FROM THE RECTOR We
were delighted to welcome a local adult education group of ladies, Knockmore
Crochet Group for a tour of the church
and a talk on the Church of Ireland which was followed by lunch in the Village
on Tues 21st June. Our ‘Crafty Chatters’ were meeting that afternoon
so the crochet ladies came back to the parish hall to meet with fellow crafters
and to admire their work.
The following day I attended a farewell for
Rev. Katherine Keogh, the Methodist minister in Tallaght, who left to go down
to Gorey, Co. Wexford. Katherine and I worked together running an Alpha course
and subsequently on What’s so Amazing Grace? On Thurs 21st I went
along to the Jubilee of the ordination of parish priest for the local parish
of St. Aongus, Fr. Ben Moran.
It was lovely to go to our Bowls Club
annual BBQ on such a beautiful evening on Sat 23rd June. It was
great for the club members to be able to sit out in the warm weather until
after 10pm.
The parish school had their Sports Day on
22nd June followed by the 6th class graduation on the
evening of Wednesday 27th . I was delighted to be able to wish all
the pupils in the class well for the future. The parents put on a great spread
and a lot of work went into making the evening a night to remember for the
children. The staff lunch followed the next day in the Maple Tree in Saggart,
the end of another successful school year and a well deserved rest for all.
On Sat 30th June, the now annual
festival ‘Tallafest’ took place in and around Tallaght Village. We had the
parish buildings open to the public. An interesting historical talk was given
on the promotion of a fondly remembered local venue ‘The Embankment’ was given
by Eamonn Maloney, ex mayor of Tallaght.
The annual Dominican blessing of the
graveyard was on Sunday 1st July followed by Mass in our church, as
the Priory have a Polish Mass at the same time on Sunday afternoons. On the
same day I was delighted to be asked to a Canadian parishioner’s home for a BBQ
to celebrate Canada Day.
The 1st – 6th July saw
the start of D & G summer camp, Lionel was a leader with Amy helping in the
evenings after work. I am worried about the future of these camps as there
appears to be a lack of leadership. They serve a very important role for the
youth of the Dioceses and I’d hate to see this annual summer camp, which
provides the youth with an opportunity for fellowship, coming to an end.
We welcomed a new tenant to the parish hall
in September, Tallaght Adult Community Training (TACT) who had been in St. Dominic’s
school for roughly thirty years. St. Dominic’s needed the room that they had
been using for it’s expanding school numbers so TACT are now using our hall in
the weekday mornings. They have given us their plastic bucket chairs, which we
are delighted with, as our old chairs were literally on their last legs!
Over the summer we had a
number of tours of the Church and graveyard. On Thursday 12th July
we had a tour and were joined by David Neary. David gives historical tours of
Donnybrook cemetery where Hancock, a former parishioner is buried, Hancock
wrote the ‘History of Tallaght’.
I was invited to Glenasmole Crossroads
Dancing by the local parish priest for prayers as part of the 150th anniversary of Bohernabreena
Church celebrations. It was very authentic with people making a fabulous effort
with their costumes.
Dublin University’s (Trinity) Mission at Chota Nagpur was established in 1891. A dispensary and hospital
were opened in 1892, and a girls’ and boys’ high school as well as a primary
school followed by 1897. Over the next 70 years, the DU Mission community was staffed
by missionary clergy, doctors, nurses, teachers and lay people from Ireland. On
Monday 17th September I was invited to a reception hosted by
Archbishop Michael Jackson for the Bishop from this Indian region in the
Mansion House because of our connection to India through our Indian
Parishioners.
The 21st was ‘Culture Night’
and as a result of our Heritage Month tours we were approached by the organisers
of Culture Night to open the Church for visitors, a tour and talk was given to
those who turned up.
On 24th September I went to
Mount Seskin Community College where some of the students took part in a survey
to see what they knew about each denomination, mainly RC, C of I and Methodist
and on 27th I attended the ICA Remembrance Service in Tymon North.
We are now back into the full swing
Parish life after the summer break. This Newsletter is due out on our Harvest
Sunday and I look forward to seeing the readers of the Newsletter at 3.30pm
when we give thanks for all that is good in our lives.
God Bless William.
FUNERAL The funeral and
burial of Sam Lewis took place in St. Maelruain’s on Mon 25th June.
We extend our deepest sympathies to Sam’s wife Noelle, daughter Claire and to
his wider family and friends.
BAPTISM Bobby Stephen, son of Stephen Acres and Ailish Berkley was
Baptised on Sunday 15th July. We pray for Bobby and his family as he
begins his Christian life.
THE TALLAGHT PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS launch
took place on 29th September. It is a community
run awards programme to recognise and celebrate unsung heroes, volunteers and
active members of the community across various walks of life in Tallaght. Nominations
for the 35th Annual Awards 2018 run for 4 weeks from 1st
October to 29th October 5pm.
If there is some one that you would like to nominate log on to http://tallaghtpersonawards.ie/nominate/ to register your nomination. The awards night
takes place on Friday 16th November.
BOWLS Our
club reopened on Tuesday 11th September and it was lovely to see all our
members back and looking forward to the new season. We send sympathy to Marie
Gordon and family on the death of Marie's sister Breda who died over the
summer. Congratulations to Stillorgan Bowling Club on their 50th
Anniversary of bowling.
WHIST DRIVE Our next Whist
Drive take places on Monday 15th October in the Small Hall, all
welcome!
CRAFTY CHATTERS Crafty Chatters meet on the
1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month until the end of June 2019. We meet
from 2-4 pm. You are very welcome to come and bring along whatever craft
you are working on or learn a new one!
PARISH COFFEE MORNING Our next Coffee Morning takes place
on Friday 26th October at 10.30am. Everyone is asked to bring along a
photo of themselves as a child or teenager. When the photos are displayed
we will all have a go at guessing who's who. As usual, there are
absolutely NO prizes for guessing all photos correctly!!
MOTHERS UNION We finished our last
season with a great night in the civic theatre at Shout the Mod Musical and as
usual we were well looked after by the great staff in the civic.
Now after a wonderful summer we are starting our new season and have an interesting and varied programme which we hope you enjoy. Our season opened on Monday 10th September with our opening service of Holy Communion with Canon William celebrating and Rev Avril preaching. Avril gave us an interesting sermon about Mary Sumner the founder of Mothers Union and how the organisation was started many years ago. The theme for this year is "in Mary Summer's footsteps". We would like to thank Gerard Moody who played the organ for us, so thank you Gerard. After the service we had a lovely cup of tea and goodies so thank you to everyone who supplied the tea. The annual festival service was in Monkstown a few days later, on a really terribly wet night so thanks to those who braved the dreadful elements to go to what was a lovely service once we got inside!
Our October meeting is on Saturday 6th October when we will visit Taney flower festival.
On Monday 12th November Geoff Scargil from Protestant Aid
will be coming to talk to us and we look forward to hearing what he has to say
to us.
There are programmes for the coming year in church so we hope you will take one and see what we're up to and come along even if you haven't been for a while. You will be assured of a very warm welcome. See you soon. Valerie
BOYS BRIGADE Boys’ Brigade has started back on Friday evenings after the summer
break, please note new times:
Anchor
Section: 7.15 - 8.30pm Junior Section:
7.15 - 8.45pm Company Section: 7.15 - 9.15pm
If you know of
any boys who would be interested in taking part please contact the Parish office
462 6006, we’d love to have them.
BIBLE
STUDY of
the readings for the following Sunday continue on Tues evenings at 8.00pm
upstairs, Parish Centre, all welcome!
PRAYERS
FOR TALLAGHT continue on Monday evenings at 8.00pm, in the Main Hall,
needs your support.
THE
THREE TENORS (Shane Morgan / Dominic McGorian / Derek Moloney) pre –
Christmas concert in Firhouse Parish Church – tickets €25 contact the parish
office at 452 4702 Sinatra, The
Dubliners, Pavarotti …….
CONCERT in St.
Dominic’s Church on 19th Oct at 8pm, music from their youth choir,
folk group and more. In aid of St. Dominic’s youth choir, donations welcome!
NOW
AND THEN
are producing ‘Joseph and the Amazing Tecnicolour Dreamcoat’ as their 2019 show
to be performed in the week before Holy Week. If you would like to be part of
their crew whether singing, dancing, acting, building the set, wardrobe and
make up contact 085 820 6973 for more information or email
thenowandthencompany@gmail.com
CROSSROADS
is a Church of Ireland Social Club for those in their 20’s &
30’s and a little older….They meet on the last Friday of the month in Buswells
Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin. For more details contact David on 085 7272
019. You can also follow them on Facebook, to join Crossroads Group, please send message request
to Valerie Raitt Thomas or
Beryl Healy.
