JUNE 2017

RATHMICHAEL PARISH

NEWSLETTER

www.rathmichael.dublin.anglican.org

Dear Parishioners & other friends,

As I write, the death toll of a suicide terrorist attack at a young people’s concert in Manchester has climbed to twenty-two. During the 1970’s & 80’s I worked mainly on ships under the British Flag when the IRA was at its worst wreaking havoc in Britain. Thus atrocities like the ‘Manchester’ violence above stir up some old, buried feelings in me of the lonely, lost, impotent ache of being assumed to be a ‘terrorist, anti British rebel like all the so and so other Paddys’. And one wants to be loyal to one’s country. I was pretty much always the only Irishman on board. While I met a new crew every six or nine months or so, by keeping a shut mouth and displaying as decent a nature as I could manage, attitudes usually turned around fully over time. All to be repeated on the next trip!!! I expect that many a decent Muslim feels all of that strain and pain as they too get ‘tarred with the one brush’ because of the few misguided rotten apples. Humanitarian issues in some ‘Muslim’ countries may make it more difficult for us to temper sweeping assumptions. For me, one other cord connected to those feelings is that of being loyal to Faith. Not just Christian Faith or Anglican Faith, but to ‘Faith’ in the supernatural. And again, the ‘bad apples’ make the going rough for us apologists for such faith. I guess Jesus, Paul, Peter ……….and many a martyr had to put up with that and a whole lot more in loyalty to their Faith.

CHURCH GROUNDS. You will see major changes to the ‘hard quar-ter’ of the grounds, - all with a view to another 150 years plus of enduring quality. Dr. Brian Bond is the engineering consultant and over-seer of the project along with a faithful and common sense subcommittee of the Select Vestry who took the project by the scruff of the neck after many years of humming and hawing. When the site was used as a dump one night during the project, we discovered that the CCTV system which has been faithful for many years had given up the ghost. A new system is now installed. We look forward to a celebratory event on the grounds when the tape is finally cut on the project. A church sees such a range of emotions over time. May we each be faithful and sincere as “We rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep” – St. Paul. Romans 12:15 We pray for those who mourn in Manchester and for the loss of innocence of the young there. For some the Gremlins will get loose at night. God protect and comfort them through the silent hours, and day by day.

Fred

DATE 08.30 HRS.

11.00 HRS 19.00 HRS

LECTORS

The DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY Red 4th JUNE 2017

H.C.

HOLY COMMUNION

Numbers 11: 24-30 Psalm 104: 26-36, 37b

Or Acts 2: 1-21 John 20: 19-23

EVENING PRAYER

Barbara & Terry Bates

TRINITY SUNDAY White 11th JUNE 2017

H.C.

FAMILY SERVICE with PRESENTATION OF SUNDAY CLUB

ATTENDANCE PRIZES

Genesis 1:1- 2:4a Psalm 8

2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 Mathew 28: 16-20

Breakfast will be served before this

service - see notice below

HOLY COMMUNION

SUNDAY CLUB

The FIRST SUNDAY after TRINITY Green 18th JUNE 2017

H.C.

HOLY COMMUNION with HOLY BAPTISM

Genesis 18: 1-15, (21: 1-7)

Psalm 116: 1, 10-17 Romans 5: 1-8

Matthew 9: 35 - 10: 8, (9-23)

COMPLINE

Sarah Mannion

The SECOND SUNDAY after TRINITY Green 25th JUNE 2017

H.C.

MORNING PRAYER

Genesis 21: 8-21 Psalm 86: 1-10, 16-17

Matthew 10: 24-39

Please join us for Coffee after the service

HOLY COMMUNION

Ronnie Whelan

CHURCH SERVICES - JUNE 2017

SUNDAY CLUB PRIZE GIVING & BREAKFAST!

Breakfast will be served from 09.00 hrs. on Sunday 11th June in The Erck Hall and we look forward to parishioners joining with the Sunday Club members for that. A sheet will be in the Church Porch and if you intend coming along then please put your name on that very important list and make sure you get your cornflakes! Or text Debbie @ 087 647 1617 or Anne @ 086 893 7067/ Following breakfast we will have our Annual Prize Giving Service at 11.00 hrs. when our young parish-ioners will have their special service for the end of the year and will receive their attendance prizes. Many thanks to Debbie Duncan and our dedicated group of Sunday Club leaders for all they do Sunday by Sunday and for the input of our Youth Worker, Jonathan Byford.

CHURCH GROUNDS

Great expectations as the long awaited upgrade on the church driveway is nearing completion. This will be a great help to the parents wheeling buggies and older parishioners who have walkers, to get safely in and out of the premises. No longer will brides have to step over the pebbles on their special day! Oh Joy!

DATE CHURCH BRASS

4th Edwina Bernon

10th Edwina Bernon Susie Horn

17th Susi French Susie Horn

24th Susi Susi French

CHURCH & BRASS CLEANING

JUNE ROTAS

CHURCH COFFEE

June 25th Avril McWilliams Anne Golden & Helen Darcy

CHURCH FLOWERS

4th & 11th Ingrid Goodbody

18th & 25th Irene Coulter

THE ALPHA/IN-BETWEEN BOOK CLUB

The Book Club will meet on Tuesday 30th May, 2017 @ 8.00 p.m. in the home of Marian Conboy, 8, Shrewsbury Hall, Shankill - Phone: 086-30709680. The book for May is “The Japanese Lover”, by Isabel Allende

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The June meeting will be on Tuesday 27th June, 2017 @ 8.00 p.m. in the home of Anne Golden, 38 Church Drive, Eden Gate, Delgany. Phone: 086-4004277. The book we are reading for June is “The Vanishing

Act of Esme Lennox” by Maggie O'Farrell

THE THURSDAY GROUP

By popular request, we are going to partake of the delicious fare in Hunter’s Hotel, Ashford. Lunch has been booked for Thursday 15

th June.

We will meet at 12.30 hrs. at the hotel and friends are most welcome to join us. I will be in touch nearer the time to organise lifts – so put the date in your diary – we look forward to seeing you. The cost of lunch will be €27. Please let me know by Monday 12th June if you are coming along. Anne - 282 4202

On the move in Rathmichael School for Active Week

RATHMICHAEL PARISH NATIONAL SCHOOL

Our past month has been one of activity. We had an Active week whereby all pupils wore orange T shirts and we got active every day. Here in Rathmichael we believe in keeping the body fit. We tend not to limit activity to just the one week and include many other sports throughout the year. Some of these are cricket, GAA, football, tag rugby, golf and swim-ming.

We had a golf day for 3rd to 6th classes. Pu-pils were introduced to skills in golf. They en-joyed this. It is through experiencing many sports at this level that children find an avenue for themselves to get involved in. You will nev-

er get all children excited about each event but many go on to join clubs once they have discovered a new activity or a sport which works for them. Not every child is fit and energetic but most of them can walk. One of the challenges last month was to get walking. Pupils had to see how many times they could walk around the pitch in 5 minutes. Classes regularly go out to see how their running skills are doing.

We got involved in a Dance Day in aid of the Down Syn-drome Centre this year. Each class had to dance in front of the school. It was fun and we raised money for a good cause in so doing. Obesity is a problem and is certainly one worth tackling.

Encouraging healthy eating and exercising regularly are what we encourage at Rathmichael. We are lucky to have such supportive parents who help in all our ventures and encourage their chil-dren, as we do. Caroline Senior, Principal

DANCING WITH THE STARS A ‘Coffee Afternoon’ was held at the Rectory on St. Patrick’s Day in order to sponsor Hayley Appelbe to compete in a “Dancing with the Stars” event in aid of St. Joseph’s, Shankill: Dedicated to Dementia Care. Parishioners and other friends were more than generous as always and the dance event was held in the Stillorgan Talbot Hotel in May. Hayley and her dance partner, Simon Murphy, whose mum is a resident in St. Josephs, danced a most energetic Charleston which included hand-stands, cartwheels and many other complicated manoeuvres - not for the faint hearted! Up against stiff opposition from Quick Step, Waltz, slow Foxtrot and Tango, Hayley and Simon wowed the crowd and the judges and WON!! Congratulations to them - well done. This was a fun evening and Dustin the Turkey added some sage and onion comment for each contestant! Thank you for your support of Hayley and the crew for a very compassion and loving filled exciting activity. Circa €45,000 was raised for Dementia Care by show.

Dancing in Rathmichael School - Active week

June 2017

Dear Parishioners, Fete 2017 is on its way - Please put the date in your diary – 2nd September 2017. As we look ahead to Fete 2017 we need everybody’s help and support to make our Parish & School Fete an enjoyable and successful event. There are many ways in which you can help – Donations of goods - in this newsletter you will find the list of stall managers. It’s never too early to start putting things aside for the Fete. Perhaps you may be able to grow some plants to donate to our plant stall or maybe you can begin planning for some jam making during the summer. Sponsors and Donors – The cost of running our Fete is substantial as we have to hire in tents / tables and equipment, purchase food & supplies etc. We need help with these costs so please contact any Fete Committee member if you are in a position to provide sponsorship or make a financial donation to support Rathmichael Fete. Helpers - As I write, there are still a few stalls that do not yet have a “Manager” so if you are interested in helping out please talk to any member of the Committee. We also need “manpower and womanpower” for every stall. Please let us know if you are available to help one of our Stall Managers. We especially need support during the week of the Fete with sorting and stacking etc. Please consider giving us one or two nights during that week. We need people to set everything up the day before the Fete and of course clearing everything up after-wards.

There are many other ways to help: donations of raffle prizes,

help with publicity car park supervision making jam or baking

erecting signs, etc. etc..

Please contact one of the Fete Committee by phone or email.

Your help and support will truly be appreciated.

Fete Publicity Owing to restrictions imposed by Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown County Council we are only allowed display a very limited quantity of signs in public places. We are asking anyone who has a garden or suitable wall/ premises, especially on a busy road, to consider letting us erect a sign for the week prior to the Fete. Please contact John Bolton or Mark Kenny. Whether you are new to the Parish or a long established Parishioner please don’t be shy – the Fete is a great way of getting to know people. We need everybody's help and support to make Fete 2017 successful.

RATHMICHAEL PARISH & SCHOOL FETE

SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2017

12 noon - 4.00 p,m,

Fete Committee 2017 Contact details for the Fete Committee members are included so please get in touch if you would like to help us or if you have any questions or queries. You may notice that the list of Fete Committee members looks rather longer than usual. That is because several long standing members of the Committee (including myself) are stepping away from the Fete Committee after Fete 2017. We have recruited several new committee members who will ensure that Rathmichael Fete continues to thrive into the future. For 2017 we have expanded the Committee to make the transition smooth & seamless and it is my pleasure to welcome them on Rathmichael Fete Committee and I look forward to working with them as we prepare for Fete 2017. So Fete 2017 will be my last as Chairman of the Fete Committee after 18 years and consequently it will be with mixed emotions that I look ahead to Fete 2017. In advance I would like to thank you all for your continued support for this most important annual event in our Parish & the local community.

So, please, please help us – WE need YOU.

Remember the date - Saturday 2nd September 2017

Mark Thornburgh - Chairman Fete Committee – 086 3831655

Mark Thornburgh 2827226 / 086 3831655 mthornburgh@eircom.net

Ann Thornburgh 2827226/ 087 2329096 athornburgh@eircom.net

John Bolton 086 1698096 jjbolton@eircom.net

Caroline Senior 2820483 / 087 7446719 caroline.senior@rathmichaelschool.com

Peter Williams 2820776 / 087 6890339 pwshankill@gmail.com

Anne Thompson 2824202 / 086 8937067 annethompson2824@gmail.com

Mark Kenny 2822905 / 087 620 9800 mpkenny@live.com

Frank O’Kennedy 2826156 / 086 8293344 frankokennedy@hotmail.com

David Simmons 087 6360458 cascadepools@eircom.net

Crawford Kidd 087 7945221 ckidd@hotmail.co.uk

Frank & Trish O’Neill 086 1503701 trishfrankoneill@hotmail.com

Clare Perry 086 0650822 clareperry17@gmail.com

Paul Barron 086 6540257 paul.barron@dell.com

Nick Ashe 087 2310968 nickashe@gmail.com

Peadar Bruton 086 8542244 peadarbruton@gmail.com

Debbie Duncan 087 6471617 chiefie02@gmail.com

Peter Harty 00447714217185 peterharty@hotmail.com

STALL STALLHOLDER PHONE NUMBER/S

CLOTHES-ADULT-GOOD AS NEW-(MEN’S & WOMEN’S)

JUNE LAWLESS

0877973537

BABY EQUIPMENT - COTS, HIGH CHAIRS, BUGGIES ETC and CHILDREN’S & BABY CLOTHES

HEIDI JACKSON

086 867 7874

BOOKS - FICTION & NON-FICTION IN GOOD CONDITION

LILY & CHRIS BYRNE

282 1021/ 087 222 9633

BOTTLES - SPIRITS, WINE, BEER, SOFT DRINKS, SHAMPOO (ANYTHING IN A BOTTLE)

PEADAR BRUTON

086 854 2244

BURGERS - HOT DOGS SPONSORSHIP APPRECIATED

FRANK O’KENNEDY

282 6156/086 829 3344

CAR PARK SUPERVISION

MAURICE HORAN

087 253 7262

COLLECTOR’S CORNER - AS NEW ORNAMENTS BRASS- GLASS - UNWANTED GOOD AS NEW GIFTS

SONIA APPELBE

282 2803 / 087 679 8876

GAMES - SPONSORSHIP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

GEOFFREY ROBINSON

08087 905 7953

GATE

ROBERT KING-HALL & CO.

086 252 3911

HOME ENTERTAINMENT - CD’S. DVD’S. RECORDS. VIDEOS.GAMES.

MARK KENNY

PAUL BARRON

087 620 9800

087 654 0257

JEWELLERY & COSMETICS - GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PASTE, PLASTIC AND NEW UN-OPENED COSMETICS

CORINNA DOLAN

087 907 7529

PLANTS - CUTTINGS, POT PLANTS, FLOWERS, ETC. Anything that grows!

SUSAN STUART

087 274 7471

RAFFLE - SPONSORSHIP FOR OR PRIZES WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

SUE MELBOURNE

TRISH O’NEILL

086 325 3576

086 150 3701

RATHMICHAEL COUNTRY FAYRE

EVERYTHING DELICIOUS AND HOMEMADE, CAKES, BIS-CUITS, BREAD, SCONES, BRACKS, APPLE PIES. ETC. ETC. DELIVATESSEN - SAVOURY - MEAT PIES, QUICHE, BREAD, PIZZA, PASTA, ETC. ETC. JAMS, MARMALDE AND PRESERVES OF ANY KIND. DONATIONS OF FRUIT GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE WILL GLADLY COME AND PICK IT IF REQUIRED.

DEBBIE DUNCAN

HEATHER McNALLY

KATE McCAULEY

2721127/086 647 1617

086 820 4165

089 469 6708

STALL

STALLHOLDER

PHONE NUMBER

REFRESHMENTS - LUNCHES & AFTERNOON TEAS WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE CAKES, BIS-CUITS, SCONES, APPLE PIE, MERINGUES, QUICHE & SAUSAGE ROLLS - RATHMICHAEL HOME COOKING IS ALWAYS IN DEMAND AND APPRECIATED BY OUR CLIENTELE.

JANICE ROCHE

MARGARET GORDON

087 250 4858

086 397 2743

SHOES & BAGS & LUGGAGE (SHOES THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND WEARABLE PLEASE)

HEATHER HEWAT

087 226 0802

SMOOTHIES - DONATIONS OF FRUIT AND/OR SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS VERY BUSY STALL WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED

RICHARD MARSHALL

086 026 1188

SOFT FURNISHINGS - CURTAINS - CUSHIONS TOWELS - RUGS - BED LINEN - ALL MUST BE GOOD AS NEW

NIAMH- ANNE McCANN

086 088 7277

SPORTS CENTRE - SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY SPORT WANTED IN GOOD CONDITION

ROBERT & CHARLOTTE NORWOOD

087 247 5372

SWEETS AND DRINKS SPONSORSHIP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

ANN THORNBURGH

282 7226

087 232 9096

TOYS - IN WORKING ORDER AND IN GOOD CONDITION PLEASE

RATHMICHAEL P.T.A.

ANNETTE FITZPATRICK &

CATHY SLATTERY

087 417 8102

083 334 8974

WHEEL OF FORTUNE - SPONSORSHIP AND/OR PRIZES WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

GRAEME SLATTERY

083 330 2015

WHITE ELEPHANT - POTS, PANS, CHINA, CROCKERY, ORNAMENTS, PLANT POTS, EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IN SELLABLE CONDITION PLEASE DO NOT DONATE FURNITURE - TELEVISIONS or PC,S IF IN DOUBT - PLEASE CHECK WITH PETER

PETER RICHARDSON

087 065 2312

STALLHOLDER LUNCHES (SOUP, SANDWICHES, TEA & COFFEE)

VOLUNTEER REQUIRED

MASTER of CEREMONIES

MARTIN BERNON

SHANKILL OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION

DAYCARE CENTRE

LOWER ROAD, SHANKILL

DO YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO SPARE

TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP IN THE

DAYCARE CENTRE KITCHEN?

All our food is prepared fresh on the premises and we need

extra help on a rota basis

YOUR MORNING WOULD COME ROUND ONCE IN THREE WEEKS

OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE

A MORE REGULAR COMMITMENT

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE

PLEASE TELEPHONE JACINTA OR ANNA

2826364