why we do 

so, but I must caution each and every one of us to remain respectful of a tradition of World 

Faith which still awaits the coming of Messiah, by which I mean Judaism. Too easy is it for 

Christians to sway and swing into festive triumphalism at Christmastide. 

The cry comes from deep within the plea for consistency of 

thought and action in the spirit of justice which John lived in his 

life and in his death. John tirelessly swept aside the undergrowth 

of privilege and self-indulgence in preparing and in making straight 

– so must we. John looked ahead always to one greater than 

himself – so must we. John gathered a community of people, 

odd-seeming to themselves and undoubtedly to others, as the 

people of expectancy – so must we. 

November and December are among the months of greatest 

dis-ease in our society. Some are partying while others are facing 

the prospect of having the electricity cut off. Let us remember with 

gratitude and generosity the agencies and the individuals who go 

the extra mile with those for whom the road is far from straight 

and who simply are not in a position to make preparations – 

and let us contribute to them as open-handedly as we 

possibly can. God finds God’s self within them and 

among them – and so must we. 

† Michael 

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COVER STORY: 

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photographer Nigel Gillis. Taken 

at the Ploughing Match in Athy, it 

shows Archbishop Michael Jackson 

with Anna Mae McHugh MD NPA, 

Revd Ian Henderson, President of 

Methodist Church and Archbishop 

Diarmuid Martin as they ring the 

International Eucharistic 

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A GLIMPSE OF PARADISE ON THE MOST 

ISOLATED AND REMOTE ISLAND IN GREECE 

Patrick Comerford 

In Paradise I have marked out an island 

akin to you and a house by the sea. 

– Odysseus Elytis, The Monogram 

Is everything in Greece up for sale? At 

the height of the tourist season this 

summer, the Greek Culture and Tourism 

Minister, Pavlos Garoulas, insisted in 

Istanbul: “No Greek islands are for sale, 

unless they are already private property.” 

There are over 6,000 Greek islands, but only 

227 are inhabited, and only 78 of those have 

more than 100 residents year-round. The 

largest and one of the most-visited is Crete, 

while one of the smallest and one of the most 

remote is Kastellórizo. This year, I visited 

Kastellórizo for the first time, but only after 

two or three failed efforts to travel from Turkey 

to the Dodecanese islands. 

The Dodecanese literally means “twelve 

islands.” But this is a group of 12 larger Aegean 

islands, including Rhodes, and another 150 

islands, of which only 26 are inhabited. 

Kastellórizo is known officially in Greece as 

Megísti and in neighbouring Turkey as Meis. It is 

the smallest inhabited Dodecanese island and 

the most remote Greek island. 

Unlike the other Dodecanese islands, 

however, Kastellórizo is not in the Aegean – it 

is not even close to the rest of Greece. It is the 

most easterly and the most isolated part of 

Greece, a rocky outpost in the south-east 

Mediterranean, 570 km south-east of Athens, 

but only a mile or two off the south coast of 

Turkey. The nearest Turkish town, Kaş, is a mere 

20 or 30 minutes away in a small caique, while 

the nearest Greek island, Rhodes, is 130 km to 

the west and three or four hours away by ferry. 

A plucky piece of bravado 

The official name Megísti means “biggest” or 

“greatest.” But this name is more a plucky 

piece of bravado than a statement of fact, for 

this tiny island is only 6 km long and 3 km wide. 

The population is now 430, and most people 

live in the town of Megísti, with handfuls on 

two tiny offshore islets, Rho (15) and Strongilí 

(9). Many islanders have emigrated to Australia, 

especially Perth and Sydney, where they are 

known as “Kazzies.” 

The name Kastellórizo or Kastellórizon, 

dates only from Byzantine times, and has never 

been properly explained. Kastello is derived 

from the Latin castello (castle). But does the 

second part of the name refer to the reddish 

colour of the rocks, the colour of the castle at 

sunset, or the red on the coat-of-arms of the 

Knights of Rhodes? Does it refer to the 

neighbouring islet of Rho, or the tree roots on 

the foothill below the castle? Who knows? 

The island is mountainous, with a high, steep 

coastline and many sea caves, including the Blue 

Grotto, which is larger than its namesake in 

Capri. The limestone soil yields only small crops 

of olives, grapes and beans, and there are no 

natural sources of drinking water. 

Knights, Dorians and Lycians 

Arriving from Kaş, the first sight is the ruined 

14th century Castle of the Knights of Rhodes. 

Under the Byzantine Empire, Kastellórizo was 

part of the “Eparchy of the Islands,” with its 

capital in Rhodes. The Knights of Rhodes and 

their Grand Master, Foulques de Villaret, 

captured the island in 1309, and established a 

Kastellórizo lies only a few minutes south of the Turkish coast. 

The former castle of the Knights of 

Rhodes dominates the approach to the 

harbour of Kastellórizo. 

Bright Mediterranean colours on doors 

lining the harbour. 

safe harbour for pilgrims and crusaders on the 

route from Rhodes to Cyprus and the Holy 

Land. The castle was built almost three 

generations later by Grand Master Juan 

Fernandez de Heredia in 1379-1383. 

All that remains of the castle is the curtain 

wall, part of a square tower and the remains of 

two cylindrical towers. A Doric inscription from 

the 4th century BC is evidence of an earlier 

fortress in antiquity and refers to Megiste, the 

ancient name of Kastellórizo, and its 

dependence on Rhodes. During the Hellenistic 

period, the island was ruled from Rhodes. 

In 1440, the island was captured by an 

Egyptian fleet and the castle was wrecked and 

the islanders were sold into slavery. Then, in 

quick succession, the island passed to Aragon, 

Catalans, Naples, Spain and Venice. The castle 

The Faros Bar, once the Italian 

governor’s office, and the former 

mosque, now a museum, are the first 

buildings on the harbour front to greet 

new arrivals. 

The harbour water is clear with plenty of 

marine life, including turtles. 

Bright and inviting... but does anyone 

live inside? 

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Photographs by Patrick Comerford, 2011 

From left: Along the east side of the harbour are the Megisti Hotel, built in 1970 to attract tourists, and the Blue House made 

popular by the movie Mediterraneo; Ottoman balconies and Anatolian windows... a reminder of centuries of Turkish rule; Many 

of the older houses are abandoned and exposed to the weather; The Church of Saint George of the Well, with its high 

Byzantine-style dome, stands on Australia Square; The island is dotted with dozens of churches; The Néa Agorá or New Market 

was designed in Italian colonial style. 

The Cathedral of Saint Constantine and 

Saint Helena dominates the skyline 

above the town. 

A quiet square offers shade from the 

summer sun and the heat of economic 

woes. 

Even the former petrol store at 

Gazádhika looks like Greek Orthodox 

chapel. 

was rebuilt, but fear of the Turks saw the 

islanders abandon their homes in successive 

waves. Finally, Kastellórizo fell in 1635 to the 

Ottoman Turks, who held it for almost 300 

years apart from a brief period in 1659, when it 

was recaptured by Venice. 

As the boat comes closer to the harbour, the 

view is dominated by the knights’ castle and the 

dome of the island’s former mosque, a poignant 

reminder of the Ottoman occupation of the 

island that lasted until 1913. 

The mosque, built in 1753 by Osman Agha, 

has been restored and is now a museum. 

Nearby, on the harbour front, the Faros Bar is 

the surviving single storey of the former office 

of the island’s Italian governors, built in 1926 by 

Florestano Di Fausto, the Italian architect who 

also designed some of the most important 

buildings of the Italian period in Rhodes. 

Ottoman balconies 

After docking at the horseshoe-shaped 

harbour, it is a short walk past Italian colonial 

market, the Néa Agorá, along the quay to the 

central square at the heart of the waterfront. 

The water is crystal clear, rich with fish and 

turtles. The houses here and in the side streets 

and alleyways are tall and slender, with Ottoman 

wooden balconies and Anatolian-style windows. 

The best-known of the harbour-front houses 

is the so-called “blue house” or Mediterraneo 

House, famous for its role in the 1991 Academy 

Award winning Italian movie, Mediterraneo. The 

movie, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, tells the 

story of Italian soldiers hiding from World War 

II on a remote Greek island, and over the past 

20 years it has boosted the island’s popularity 

with tourists looking for an isolated place in the 

Dodecanese. But in the back streets and alleys, 

many of the houses are abandoned and in ruins. 

The most visible church in the town, the Church 

of Saint George of the Well (1906), with its high 

Byzantine-style dome, stands on Australia Square, 

a small square recalling the island’s emigrants. 

Hidden in a side street is Saint Merkourios, an 

example of late 18th century architecture 

restored to its former glory three years ago. 

The Cathedral of Saint Constantine and Saint 

Helena (1835) has three naves divided by 12 

giant granite columns taken from the Temple of 

Apollo Lykios in the classical city of Patara on 

mainland Anatolia. Tradition says that the 

Emperor Constantine and his mother, Saint 

Helena, on their way to find the True Cross, 

were delayed here by bad weather and laid the 

foundations of this church. Most of the island’s 

baptisms, weddings and funerals take place here. 

Above the harbour and the town, two 

monasteries look down benignly on 

Kastellórizo, the Prophet Elías and the Holy 

Trinity, the former now an army base. Smaller 

churches dot and decorate the hillside, 

including the twin churches of Saint Nicholas 

and Saint Dimirtios, Panaghía, Saint Spyridon, 

the imposing Saint George of the Fields, half a 

dozen other churches named after Saint 

George, and Saint Paraskeví and Saint Savvas at 

the small bay of Mandráki, the island’s second 

harbour. They are testimony to the piety and 

generosity of exiles and their descendants. 

The Ottoman occupation was interrupted 

briefly in 1659, during the war for Crete, when 

the island was captured by Venice. In the 18th 

century, Kastellórizo was a stopping point 

between Constantinople or Rhodes and Beirut 

for those on the Grand Tour. Richard Pococke 

(1705-1765) reported in 1739 that the island 

was a lair of Maltese pirates, drawn by the good 

waters. He described the castle and said the 

island was rich in vines. Richard Pockocke was 

then Vicar-General of Lismore, and he went on 

to become Precentor of Waterford (1745), 

Archdeacon of Dublin (1746), Bishop of Ossory 

(1756) and Bishop of Meath (1765). 

Struggles in war and peace 

Although many islanders joined the Greek 

War of Independence (1821-1830), the island’s 

only Turkish inhabitants were the aga or 

governor, the tax collector and the policeman. 

The population and the economy reached a 

height at the end of the 19th century when 

10,000-14,000 people lived here. Kastellórizo 

was the only safe harbour between Makri 

(Fethiye) and Beirut, and its 165 sailing ships and 

schooners plied between Anatolia and 

Alexandria, Rhodes and Cyprus, making fortunes 

through trading in timber, sponges and charcoal. 

In 1912, during the Libyan war between Italy 

and the Ottoman Empire, the islanders asked 

General Ameglio, head of the Italian forces in 

Rhodes, to annex Kastellórizo. The request was 

refused, and in 1913 the islanders proclaimed a 

provisional government and imprisoned the 

Turkish governor and his Ottoman garrison, but 

their request to be incorporated in the modern 

Greek state was short-lived. 

In 1915, a French naval force occupied the 

island and Kastellórizo became the only 

Dodecanese island to come under French rule 

as the French blocked another attempted 

landing by Greek soldiers. France went on to 

use Kastellórizo as a staging post for its Middle 

East colonies in Syria and Lebanon. 

Six years of French rule ended in 1921 when the 

island was assigned to Italy under the Treaty of 

Sevres, and Kastellórizo – under the Italian name 

Castelrosso – was integrated into the Italian 

province of the Aegean Islands. But the decline in 

the island’s economy and population was hastened 

by the sale of much of the fleet to the British for 

the Dardanelles campaign, the decline of the 

Ottoman Empire and the forced deportation of 

Greeks from Anatolia in 1923. Thousands of 

islanders moved to Rhodes and Athens or 

emigrated to Australia, Egypt and the US. By the 

late 1920s, the population had fallen to 3,000, 

leaving many of the houses empty or in ruins. 

In 1932, a convention between Italy and Turkey 

delineating the sea border gave all the islets of 

the small archipelago around Kastellórizo – 

except Rho and Strongili – to Turkey. 

During World War II, British and Greek 

commandoes landed briefly. When Italy started to 

fall in 1943, the island was taken by an allied fleet, 

including a Greek destroyer. Disaster struck in 

1944, when the island’s fuel dump caught fire. The 

fire spread to a nearby ammunition dump, half the 

island’s 2,000 houses were destroyed, and the 

islanders continue to blame the disaster on 

British incompetence. Kastellórizo was still under 

British rule in May 1945, but it effectively passed 

to Greece in 1947 under the post-war treaties, 

and, along with the other Dodecanese islands, the 

island was formally incorporated into the 

modern Greek State in 1948. 

During my visit, Kastellórizo seemed a world 

away from modern Greece, with its daily 

protests and its economic woes, and this was a 

taste of Paradise not for sale before summer 

came to an end. 

Canon Patrick Comerford is Lecturer in 

Anglicanism and Liturgy, the Church of 

Ireland Theological Institute. 

http://revpatrickcomerford.blogspot.com 


From the desk(s) of 3Rock Youth… 

WOW, what a jammed packed month 

we’ve had and the year has only just begin! 

We had a great morning in a very full 

family service in Blessington, a fantastic 

evening in Lisburn Cathedral, a wonderful 

weekend with Scripture Union at the 

Christian Union’s gathering, a day of 

training with CIYD and have kicked off the 

years work being undertaken in Rathdown 

Girls School. Add to that a couple brilliant 

days working at the National Ploughing 

Championships and the development and 

release of Ireland’s first youth work App, 

“3Rock Youth App” and you’ve got a lot of 

momentum for our youth in the dioceses. 

(for more details goto www.3rock.net) 

3 THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT 

The Internship, Essential at Christ Church 

Cathedral and the “3Rock Youth App”. 

Let’s begin with an interview with new 

Intern Joanna Heaney of Redcross. 

After having gotten an A1 in Agricultural 

Science in her Leaving Certificate, Jo 

Heaney was REALLY excited about heading 

to the National Ploughing Championships. 

Q1) What was it like? 

"It was an early start to the day as we 

drove down to Athy Co. Kildare. When we 

arrived the crowds were already starting 

to swarm the grounds. We were together 

with the Methodist and Catholic churches 

manning a Prayer space .We had a quiet 

space were prayer services were held on 

the hour, there was also a prayer wall, for 

people to stick up their own personal 

prayers. I think one of the things that hit 

me was to find a quiet place in the crowds 

to focus on God (even though there was 

the background sounds of paintballing 

from the stall next-door!) It was so 

encouraging to see people walk in and use 

this space throughout the few days!" 

Q2) Who’s the most famous person 

you know? 

Although Redcross is quite often used as 

a film set, usually for a film that involves 

leprechauns, I don't think I know anyone 

famous! 

Q3) Since you have started the 

3Rock Youth Internship what has 

been significant experience for you? 

So far I've loved the internship, the most 

significant experience for me was probably 

the Unite weekend away, it was such a fun 

camp but also so inspiring to see these 

teenagers equipping themselves to run 

C.U's in their school, it certainly challenges 

you to stand up in your faith! 

Weirdest Experience? 

I think the weirdest experience so far is 

probably being woken up to one of the 

other interns sleep talking! 

Q4) What do you hope to get out of 

the Internship at the end of the 

year? 

I hope to get a better understanding of 

youth work out of the internship and to 

grow more as a person! I also want to 

grow stronger in my relationship with God 

through this year. 

Q5) Is there something we should 

know about you that is unusual? 

I have this habit of remembering 

incredibly useless facts… for example; 

sloths take two weeks to digest their food! 

Stay tuned as we interview the other 3 

interns over the upcoming months. 

November 

8th 

15th 

20th 

27th 

December 

2nd 

Now 

Now 

Now 

U P C O M I N G D A T E S 

School’s Month 

Mother’s Union Event 

Maynooth CU & Leadership Training with CIYD 

Lisburn Cathedral Youth Event 

Tullow Youth Service & Malahide Family Service 

Essential at Christ Church Cathedral 

Visiting your Church and communities 

Crucial’s interactive DVD series 

Website: www.3rock.net 

ESSENTIAL, THE CHRISTMAS 

SERVICE WITH A TWIST IS HERE! 

Date: 2nd December 2011 

Venue: Christ Church Cathedral 

Admission: FREE 

Doors open at 7pm 

(event closes at 9.30pm) 

Essential this year features; Discovery 

Gospel Choir, Lee Mitchell, Ferg Breen & 

Band, DJ Sam Stott and the incredible 

experience of designed lighting and short 

films. (This event is for secondary school 

students and older.) 

STAY UP TO DATE 

With Ireland’s first youth work App, 

“3Rock Youth App”, available for FREE 

from iTunes for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod 

Touch. Download and watch the videos, 

connect with our social networks, read the 

latest blogs and articles, use the Resource 

videos and keep you up to date with 

diocesan youth initiatives, all at the touch 

of a mobile button. 

Thank you again for your continued 

prayers and support as we endeavour to 

see Jesus active in the lives of this 

generation. 

Greg Fromholz, 

Director, 

3Rock Youth 


Addressing the annual service to mark the 

beginning of the Michaelmas law term in St 

Michan’s Church, Dublin, the Archbishop of 

Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson told 

President Mary McAleese and the assembled 

congregation that “within our every action, there 

has to be a pulsating philosophical rationale, 

otherwise we preside over a riot, not of 

fermenting creativity, but of rank incoherence.” 

The Archbishop continued, “for myself, it is 

the idea of: for the good of all which binds us 

together here this morning, however we 

understand our creed, however we apply our 

professional acumen, however we use our 

particular gift and flair. The Christian tradition 

may have lost its sparkle for some, it may be of 

no relevance to others and for others again it 

may be the life blood of their motivation and 

energy. But the catch-cry: for the good of all never 

has been, nor can it ever be, the preserve of any 

one religious tradition yet it is an ideal which 

binds together people of principle and practice.” 

Noting that “we have generally become so 

accustomed to the vocabulary of economic 

downturn, cut backs, austerity measures and 

infrastructural rethinking”, he added, “getting 

people spending once more, flipping the 

pancake of consumerism at home in another 

round of Celtic Tigerism will not create society 

or indeed community out of the fragments of 

alienation which careless privilege and selfregulating 

speculation have bequeathed to the 

young people who are the engine house of new 

life for tomorrow. The abuse of globalisation, 

the debasing of convenience and the 

commodification of value have brought us to 

where we are. Such concepts… cannot 

themselves enable a new society to grow and 

flourish. Commodification is turning beauty into 

a thing for sale and purchase and turning you 

and me and everyone else into functionaries of 

that same thing….Society needs a shared, 

collaborative, generous understanding of living 

community with all of the concessions to one 

another which that entails.” 

Concluding, the Archbishop said, 

“Carefulness and attention to people who hold 

deep feelings of alienation and exclusion, along 

with enabling them to emerge from the reality 

of pointlessness as a matter of urgency, will 

contribute to the new creation which is always 

the goal and the expectation of those who see 

the face of Jesus Christ in the face of other 

people. The Summum Bonum (greatest good) of 

earlier ages and generations may not be on our 

agenda paper right now…. However, people 

generally and people particularly, look for living 

examples of service of the greater good on the 

part of those who are custodians of what is 

right. Such custodianship carries within it the 

urgency to respond. Sacrifice and service are 

always incumbent on those who can walk or 

drive away from any and every situation.” 

During the service, the Archdeacon of 

Dublin, the Venerable David Pierpoint, the Dean 

of Christ Church Cathedral, the Very Revd 

Dermot Dunne and the Revd Canon Peter 

Campion, Chaplain of Kings Hospital led the 

N E W S 

The Idea of “For the Good of All” Binds us 

Together – Archbishop Tells Law Service 

Pictured at the service marking the opening of the Law term in St Michan's Church 

are Churchwardens at St Michan's, Emily Kelly and Betty O’Dowda with Uachtaráin 

na hÉireann, Mary McAleese, Mr Alan Graham and the Venerable David Pierpoint, 

Archdeacon of Dublin (Photo: David Wynne). 

Uachtaráin na hÉireann, Mary McAleese 

greets the Honourable Susan Denham, 

Chief Justice at the law service in St 

Michan's Church, Dublin. 

CHANGING ATTITUDE 

IRELAND 

A small booklet launched at the last General Synod by Bishop Michael 

Burrows, ‘Guidance for parents of gay children in the Church of Ireland’, 

by Gerry Lynch, is available on line at the Changing Attitude Ireland 

website. It’s the sixth item under the heading ‘Publications’. It is a wellwritten 

document and some readers may find it helpful. 

The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most 

Revd Dr Michael Jackson chatting with 

members of the Choir of Kings Hospital 

School following the annual service 

marking the beginning of the law term 

in St Michan's Church, Dublin. 

congregation in prayers for all those working 

closely with the law including the Law Society, 

the Kings Inns, Judges, An Garda Siochana, the 

Police Service of Northern Ireland and 

members of the Defence Forces. 

The congregation at the law service this year 

was led by the President of Ireland, Mary 

McAleese. Amongst the others present were 

the Honourable Mrs Susan Denham, Chief 

Justice, the Honourable Catherine McGuinness 

of the Supreme Court (retired) and the 

Honourable Gerard Hogan of the High Court. 

Brigadier General Michael Finn, Assistant Chief 

of Staff represented the Chief of Staff of the 

Defence Forces, Colonel Harvey O’Keefe, Chief 

of the Air Staff, represented the Air Corps and 

Assistant Commissioner Michael Feehan 

represented the Garda Commissioner. The 

Ambassadors of Australia, Belgium, Canada and 

Israel were also present. The Kings Hospital 

School continued its long association with the 

service with the school choir leading the singing. 


By Avril Gillatt, Area President 

MOTHERS’ UNION AT THE NATIONAL 

PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS ATHY 2011 

“Fabulous fantastic facility, such a wonderful 

facility - you do such fantastic work and we 

really do appreciate it” - some of the comments 

we received from Mums and Dads at the 

Mothers’ Union stand at the 80th National 

Ploughing Championships in Athy on the 20th- 

22nd September 2011. The Marquee was very 

centrally situated and it was much easier for 

people to locate us. From as early as 7.30am till 

6pm in the evening people strolled past the 

marquee, the sun shone and the atmosphere 

was alive everyone bustling to their chosen 

destination. The Official Opening was by 

President Mary Mc Aleese and Dr. Martin 

McAleese. The Opening prayers were read by 

Archdeacon Rountree and the local parish 

Priest and was followed by singing and dancing. 

Approximately 600 Mums and Dads from 

throughout the country, many from Co. Down, 

used the facilities of breast feeding, bottle 

feeding and heating solid foods and nappy 

changing. Most Mums and Dads were on their 

own and not accompanied by family members 

as in previous years. At times throughout the 

days there was not a spare seat available as 

babies and toddlers were being fed. Toddlers 

who were waiting for their siblings were busy 

colouring and entered the Colouring 

Competition organized by Mother’s Union. 

The new arrangements in the marquee 

worked well, special areas for breast feeding, 

area for heating feeds, tables for toddlers to 

feed and separate area for nappy changing. We 

were very pleased that Mr. Sam and Mrs. Lila 

Harper lent us their caravan which was most 

useful for members taking a break and for 

storing food overnight. Not only was the 

marquee divided but all who helped were given 

specific responsibility for the different areas, 

caravan and catering crew, baby feeding, nappy 

changing and meet and greet. Meet and Greet 

was not only meeting people at the entrance of 

the marquee but giving leaflets to mums with 

buggies passing by, promoting the facility. 

We were very pleased to be able to provide 

this support and that it was so well appreciated 

by all who attended. It was a wonderful 

opportunity for Mothers’ Union to be involved 

in such a huge activity where 190,000 people 

attended. This was only possible by the 

commitment and support of nearby branch 

members and parishioners from Narraghmore, 

Timolin, Castledermot and Kinneagh. We were 

delighted to welcome All Ireland Vice President 

Mrs. Hazel Sherlock who was very impressed 

by the facility and the service provided. 

Members from Cashel and Ossory, whose 

responsibility it will be next year in New Ross, 

arranged for members with Young Family and 

Out Reach to attend. Mrs. Phyllis Grothier, 

Diocesan President, Mrs. Linda Ward and Mrs. 

Rosaleen Walsh assisted this year. We were 

very pleased that members from throughout 

the country, Cork, Sligo and Dublin came and 

offered help which ensured that members were 

relieved of their responsibility and were able to 

visit the Ploughing Championships. 

We were concerned that would we be able 

to provide a professional and welcoming 

service as in the previous two years and we 

were reminded by the Rev. Cliff Jeffers Rector 

of Athy at the Area Opening Service on Monday 

19th September in St. Michael’s Church Athy “ 

that we were people of God- sharing God’s 

love care and support to others.” We 

welcomed this opportunity to share our faith 

and beliefs during the three days with many 

people who talked of life issues and crises 

facing them. We were supported in this area by 

Mrs. Jean Denner and her husband Mervyn who 

displayed Mothers’ Union Enterprises- books 

and literature which was of much interest to 

those who visited the Marquee. 

I would like to thank Mrs. Anna Mae Mc Hugh 

Managing Director, her daughter Anna Marie 

and her staff for the immediate response to all 

of our requests - extra space, detailed signage 

and extra toilets. Yes! Once again we had a mum 

with a wheel chair who was most grateful for 

the support she received. We were delighted to 

welcome Anna Mae to the marquee when she 

visited us with the Church of Ireland Archbishop 

of Dublin and Glendalough Dr. Michael Jackson, 

and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin 

Dr. Diarmuid Martin and the President of the 

Methodist Church. 

Mothers’ Union Branches of Athy, Dunlavin, 

Donoughmore and Donard, Narraghmore 

Timolin Castledermot and Kinneagh and were 

the main holders of responsibility for the 

organisation and running of the activity. The 

event would not have been possible without 

the dedication and commitment of the 

members. I would like to express my sincerest 

thanks to Branch Enrolling Members Mrs. Jenny 

Lazenby who assisted with the setting up and 

Mrs. Violet Hanbidge who stayed to the end and 

helped with the packing up and to all the 

members of the branches and the parishioners 

of Narraghmore Timolin Castledermot and 

Kinneagh. I would like to thank Mrs. Thelma 

Cole for providing warm and generous 

hospitality to Jean for the four nights for the 

past three years. I would like to thank Mrs. Jean 

Thompson for under taking to prepare and to 

display Mothers’s Union materials and poster 

on the walls of the marquee and the colourful 

wall hangings she provided. 

We welcomed the support from the All 

Ireland Mrs. June Wilkinson, Mrs. Margaret 

Mahon, Mrs. June Empey. From Dublin Branches 

Mrs. Ann Walsh Mrs. Valerie D’Alton and Mrs. 

Sandra Knaggs, Mrs. Olive Good, Mrs. Lesley 

Rue. Members from nearby Branches also 

helped Celbridge Straffan and Newcastle, Mrs. 

Lorna Murphy, Mrs. Linda Daly, Mrs. Valerie 

Denner, from Lucan Mrs. Heather Godfrey, Mrs. 

Valerie Twoomey. I would also like to 

acknowledge the support and direction we 

received from Mrs. Olive Good in relation to 

Safeguarding Trust. 

I would like to thank our Diocesan President 

Mrs. Joy Gordon for her support and 

encouragement in the planning and organising 

and her positive response to the requests and 

for seeking the support for the provision of 

funds for the larger marquee. I would also like 

to thank the Rev. Nigel Waugh for the support 

of the Church Review. 

On a very personal note I would like to 

thank the parishioners from Narraghmore 

Timolin Castledermot and Kinneagh Judy 

Chambers, Jennifer Glynn, Linda Stanley, and 

Olga Braithwaite who helped in very practical 

ways setting up and packing up. Thanks also to 

Timolin National School for the Childrens’ 

tables and chairs and to Philip Hendy for 

providing and delivering chairs. 

This event was an All Ireland event and we 

the Mother’s Union Dublin and Glendalough 

Diocese were all so delighted and grateful that 

we were able to fulfill our responsibilities in 

such a positive manner and to provide help and 

support to so many people particularly so many 

young mums who visited us. 

We send our best wishes to Mothers’ Union 

in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory in 

organising the event in 2012. 

From left: At the Mothers’ Union Tent Olga Braithwaite and Linda Ward; MU Tent; Pictured at the Mothers’ Union Stand at the 

Ploughing in Athy were l/r front: Avril Gillatt (Area President), April & Linda Stanley, Hazel Sherlock (All Ireland Vice 

President); Back: Jean Denner (Diosc. Treasurer), Jennifer Lazenby (Athy Chair) & Linda Ward. Pic: Nigel Gillis.; Timothy Ward, 

Daniel Neale & Edward Neale. 

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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, 

DUBLIN is holding a Fund Raising 

Auction and Gala Ball on Friday 16 

December 2011, in DURROW, Co Laois. 

The Auction is in Sheppard’s Irish Auction 

House and the Ball in Durrow Castle. In 

addition there is a Choral recital, at which 

the Cathedral Choir will participate, in St 

Fintan’s church, Durrow on Friday 9 

December at 8.00pm. 

As every homeowner knows, the care 

and upkeep of a building, particularly an 

ancient property, is an expensive 

responsibility. Christ Church Cathedral is 

no exception, since parts of it including 

the south transept and the crypt, date 

back nearly 1,000 years. 

On the 16 April 1562 the thirteenthcentury 

high vaults of the nave, whose 

weight had displaced the walls sideways, 

collapsed. This event as well bringing 

down the roof and much of the south wall 

destroyed the clerestory and parts of the 

arcade below resulting in half the 

cathedral being left open to the elements. 

A succession of half measures were 

undertaken to restore the fabric until the 

second half of the 19th century. With the 

hugely generous help of Henry Roe, the 

eminent architect Edmund Street rebuilt 

Christ Church as we know it today. Now, 

nearly a century and a half since Street’s 

restoration, the bell tower in particular, 

the chapter house, the music room and 

the east end stained glass windows are all 

in need of extensive work, which would 

ideally take place over a period of five 

years at an estimated cost of €3 million. 

The cathedral Board is able to source 

funds for preservation and restoration of 

the fabric from the European Union via 

the Heritage Council and from Dublin 

Corporation to name but two generous 

benefactors, but it is normal practice for 

the donors to make grants on condition 

that the cathedral first raises matching 

amounts from its own resources. The 

cathedral Board, bound by statute, has 

special responsibility for the fabric and 

the cathedral architect, Mr Paul Arnold, 

carries out regular inspections to report 

on essential works according to urgency. 

Re-pointing of the bell tower at an 

estimated cost of €1m is the Board’s 

focus at the present. 

With the co-operation of Mr Michael 

Sheppard, of Sheppard’s Irish Auction 

House in Durrow, a Charity Auction is to 

take place, with all the usually associated 

costs waived, on Friday 16 December 

2011 followed by a Ball that evening in 

Durrow Castle. 

Sheppard’s have an international 

reputation and besides, counting among 

their clients and friends, know many people 

in Ireland of high net worth. They have all 

facilities for internet bidding and publishing 

their auction catalogues on line, as well as 

facilities for telephone bidding. 

The auction committee is now seeking 

support from all those who hold it dear, 

to contribute something of value to this 

cause. Promotional leaflets are available 

suggesting the type of articles suitable for 

auction, which may either be left in the 

Cathedral or, by arrangement collected 

and taken to Durrow. Monetary 

contributions will also be very welcome. 

Further information is on the cathedral 

website www.cccdub.ie or by telephoning 

Ms Anne Bourke of Sheppard’s at 057 874 

0000 or 086 374 4673. 

Post Auction Ball 

After the auction why not join us for 

the Ball in Durrow Castle, a few minute’s 

walk across the square. You will be 

assured of a most memorable evening! 

Durrow Castle was built in 1716 and 

retains much of its old world atmosphere. 

You may relax in the drawing room, sip 

tea in the library, or stroll through the 

manicured gardens. Perhaps you would 

like to meander down the avenue, enjoy 

some fresh air and see again the little 

village of Durrow before donning the 

finery and joining friends and guests at a 

reception at 7.00pm. With log fires, a 

Christmas tree, holly, ivy and maybe even 

mistletoe it will be with some reluctance 

that you leave the reception and make 

your way to the Banqueting Hall but this 

you must do. The castle head chef and his 

staff will have prepared for your delight a 

most excellent five course meal and you 

will spend the next hours relaxing, 

chatting and savouring the atmosphere of 

this truly special place. 

For those who have the energy – and 

after all who hasn’t – you may dance the 

night away. John Hosey and the Blue Print 

Band will indulge you with a medley of 

soothing, relaxing music interspersed with 

exhilarating hot- rhythmic jive, and you 

may savour the moment, comforted in the 

knowledge that yet another bid has been 

made to safeguard Christ Church 

Cathedral and you have been a part of it. 

Details of the Ball are available on the 

cathedral website auction page and 

booking forms may be downloaded there. 

CANONS IN RESIDENCE 

04 September The Dean 

11 September Canon Asiling Shine 

(remembrance) 

18 September Canon John Clarke 

25 September Canon Kenneth Kearon 

SERVICES: Monday to Saturday 

10.00 Morning Prayer (Mon to Fri) 

12.00 Peace Prayers 

12.45 Eucharist (Mon to Fri) 

17.00 Evening Prayer 

(Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat) 

18.00 Choral Evensong 

(Wed & Thurs in term) 

Sunday 

11.00 Sung Eucharist 


17.00 Eucharist in the Irish Language 

(Fourth Sunday of every month.) 

CATHEDRAL CONTACTS 

Dean: The Very Revd Dermot P.M. Dunne 

(6778099 ext: 217/087 986 5073/ 

dean@cccdub.ie) 

Residential Priest Vicar: 

The Revd Garth Bunting 

(6778099 ext 201/ 

garth.bunting@cccdub.ie) 

Managing Director: Ms Bernie Murphy 

(6778099 ext 209/bernie.murphy@cccdub.ie) 

Director of Operations: Vacant 

Director of Music: Vacant 

Head Virger: Mr Daire Daly 

Dean’s Virger: Mr Freddie McKeown 

Head of Maintenance: Mr Mark Hansard 

CATHEDRAL OFFICE 

Telephone: 01 6778099 

Fax: 01 6798991 

Email: welcome@cccdub.ie 

Web: www.cccdub.ie 

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CATHEDRAL TOURS 

From October onwards there will be 

daily guided tour of the Cathedral at 

2.30pm (except Sundays). The tours are 

conducted by volunteers and staff and we 

look forward to welcoming visitors to 

the Cathedral. Normal visitor admission 

rates apply. 

THE CHURCH REVIEW 

– FREE OFFER! 

We are delighted to offer free entry to 

the Cathedral for readers of The Church 

Review. Please present your copy of the 

magazine at the Welcome Desk at the 

entrance of the Cathedral and you will be 

issued with a free admission ticket. 

CHRISTMAS EVE TICKETS 

Subscribers to the Cathedral, and 

members of the Friends, are reminded 

that applications for tickets for the 

Christmas Eve service of Nine Lessons 

and Carols should be made to the Dean’s 

Vicar at the Cathedral Office by Monday 

25 November. Applications must include a 

stamped, self-addressed envelope and a 

subscription / membership renewal fee 

where applicable. Each friend or 

Subscriber is entitled to a maximum of 

four tickets. Those entitled to reserved 

seats will receive two reserved and two 

unreserved tickets if they apply for the 

maximum number of tickets. 

CULTURE NIGHT 

The Cathedral was empty for Sung 

Matins on Friday September 23 and the 

nave was full for Choral Evensong. This 

probably had something to do with a 

concert by the Cathedral Choir, the 

Georgian Choir and the Latvian Choir 

which immediately followed the service. 

The Latvian and Georgian Ambassadors 

were present at the concert. The 

Cathedral was thronged with people for 

the rest of the evening and tours of the 

Cathedral were given by volunteers and 

staff until doors closed at 10pm. It was a 

very successful evening with over 2,500 

visitors entering the Cathedral for this 

free event. 

PAST CHORISTERS’ & PUPILS’ 

ASSOCIATION EVENSONG 

The Reunion Evensong for the 

Association was held in the Cathedral on 

Sunday 16 October. All past choristers, 

including past girl choristers were invited 

to come and join with the Cathedral 

choir to sing Evensong. This annual event, 

which has proved to be very popular, is a 

marvellous opportunity to meet again 

with former colleagues and revive 

memories of past days as a member of 

the choir. The music was specially selected 

for the occasion and was familiar to many. 

There were refreshments served 

afterwards in the Hewson room where 

old friends met and enjoyed each others 

company. A big thank you to Stephen 

Burleigh, Stuart Nicholson and David 

Leigh for arranging this very special 

occasion in the choir year. 

NOTES FROM THE GRAMMAR 

SCHOOL 

Transition Year students are currently 

away in Killary Adventure Centre for an 

action-packed week of raft building, wall 

climbing, canoeing and hill walking 

amongst other activities. This is always one 

of the highlights of the year. Prior to this 

trip TY students ran a bake sale to raise 

funds to stock their ‘Fair Trade’ shop. They 

will run the shop at lunchtime two days a 

week. The aim is to sell some fair trade 

products as well as raise awareness of the 

issues involved. TY students are also busy 

producing the first edition of this years’ 

volume of their newsletter ‘The Grammar 

Gazette’. The first edition will be available 

before half term. 

Junior boys played their first ever rugby 

match last week; a cup match against 

Confey College, Leixlip. Unfortunately 

the lads were well beaten but there is 

plenty of promise amongst the team 

members. They will now enter the 

Leinster Sheild competition that will be 

more suited to a new side. Seniors have a 

match to play next week. Hockey and 

basketball are up and running and as 

requested by parents both sports have 

been opened up to boys and girls. 

This week saw the launch of our 

‘Scholarships for girl choristers’. Two 

scholarships, worth half fees, are being 

offered to girls entering the Grammar 

School in September 2012 provided they 

commit to joining the Cathedral Choir as 

girl choristers. Brochures advertising the 

scholarships have been sent to a large 

number of national schools around 

Dublin. The girl choristers rehearse on 

Wednesday afternoons and sing at 

evensong on Wednesday evening. Senior 

girls also sing on Thursdays. In return the 

girls receive free hot lunch on Wednesday, 

free singing lessons from a professional 

singing teacher and the opportunity to 

sing regularly with the professional 

singers of the Cathedral Choir, the Lay 

Vicars Choral. All in the beautiful 

surroundings of St Patrick’s Cathedral! 

Finally, I include advance notice of the 

Grammar School Open Day on Friday 16th 

December, 9.30 – 12.00 noon. As usual this 

is followed by our Christmas Carol Service 

and annual Prize Distribution. 

SH. 

CANONS-IN-RESIDENCE: 

November 6 – The Revd J.M. Catterall, 

Prebendary of Mulhuddart 

November 13 – The Revd G. West, 

Prebendary of Donaghmore 

November 20 – The Revd G.J.O. Dunstan, 

Prebendary of Swords 

November 27 – The Revd M.S. Harte, 

Prebendary of Howth 

SERVICES: Monday to Friday 

09.00 Sung Matins 

(during school term) 

11.05 Holy Eucharist (said in the Lady 

Chapel on Wednesdays, 

Thursdays, Saints’ Days and 

Festivals) 


Saturday 

11.05 Holy Eucharist 

(said in the Lady Chapel) 

Sunday 

8.30 Holy Eucharist 

(said in the Lady Chapel) 

11.15 Sung Eucharist / Choral Matins 


CATHEDRAL CONTACTS 

Dean: The Very Revd Robert 

MacCarthy (475 5449 / 453 9472) 

Dean’s Vicar: The Revd Canon Charles 

Mullen (453 9472) 

Administrator: Mr Gavan Woods 

(453 9472) 

Cathedral Manager: 

Mr Louis Parminter (475 4817) 

Cathedral Assistant Manager: 

Mr Colin Chadwick (475 4817) 

Cathedral Office: 

Dean’s Secretary & Office 

Manager: Mrs Jennifer Hickey 

Tour Accounts: Mrs Joy Stewart 

Organist and Master of the 

Choristers: Mr Stuart Nicholson 

Assistant Organist and Director of 

the Girls’ Choir: Mr David Leigh 

(475 3298) 

Office numbers: Telephone: 453 9472 

Facsimile: 454 6374 

E-mail: info@stpatrickscathedral.ie 

website: http://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stpatsdub 

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AROUND THE PARISHES... 

Delgany Art Exhibition 

The Old Schoolhouse Delgany, Friday 18th to Sunday 20th 

November 2011. Exciting new category: Photographic Competition. 

Entries on display at the Art Exhibition. 

Categories: A - People; B - Nature & Animals; C - Landscape; D - Amusing. 

Entry limited to one photograph per category. Entry fee €5. 

Competitors own work only. Closing date: Monday 7th November 

2011. Size 8 by 10 only. Colour or black & white. Modest prizes 

awarded in each category. Enquiries – 2874279. 

Congratulations 

Congratulations to Stuart and Daphne Evans who celebrated their 

45th wedding anniversary in October. 

Bereavements 

Harry Sutton was a bachelor farmer who lived in Templecarrig. His 

family were strongly associated with the parish in past years, 

particularly when services were held at Windgates. He was well known 

in the farming community. His funeral, which took place in early 

October, was conducted by Rev Harry Lew and attended by several 

hundred people from the district and further afield. 

The funeral of Mrs Pat Lowe took place on Monday 10th October. Pat 

lived with her husband, Canon Reggie Lowe, in Kilpedder for some years 

when they retired. They had ministered in parishes in Rathdrum and 

Blessington prior to retirement. They were faithful parishioners during 

their time in Delgany, attending church while they were able and always 

interested in the parish. When Reggie died aged 90, Pat lived on her own 

for a couple of years before moving into Brabazon House where she 

lived until now. Pat lived to be just one day older than her husband. 

Canon Trevor Stevenson, a nephew, took part in the funeral service. We 

sympathise with him and with Pat’s nieces and extended family. 

Bill Tutty died in October and his funeral took place in Christ Church 

Delgany. Bill and his wife Joan lived in Delgany since the early 70’s and 

brought up their family in the parish. Joan was very involved in the parish 

and a member of the Mothers’ Union. She died in 2001. Bill was a regular 

monthly attender at the 8.30am communion. He was a very practical 

man and built three houses in Delgany over the years. Although 81 years 

of age he was building a summer house up to the time of his death. We 

sympathise with Barbara and Geoffrey and their families. 

Congo Appeal 

One of our young parishioners, Alice Waugh, who is a 

physiotherapist, has taken leave from work to volunteer for a short 

time in a small mission Hospital in Africa. Volunteers bring medical 

supplies with them and among the most appreciated are discarded pairs 

of spectacles or reading glasses. These are given to villagers and, 

although they may not have the right prescription, they are better than 

nothing for someone who might have no other access to eye care. 

A number of parishioners kindly responded to an appeal for used 

spectacles. Alice left with a large suitcase stuffed with glasses, sutures 

and medical equipment and a small carry-on of clothes. She reached 

Lubumbashi in the Congo via Addis Ababa and then flew on a small 

plane for several hours into the remote regions of the Congo to the 

mission hospital in Mulongo. 

The hospital is run by ACE International, a small Irish charity which 

this parish has supported (in a small way) for the past 13 years. ACE is 

the brainchild of Dr Graham Fry whom some parishioners may know 

through his Tropical Medical Bureau vaccination clinics. 

Mulongo is a small village situated in the Katanga Province of the 

Democratic Republic of Congo - about 600 miles north of Lubumbashi. 

It is situated on the banks of the great Lualaba River at its outlet from 

Lake Kabamba. The local population is probably close to 60,000 in this 

village. There are about 150 beds in the hospital but each day up to 1000 

patients gather to be seen by the staff. Many of these patients with severe 

illnesses will have travelled for hundreds of miles to get help. It is said that 

up to 40% of the children in this region of the world will die before their 

5th birthday. This horrific toll is caused partly by the inadequate national 

childhood vaccination programme and also because of the severe 

difficulties in providing pure clean water throughout the region. 

Confirmation 

The Confirmation ceremony will take place at the 10.30am service 

on Sunday 13th November. 

DONOUGHMORE, DONARD 

WITH DUNLAVIN 

Rector: Vacant 

Parish Email: community.ddd@gmail.com 

Lay Minister: Ernest Mackey 

Parish Readers: Myra Moody, Edward Allen 

Engagement 

Congratulations to Robert Colton (Toberbeg) and to Sarah Louise 

McGinnis, who have recently announced their engagement. 

Bereavements 

Our sympathy and condolences go to Mrs. Jean Mackey and family on 

the death of Jean’s brother Herbie Larkin who died on Friday, 16 

September, to Deirdre Griffin and family on the death of her mother, 

Eveleen Luce on Saturday, 24 September and to Mrs. Rachel Merry, 

family and friends on the death of her husband Gordon Merry who 

died on Wednesday, 6 October. 

Safeguarding Trust Training 

Monday, 7 November at 8pm in St Kevin’s Community Hall, 

Blessington. For all volunteer workers who are or who intend to be 

involved in any activities/clubs in our Parishes which cater for children. 

Cake Sale & Monster Raffle with Afternoon Tea 

On Saturday, 19 Nov at 2.30pm at Dunlavin Parish Hall. A Fundraiser 

for Dunlavin Parish. Raffle Tickets are available from Parishioners. For 

further information please contact 

Emily Dowzer. 

Visit by Archbishop Michael Jackson 

On Sunday, 27 November (at 11am) we will again welcome 

Archbishop Michael Jackson to Donoughmore Church where he will be 

the Celebrant and Preacher at a special Service to commission Jon Kirby 

as a Parish Reader. GFS members will also be enrolled at this service. 

Whist Drives 

Dunlavin: Thursday, 3 Nov at 8.30pm., in the Parish Hall, Dunlavin. 

Also on the first Thursday of the month in Dec, Jan, Feb & Mar. 

Donoughmore: Friday, 25 November – Christmas Whist Drive in 

Donoughmore Hall. 

Christmas Fayre 

The Donoughmore Christmas Fayre will be held this year on 

Saturday, 3 December (2-6pm). Admission free! A fun afternoon for all 

the family. Attractions will include: Carol Singers, Christmas Cooking 

Demo, Festive Flower Arranging Demo, Crepes & Hot Chocolate, 

Chocolate Fountain, Children’s Craft Workshop, Parish Handmade 

Crafts, Cake & Food Stalls, Household Goods, Toys, GFS Stall, Tombola, 

Raffles & Afternoon Teas. 

DUNGANSTOWN, REDCROSS 

& CONARY 

Rev. Roland Heaney. Tel: 0404-41637. E-mail: heaneyr@indigo.ie 

Youth Pastor: Alan Breen. Tel: 0404-41864 

Parish Administrator: Mrs Deirdre O’Callaghan. Tel: 0404-41864 

Review: Mrs Phyllis Mates. Tel: 0404-41715 

Parish Email: info@redcrosschurch.ie 

Parish Websites: www.redcrosschurch.ie 

www.stkevinsdunganstown.ie 

www.saintbartholomews.ie 

Service Times 

On Sunday, 6th November the service time in Redcross will be 

changing to 11.30am. In previous years we held two services in 

Redcross during the winter months but this year we made the decision 

to only have one service. We apologise for any inconvenience that this 

may cause to those who would prefer an earlier time. The times in the 

other two churches remain the same with Conary at 9.10am and 

Dunganstown at 10.30am. 

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Sunday Special 

We have had close connections with African Enterprise over the past 

few years with a special connection to Malawi. On Sunday, 27th 

November we are delighted to have Enoch Phiri, the director of AE 

Malawi coming to Redcross for an evening meeting at 7.00pm. This will 

be a great opportunity to hear an update on the work that is taking place 

in that country and to discover the part that we are playing as a parish. 

Conary Sale 

Conary sale will take place on Saturday, 26th November at 2.30pm. 

There will be the usual variety of stalls as well as the opportunity to 

enjoy a cup of tea and homemade baking. Come and bring your friends. 

Wedding Bells 

Congratulations to Keith Bradshaw and Leonie O’Connell who were 

married in St. Kevin’s Church, Dunganstown on Thursday, 29th 

September. We wish them every blessing in their future life together. 

Farewell 

During October, we had the sad task of saying farewell to the 

Steinbach family who moved back to Namibia with a vision of setting 

up a project helping children who live in poverty. We wish Kurt and 

Talita every blessing as they bring hope and life into a very needy area 

of Africa and pray for God’s provision and guidance for their future. We 

hope that we will continue to keep close links with them in the future 

and support their new work. 

College Days 

A number of young people from the parish have started courses in 

colleges and universities in the past few weeks. We wish them well in 

their future studies, especially those who have had to travel overseas. 

Fundraiser Thank You 

We would like to thank everyone who supported the evening on 

Friday, 14th October in St. Kevin’s Church Hall entitled Gardening Tips 

for Autumn. It was wonderful to see the hall completely packed to hear 

an excellent practical talk from Des Carton, the Head Gardener at 

Avoca Handweavers. The proceeds were for the upkeep of 

Dunganstown Graveyard. 

Bereavements 

Our thoughts and prayers are with Teresa Wood on the death of her 

Father and George Tice on the death of his mother. We pray that God 

will be a comfort and support to all who are bereaved. 

GREYSTONES 

Clergy: Rev. David Mungavin. Tel: 287 4077. 

Lay Minister: Frank Connolly. Tel: 087 121 1575. 

Review Secretary: Mrs. Carolyn Gray. Tel: 2874412. 

Website: www.stpatricksgreystones.ie 

Parish Office: Tel: 201 0648. Email: stpatricksparish@eircom.net 

Sunday Services: 8.30am; 10.30am, followed by coffee; 5.00pm. 

Wednesday: Holy Communion at 10.30am, followed by coffee. 

The Parish Fair 

The Parish Fair was held on Saturday 

15th October in St. Patrick’s School hall 

between 11am and 2pm. It is one of the 

Parish's main social events and we were 

fortunate once again to get nice weather. 

The crowds were ready outside to come 

in from 10.30 and they kept coming 

steadily all day. The stalls this year 

covered country produce and larder, 

baby, books, cakes, toys, bottles, bags, 

clothes, coffee, soup and teas, lucky dip, 

burgers, nearly new and collectible and 

sports goods. There were games and face 

painting for the children. A great effort 

was put in by all the stall holders and 

their ever present dedicated band of 

helpers. The fair co-ordinator was once 

Top: Tony Goodwin at the Sports Goods Stall. 

Bottom: Nelly the Elephant provides entertainment. 

again Robert Mowatt who has now run the fair successfully for the last 

five years. The super raffle attracted a lot of attention and the top 

winners were Maura Mowatt, Joy Markham, Robyn Smullen, Rachel 

Flynn, Ken Stewart and Austin Baines. The winner of the special cake 

was Alberta Kemp and the winner of Margaret Scarlett’s painting was 

Iris Schoeppler. This year, donations from the funds raised will be given 

to Greystones Cancer Support and the overseas charity “HOPE”. Many 

thanks to St. Patricks School, all the sponsors, helpers, parishioners, 

supporters, friends and relatives who came along on the day and made 

this another really enjoyable St. Patrick’s Fair. 

Concert: Songs from the Musicals 

This concert took place on Saturday 8 October in St. Patrick’s Church 

and featured Wallis Hamilton-Felton, Dara MacMahon, Peter Brooke- 

Tyrrell and Mark Felton. The concert commenced with songs from Joseph 

and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Our special guest, Pharoah – 

aka Tom O’Mahony, made a dramatic entrance through the West door on 

the back of a motorbike! Songs from Les Miserables, Phantom of the 

Opera and Chess were also included, interspersed by organ pieces played 

by Paul Mullen, the church organist. These included a piece composed by 

Sebastian Adams entitled Madam Dial was Livid. Paul also accompanied the 

songs on keyboard and organ; Peter Brooke-Tyrrell played drums and 

Claire Mullen played a coda to Phantom of the Opera on violin. 

St. Patrick’s Children’s Choir provided backing vocals with great 

enthusiasm and style. We are grateful to their parents for their support. 

The church looked completely different that evening as all of the 

seating was turned through 180° to face the gallery over the West door. 

This meant that the newly refurbished organ was on display and the 

gallery became the stage. 

The evening raised €2720 and was enjoyed by all who attended. 

Many thanks to those who assisted with stage design; props; 

costumes; ticket sales; furniture moving (!) and refreshments. The 

concert organisers are particularly grateful to Ben who lent drums and 

to David for the motorbike. 

Soup and Sandwiches Lunch 

The next Soup and Sandwiches Lunch to be held in St. Patrick’s 

Worship and Recreation Centre will be on Tuesday 15th November 

2011 from 12.30 until 2.00. Do come and join in the fellowship and 

enjoy some home made soup, and sandwiches. 

Carol singing 

The Cecil Beare Ecumenical Carol group will soon be taking to the 

streets and roads around Greystones in December to raise money for 

local charities. We would love to see you out with us on one or two 

evenings – it’s excellent exercise and it can be great fun. We need 

singers, guitar players and, above all, collectors. Wrap up warmly and 

bring gloves and a torch. The full itinerary will be published on the 

Sunday Sheets but we hope to start on Tuesday 13th December. 

LEIXLIP AND LUCAN 

Above: Maureen set out the children's toys marquee. 

Left: Face painting with Joanne Douglas. 

The Rev. Scott Peoples. Tel: 01-624 9147. Mobile: 087-2439619. 

Email: scottpeoples@indigo.ie 

Lay Readers: Rosemary Fair, Joe Haughton, Irene Young 

Parish Office: 01-6240976. Fax: 01-6240846. 

Rector’s day off: Monday. 

Harvest 

Our harvest thanksgivings took place on Sunday 25th Sept in St. 

Mary's and Sunday 2nd October in St. Andrew's. There was a large 

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attendance at both services. Special thanks are due to the decorators 

who transformed the churches so beautifully through their efforts. 

Interested in Becoming a Beaver Leader? 

Beaver leader required from September. Beavers are aged 6 – 8 (boys 

and girls). Beavers run from September to June and meet on Fridays 

from 7pm -8.15pm. No previous experience is necessary as full training 

will be provided. 

If you think you may be interested, please contact Caroline Whitley 

or Rosemary Fair. 

Uniformed Organisations Service 

This year’s service took place on Sunday 16th October in St 

Andrew’s Church. All Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Ventures, all Ladybirds, 

Brownies, Guides and Rangers, and Girls’ and Boys’Brigade members 

were there resplendent in their uniforms. 

They also took an active part in the service, reading prayers and 

helping with the collection. 

Our Sorrows 

We express our deepest sympathy to the family of the late Charlotte 

Watkins. Charlotte was one of the oldest members of our parish at 92 

and was attending services in St. Mary's until recently. Her funeral 

service took place in St. Mary's Leixlip on Thursday 29th September 

with burial following in the church graveyard. 

Our sympathies are extended to Fergal Brennan on the recent death 

of his mother. Following the funeral in Monaghan she was buried in 

Palmerstown Cemetry. May the rest in peace and rise in glory. Amen 

Cinderella 

Tickets for the 2012 parish panto will go on sale at the Christmas 

Fair, Saturday December 3rd. After that date they will be available from 

the parish office. 

Lucan Festival Fundraising 

As part of the Lucan Festival a fundraiser was arranged on the 

Saturday and Sunday with usual items and produce. Thanks to all who 

manned the stalls on these days. A total of 1800 euro was raised. 

Ho! Ho! Ho! 

This year's Christmas Fair will be held in the Parish centre on 

Saturday 3rd December. It's always a great day, lots of fun and even 

more bargains. Santa will be there as usual but hopefully he'll leave the 

snow back at the North pole this year. If you'd like to help out, or you 

have goods to donate please contact Fred Moody or the parish office. 

All the usual stalls, cakes, books, teas, bric-a-brac and lots more. 

New Visitors 

Wednesday Coffee & Chat has had some new visitors over the past 

few weeks. A group of ladies from St. Louise's Centre Glenmaroon, 

Chapelizod have been joining us for coffee. And from the laughter I hear 

up in the office it’s more ‘Coffee & Craic’ than ‘Coffee & Chat’! 

Everyone is welcome to come to coffee, drop in for a few minutes 

or stay for an hour, Janet will make sure you get a cuppa and something 

nice to eat. 

NARRAGHMORE AND TIMOLIN 

WITH CASTLEDERMOT 

AND KINNEAGH 

Rector: Rev. Isaac Delamere. Tel: 059 8624278 

Readers: Mr. Philip Hendy. Tel: 059 8636518 

Mrs. Avril Gillatt. Tel: 059 8624974 

Review Distribution: Mrs. Beatrice Hendy. Tel: 059 8636518 

Mrs. Charlotte Glynn. Tel: 059 8623167 

Mrs. Elsie Ubank. Tel: 059 9144176 

Parish Website: www.narraghmoretimolincastledermotkinneagh.com 

Harvest Thanksgiving Services 

Our first harvest festival took place in Castledermot on the 25th of 

September. We were delighted to have with us a speaker from Tearfund 

Ireland who shared with us the wonderful work which they do. The 

music which was lively and uplifting was lead by “Chapter and Verse”. 

Approximately €500:00 was raised to help Tearfund with there 

invaluable work. 

Guest speaker Sean Cleary on the 

history of Timolin Church at the 

Harvest Thanksgiving service in 

Timolin Church on Friday 30th 

September. 

On Friday the 30th of September the 

first harvest in many years took place in 

Timolin church. There was a very good 

attendance and it was lovely to see so 

many young people present, home for 

the weekend from boarding schools and 

colleges. Mr Sean Cleary shared with us 

the history of Timolin church and we 

were treated to a wonderful supper in 

the hall after the service. 

On Sunday the 9th of October, 

Narraghmore church was full to capacity 

with 110 people present to celebrate 

harvest, the largest number in many 

years. It was a joy to have with us the 

Very Rev. Tom Gordon Dean of Leighlin. 

The children dramatised “The 

Breadline” which encouraged us to think 

about the unfair distribution of the 

earths resources and they brought 

symbolic gifts of harvest for blessing. We 

thank once again Mrs Beatrice Hendy for opening her home and 

extending hospitality to us after the service. 

Each of the churches were decorated beautifully for harvest. We 

thank everyone involved in the decorating of the churches and 

preparing the harvest suppers. During the decorating of Narraghmore 

church Mrs Dorothy Carter unfortunately fell and twisted her ankle. 

We extend best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. 

Wedding 

On Friday the 23rd of September Bryan Lawler and Orla Treacy, 

daughter of Orville Treacy, were married in Kinneagh Church. The last 

wedding which took place in Kinneagh church was thirty years ago. We 

extend our best wishes to them and to their children. 

Timolin Church Gift Day 

I would like to thank everyone for there generosity and support of our 

gift day to raise much needed funds for the renovation and redecoration 

of Timolin church. We very much apprecioate the support from parishes 

within the united dioceses as well as from parishioners and friends of 

Timolin church. The windows are in a particularly poor state nof repair 

and it is our hope to get them repaired before the winter. 

Whist Drives 

12th of November at 8:30pm in Timolin Hall. Enormous thanks is 

owing to the co-ordinators of whist and to those who prepare food 

and serve teas on the night. It is so easy to take all this for granted. 

Whist is an important regular source of funding for the parish. 

Castledermot Christmas whist drive will take place on Tuesday 6th 

December. 

Mothers’ Union 

Mothers' Union At the 80th National Ploughing 

Championships 2011 

It was a wonderful three day event , the weather was warm and 

pleasant and we were very busy. Aprroxiamtely 600 people visited us at 

the Marquee. The larger marquee and the new arrangements was 

appreciated by the Mums and Dads and all who helped. I would like to 

thank all our members for making sandwiches, baking the Traybakes 

those who came and worked and provided the welcoming 

refreshments to all who attended, to those who heated the babies 

bottles and toddlers' feeds and to those who worked in the nappy 

changinng areas. I would especially like to thank the praishioner who 

gave their time and energy Judy chambers, Olga Braithwaite, Linda 

Stanley and Jennifer Glynn. Thanks to Jennifer who very kindly 

delivered the tables and chairs to the marquee from Timolin National 

School also to Philip Hendy who also delivered chairs for us. We wish 

Cashel and Ossory all the best for 2012. 

Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 15th November 2011 at 

8.00 p.m., Timolin Parish Hall 

I look forward to seeing all our members and friends at the Annual 

General Meeting on Tuesday 15th November. Please bring Shoe Boxes 

for Darndale. We will also have Bring and Buy for Mothers' Union 

Overseas Progamme. 

Best wishes, 

Avril Gillatt 

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Team Hope 

We hope to once again support the annual shoebox appeal organised 

by Team Hope. If you have any items for inclusion to help bring 

Christmas joy into the lives of children with very little please contact 

Rowan Stanley. 

Christmas Fayre 

Come and get into the Christmas spirit on Saturday the third of 

December at 2:30pm in Timolin Hall. There will be mulled wine, carol 

singing, Christmas gifts and wrapping paper as well as homemade cakes 

and treats. 

Social Nite 

A social evening of food, music and dancing is being planned for the 

2nd of March in the Conrad Hotel Athy. Please put the date in your 

diary. This is the first joint fund raising event in recent times and is 

being co-ordinated by Elizabeth Ashmore, Avril Maher, Derek Matthews 

and Olivia Ashmore. 

Timolin National School 

We welcome Harry Stanley and Wendy Moody as the new parent 

representatives on the BOM and we wish them well . We would like to 

sincerely thank Gabrielle Hendy and Niall Stanley for their enormous 

contribution to the BOM as parent representatives . The school is 

presently in the process of providing picnic benches and seating in the 

playground for the pupils as well as containers for the growing of 

flowers and shrubs. 

Vestry Meeting 

N&T vestry meets 7th November at 8:00pm in Timolin school. 

Rota of Services 

2nd Nov. 11:00am Timolin HC wiuth prayers for Healing 

5th Nov. 8:00pm Kinneagh HC 

6th Nov. 10:00am Kinneagh MP/ Ark meets 

10:00am Castledermot MP followed by tea 

11:30am Narraghmore HC 

13th Nov. 10:00am Timolin MP Traditional 

11:30am Castledermot HC 

20th Nov. 9:00am Narraghmore HC 

10:10am Kinneagh family service followed by tea 

11:30am Timolin HC 

27th Nov. 10:00am Narraghmore Family service followed by tea 

11:30am Castledermot Advent Sunday service 

11:30am Timolin MP Advent Sunday service 

4th Dec. 10:00am Kinneagh MP Ark meets 

10:00am Castledermot MP followed by tea 

11:30am Narraghmore HC 

NEWCASTLE AND 

NEWTOWNMOUNTKENNEDY 

WITH CALARY 

Rev. W. Bennett. Tel. 2819300; 087 9480317 

Email: bennettwilliam1@gmail.com 

Lay Readers: Mrs. C. Tindal, Mr. Michael Crowly 

Review Circulation: Mrs. C. Valentine (Newcastle); 

Mrs. J. O’Herlihy (St. Matthew’s); Mrs. E. Seymour (Calary) 

Review Notes: Ms L. Stringer 

Parish Websites: www.newcastleparish.org, 

www.newtownmountkennedyparish.org / www.calaryparish.org 

Harvest Thanksgiving Services 

The churches at Newcastle and Calary were beautifully decorated, as 

usual, for our three thanksgiving services and they were all well 

attended. The services in Newcastle were part of a weekend of 

celebration. As well as celebrating God's provision in a bountiful 

Harvest we were also celebrating the start of our building project to 

provide the parish with a new Parish Centre. After the service on 

Sunday 2nd October Edie Wheatley and Connie Valentine 

demonstrated their skill at using the old fashioned spade when they, 

together, dug a symbolic first sod for the new development. 

An afternoon of fun was had by those brave enough to attend the 

Harvest Fair in Newcastle. This was on the Saturday of our Harvest 

The sod turning for the new Parish Centre in Newcastle. Edie Wheatley and Connie 

Valentine are the two ladies turning the sod. 

Weekend and was greatly hampered by the heavy rain falling that 

morning and even though the rain turned to drizzle for most of the 

afternoon those who attended had lots to entertain them. 

The Service in Calary brought to an end a week of festival in that 

church. A wonderful week of music and art was enjoyed by many local 

people and the people of Calary appreciated, very much, the fact that 

Canon Bob Jennings kindly agreed to do the official opening of the arts 

festival. The final piece in the jigsaw of that celebration was the Harvest 

Thanksgiving Service on Sun 9th. October. It was a great privilege to 

have Archbishop Michael Jackson as the special speaker at Calary. 

A lesson from the birds 

Said the Robin to the Sparrow 

I would really like to know 

why those anxious human beings rush about and worry so? 

Said the Sparrow to the Robin 

Friend, I think that it must be 

that they have no Heavenly father such as cares for you and me! 

We were delighted to have Rev Trevor Stevenson and Rev Fr. Derek 

Doyle as our preachers on Friday at Newcastle and on Sunday Michael 

Croly gave a very challenging talk on the suffering church overseas. 

Worship was greatly enhanced at all three services by the wonderful 

singing of our Newcastle Parish Choir. Sincere thanks to all who gave 

their time, talent and energy to make these times of celebration 

uplifting and inspiring for all. 

Calary Notes 

Highly Strung Cello Quartet 

Music in Calary wes delighted to welcome this new string quartet, 

which is made up of Annette Cleary, Yue Tang, Sokol Koka and Sheelagh 

Harte for a concert on 1st September. Among the composers whose 

pieces they played were Bach, Debussy, Grieg, Handel and Wagner. The 

large audience were entertained by some beautiful cello playing. 

Anda Jaleo 

Getting the Arts Weekend off to a musical start, Deirdre Moynihan 

(soprano) and Alec O’Leary (guitar) played in Calary as part of their 6- 

date nationwide tour. The programme included a collection of 

traditional Spanish songs “Canciones Espanolas Antiguas” by Federico 

Garcia Lorca, together with pieces from South America and the Early 

Music repertoire. 

Art Exhibition 

The biennial Calary Art Exhibition was launched by Canon Bob 

Jennings on Friday 7th and continued until Sunday 9th October. This 

year, over 65 artists exhibited more than 170 paintings and many of the 

artists were new to Calary. Over the weekend, a large number of 

people came to view the paintings, which were hung throughout both 

the church and the church room. The exhibition was a great success 

and thanks are due to Gay Nuttall and all her team of helpers for again 

putting on such a wonderful show. 

Plant and Country Produce Sale 

This sale took place on Saturday 8th October and raised a substantial 

amount in aid of parish funds and Fields of Life. Well done to June Roe 

for again arranging this sale. 

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Diocesan Schools’ Service 

Left: Celbridge NS. Centre: Children & Staff from Glenageary & Killiney NS. Right: Children & Staff from Castleknock NS with Revd Paul. 

Left: Children and staff from St Laurence's NS, Chapelizod. Centre: Children & Staff from The Old Borough School. Right: Children, Clergy & Staff from 

Drumcondra-North Strand NS. 

Left: Children, Clergy & Staff from Rathfarnham National School. Centre: Anna Massey who has recently been appointed as principal of Powerscourt N.S. 

Right: Children, Clergy & Staff from Springdale NS, Raheney. 

Left: St Patricks Greystones. Right: Girls and staff from Alexandra College Junior School. 

Left: Ms Noreen Flynn, President INTO with Canon John McCullagh. Right: Delgany National School Pupils 

at the Cathedral with Shirley Gilmore and Trish Conron. 

The rector, principal and pupils from Rathmichael N.S. 

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Left: Crinken Parish Church. Centre: Archbishop Michael Jackson with Canon Trevor Stephenson. Right: Bishop Ken Clarke – Preaching at the Institution in Crinken. 

Pics: Joanne Evans. 

The Worship Group. Pic: Joanne Evans. 

A full congregation at the Crinken Institution. Pic: Joanne Evans. 

Ruth Stephenson, Canon Trevor Stephenson, Archbishop Michael Jackson, Eddie 

Blackstock, Lindsay Gardner and Basil Goode. Pic: Joanne Evans. 

Songs from the Shows: The team L to R Paul Mullen, Wallis Hamilton-Felton, Peter 

Brooke-Tyrrell, Tom O’Mahony, Dara MacMahon, Mark Felton, Jacqueline Mullen. 

The Howth Confirmation group with the Archbishop and the Rector. 

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Powerscourt School pupils on Bray 

Head, charity climb 2nd October. 

Left: At the Mothers Union Tent Olga Braithwaite and Linda Ward. Right: Valerie 

Dalton and Ann Walsh. 

Mothers Union Book Stall with Andrea Thompson and Jean Denner. 

Revd Ian Henderson President of Methodist Church, Bishop Michael Jackson, 

Anna-Mae McHugh MD NPA, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin go walkabout at 

the ploughing. 

Rev. Nigel Sherwood at the Diocesan Tent. 

Playing the Bells. 

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Uachtaráin na hÉireann, Mary McAleese, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd 

Dr Michael Jackson and the Chief Justice, the Honourable Susan Denham and the 

Choir of King's Hospital School after the service marking the opening of the law 

term in St Michan's Church, Dublin. 

The scene in St Michan's Church, Dublin for the annual service marking the 

opening of the law term in St Michan's Church, Dublin. Amongst the attendees 

were the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese and the Chief Justice, the 

Honourable Susan Denham. 

Pictured left to right following the service marking the beginning of the law term 

in St Michan's Church, Dublin are Assistant Commissioner, Michael Feehan of An 

Garda Siochana, the Honourable Susan Denham, Chief Justice, the Archbishop of 

Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Brigadier General Michael Finn, 

Assistant Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Colonel Harvey O'Keefe of the Air 

Corps and the Venerable David Pierpoint, Archdeacon of Dublin. 

Rathfarnham Parish Pet Service with Lisa Ryan of AADI. 

Pictured at the annual service marking the beginning of the law term are Hilary 

Prentice and Lyndon MacCann SC. 

Norman Thompson with Lynn Storey in the Resource Centre Book Shop. 

Laoise O'Brien, David O'Shea and Niamh McCormack who gave a Concert of 

17th & 18th Music in St Philips Church, Milltown. 

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Harvest Thanksgiving 

Calary was delighted to welcome our Archbishop, on his first visit to 

the church, to give the address at our Harvest Thanksgiving. The singing 

was led by the Newcastle Choir, with solos from Ben Russell, 

accompanied by Joseph Bradley, who played so beautifully at the 

Showcase Piano recital earlier this year. The church was full for the 

occasion and the congregation was also treated to a fantastic Calary 

Harvest Tea. 

Sunday School 

Sunday School has started again after the summer break. 

Table Tennis 

The club has restarted with juniors between 7pm and 8pm and adults 

from 8pm each Thursday. 

Newcastle & Newtownmountkennedy Notes 

Bereavements 

Mrs. Anne Marie Bittle, Dunran, Newtownmountkennedy, passed 

away following a period of illness. Following a service of thanksgiving 

on September 8th in St. Matthew’s Church, her mortal remains were 

taken for cremation. We extend our sympathy to Thomas her son, his 

family and her great circle of friends. 

Baptism 

18th September, William Philip Edward Massey, son of Philip and 

Helen, Glencarrig House, Ballyronan Road, Kilquade. Congratulations 

to Philip and Helen. We hope William will bring you lots of joy and 

grow up to honour the promises made for him at baptism. 

Wedding 

On 24th September, Jason Gerard Connaughton and Andrea 

Elizabeth Lowe, Inver Glen Lodge, Devils Glen, Ashford, Co Wicklow. 

Congratulations and very best wishes to Jason and Andrea as they begin 

this new stage in their lives together. We wish you God's blessing and 

every happiness in your marriage and home at Ashford. 

Coffee in the Rectory Cottage 

The Rectory Cottage is open each Tuesday 10.30am - 12.30pm. 

Everyone welcome for chat, meet friends, enjoy tea, coffee and bites. 

Drop in for a minute or an hour! 

Clubs 

All our many clubs continue with Parent and Toddler Group, Choir 

and Table Tennis meeting on a Monday. The Tuesday Club and Time Out 

meet on a Tuesday. Bowls meet on a Thursday and the Youth Club 

meets every second Friday. Check out the websites for details. 

POWERSCOURT WITH KILBRIDE 

Rector: The Venerable Ricky Rountree Tel: 2863534 

email: powerscourt@glendalough.anglican.org 

Curate Asst: Rev Terry Lilburn Tel: 086 8865361 

email: krue@eircom.net 

Website: www.powerscourt.glendalough.anglican.org 

Parish Office: (Secretary, Hazel Thompson) 

Tel/Fax 2863862 Email: powerscourtns@eircom.net 

Review Circulation: Mrs Joyce Roe Tel: 2862645 

School 

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Anna 

Ovington as the new Principal of Powerscourt National School. Mrs 

Ovington is currently Principal of All Saints School, Blackrock and will 

take up her new post at the beginning of next term. The news was 

announced at the Harvest Festival in Powerscourt and we were 

delighted that she was able to be present with her husband to be 

greeted by a large number of the children and parents of the school. 

Anna joins us at an exciting time with the building of the new school 

well advanced. 

Well done to the school children who undertook a charity climb on 

Bray Head on Sunday 2nd October. 

Ordination 

Congratulations to Rev John Godfrey from the parish who was 

ordained Deacon on Sunday 26th September by the Archbishop in 

Rev John Godfrey before his 

ordination as intern deacon 

in the chapter room, Christ 

Church Cathedral, 25th 

September. 

Christ Church Cathedral. John will serve his 

internship in Greystones parish. We wish 

him, his wife Shirley-Anne and baby 

Annaleise every happinies in this next phase 

of their lives. 

Harvest Festivals 

A special thank-you goes to everyone who 

helped in the preparation for and conduct of 

the harvest festival over the first two 

weekend of October. Both churches were 

beautifully decorated. We thank the choirs 

for all their work and the children who 

contributed extra gifts to be distributed to 

areas of need. 

Sizzle Services 

The first of the family ‘Sizzle’ services was 

held on Sunday, 18th September and was 

well attended. These services seek to 

support families and young people who 

struggle to maintain regular church 

attendance with the pressure of being 

involved in sports activities which are 

increasingly held on Sunday mornings. The 

service will be held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 5.0pm in 

Powerscourt Church followed by a sausage sizzle. Each month a 

different family leads the service and another family looks after 

catering. 

Remembrance 

Remembrance services will be held in both churches on Sunday 

morning, 9th Ocotber (10.00am Kilbride, 11.30am Powerscourt). The 

services will include an act of remembrance and a commitment to 

building peace. 

Missionary Sale 

The Annual Missionary Sale will be held in the Parochial Hall, 

Enniskerry Village on Saturday 19th November from 11.00am. The 

proceeds of this sale will be added to the parish allocation to missions 

and charities for the year. Please come and support this effort. 

Parish Registers – Baptism 

18th September: Ella Grace Miles. 

Funeral 

15th October: Joan Campbell. 

RATHDRUM & DERRALOSSARY 

WITH GLENEALY 

Canon John McCullagh. Tel: 0404-43814 

Email: rathdrum@glendalough.anglican.org 

Wicklow Hospice 

A substantial cheque was presented to the secretary of the Wicklow 

Hospice Project as a result of the parish fair. The presentation was 

made at the Glenealy Harvest thanksgiving and the congregation 

updated on the progress of this important project. 

Sympathy 

The prayerful sympathy of the parish is expressed to the family of 

Mrs Annie Armstrong who was laid to rest in Glenealy Churchyard. Our 

thoughts are with the wider Webster family circle and particularly to 

two of her brothers George and Albert who live in our parish. 

The rector, as a chaplain to St Colman’s, was privileged to take the 

funeral service of Lily Reynolds who had resided in the hospital for 

almost three years. Her daughters Martine and Lily expressed their 

thanks for the wonderful care their mother had received and it was 

moving to see staff forming a guard of honour as the cortege left the 

hospital chapel. We remember all who have been bereaved. 

Our sympathy is also extended to the family of Mrs Patricia Lowe the 

widow of a former rector whose funeral took place in Delgany. 

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Works 

The roof on the tower in Glenealy has been replaced and the parish 

owes an enormous debt of gratitude to John Armstrong for his skill and 

time in advancing this project. Conscious of the need to upgrade 

security the locks are to be changed on the church door and the new 

keys will be distributed to the appropriate wardens. 

The roof on St John’s tower is also due for replacement and it is 

hoped that this will soon be in hand. 

Laragh Supper Dance 

Friday 17 November is the occasion of the annual parish supper 

dance in Lynhams of Laragh. The hotel serves a sumptuous main course 

and the parish culinary artistes provide a stupendous range of desserts. 

One should add and then there is the raffle and the dancing. Altogether 

there will be mighty chat and enjoyment so get your tickets from the 

usual parishioners or the Rectory. 

WICKLOW AND KILLISKEY 

Rector: Canon John Clarke. Tel: 0404 67132. 

Vicar: The Revd. Ken Rue. Tel: 01 298 9497. 

Review Distribution: Mrs. Frances Douglas. Tel: 0404 67137. 

Mrs. Vera Webster. Tel: 0404 40299. 

Church 21 and new initiatives 

The parishes are actively involved in the Church 21 process. The next 

meeting takes place in East Glendalough School on Wednesday 16th 

November from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and will focus on the question of 

identity. Our facilitator, the Revd. Paul Hoey, will be joining us as we build 

on the conference held in September and together begin to create the 

bigger picture of where we want to go and how we will seek to get 

there. Thanks are due to the steering group (under the chairmanship of 

Canon Peter Norton) which is overseeing the process, co-ordinating its 

development and supporting implementation of activities. 

New initiatives are already taking place. Spearheaded by Iain Fisher, 

an experienced youth leader, our youth club got going in East 

Glendalough School on Friday 21st October and will be meeting on a 

monthly basis. A youth service will be held in Wicklow on Sunday 6th 

November at 7.30pm. 

We thank Felisity Cullen Molloy for arranging to start a children’s 

choir in Killiskey. Its first evening will be on Sunday 13th November 

from 6.30pm until 7.15pm. 

A new parish office is opening in Ashford. It is suitable not only for 

office space but also for meetings. Other plans are being considered for 

what we hope will be an exciting new outlet for parish activities and 

community outreach. 

Wicklow Church 

The special speaker at the Harvest Praise Service on 2nd October 

was the Revd. Ted Woods, Rector of Rathfarnham. His message, based 

on Deuteronomy 8: 11, was “Do not forget”. Truly Harvest is a time to 

remember to thank God for His continuing goodness to us. As we sang: 

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, 

Morning by morning new mercies I see; 

All I have needed thy hand hath provided 

Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 

We also do not forget to thank others for all they do in parish and 

community life. Many parishioners do work which goes unnoticed, like 

preparing tea and coffee, cleaning silver and linen, maintaining buildings 

and churchyards, singing and playing music, arranging flowers and 

reading lessons and prayers. 

Killiskey Church 

The Family Harvest service took place on 2nd October. The Nun’s 

Cross school children sang two lively pieces (with actions!) and 

performed a drama which was much appreciated. It was a communion 

service, so we successfully experimented with the new Eucharistic prayer 

which is suitable for when a significant number of children are present. 

On 30th October, a memorial service for relatives and friends was 

held. This was an opportunity to give thanks for the lives of all those 

saints who have lived and died, especially for those dear to us. We 

believe that as we entrust our lives to God so we may look forward to 

being one day reunited with them. 

Unity Gospel Choir 

Congratulations are due to the Unity Gospel Choir. Under the 

direction of Neville Cox, they expertly assisted the Revd. Patrick 

Burke in leading RTE’s broadcast worship service on Sunday 9th 

October. The service was live which must have been nerve-racking, 

especially for the soloists! 

Schools 

October saw elections and appointments to new Boards of 

Management in the Glebe School and in Nun’s Cross. We wish all the 

new board members every blessing in their roles, and wisdom as they 

oversee our schools and seek to maintain their high standards. 

Nun’s Cross N.S. shortly says “Goodbye” and “Thank you” to Sarah 

McGough who has been an excellent teacher. It says “Hello” and 

“Welcome” to Hetta Sherwood Smith who joins the staff from 

Powerscourt N.S. where she was headmistress. Hetta lives locally and 

is involved in the Unity Gospel Choir. 

Bereavement 

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Anna Maria 

Armstrong. Her funeral took place on October 4th in Nun’s Cross 

church and was conducted by the Revd. William Bennett. 

William kindly provided pastoral support during the Rector’s 

holidays. It is great to have good neighbours! 

The Society of St Vincent De Paul is the 

largest, voluntary, charitable organisation in 

Ireland and is currently spending almost €1 

million per week fighting poverty in Ireland. 

In the greater Dublin area alone, SVP runs 34 

Vincent’s charity shops in communities’ right 

across the city, where customers can access 

outstanding value for money in a warm and 

friendly atmosphere. 

Regrettably, Vincent’s shops have recently 

experienced a significant drop in donations, 

especially clothing. In the medium to long term, 

this will significantly impact on the work of SVP 

in the local community. 

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul 

SVP House, 91/92 Sean Mc Dermott Street, Dublin 1 • Tel: 01-8550022 • Fax 01-8559168 • Email: info@svpd.ie 

Urgent SVP Clothing Appeal “Donate with Style” 

SVP is now launching “Donate with Style” 

appeal for donations and is hoping that the 

readers of Church Review will be able to help. 

This campaign is also proudly supported by TV 

presenter and leading Fashion expert, Mr 

Brendan Courtney. Mr Courtney said “The SVP 

appeal is very worthwhile and allows you to 

give clothes with heart“ 

SVP are appealing for support from right 

across the community and hope that local 

business, churches, schools, community groups 

and individuals can all support this appeal. We 

are in urgent need of clothing but will be 

delighted to receive household items books 

and toys and will endeavour to put every 

reasonable donation to good use. 

It couldn’t be easier: 

• Call the SVP Transport Team on 01 8198425 

for an immediate collection of donations 

from Monday to Friday. 

• Call the Clothing Collection Team on 01 

8198413. We’ll distribute and collect SVP 

clothing bags at a time and place of your 

choosing. 

• Drop smaller quantities of donations to any 

of our 34 Vincent’s charity shops around 

Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare. 

• Drop donations directly to our Clothing 

Collection Caravan. This mobile unit is 

generally located around shopping centres 

but is available for placement at any location 

with parking. 

If you would like further information on any of the above, please call Jane Bergin on 01 8198413 or Dermot on 01 8198407.

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