June 2012
From the Rector
It’s been a busy few weeks with the run up to the Parish Summer Sale. I
had four 6th class schools tours of the Church and grounds with
pupils from St. Maelruain’s Primary School from Old Bawn . On 24th
May I attended a street party to mark the 20th anniversary of the
I.T.T. and the evening before I was invited along to the college’s social and
society’s awards night. On 25th our own Primary School had an Open
Day for all parents and prospective parents of the school and their families.
The children had examples of their art work on display, performed dancing and
singing which was followed by tea and coffee. It was lovely to the children so involved in the school
community and for the teachers to ‘see the fruits of their labour’.
We had our Summer Sale on Saturday 26th May. I would like to thank Ronnie Scott for all his
hard work in co-ordinating the sale and the raffle, it is very much
appreciated. Thank you to all the helpers on the stalls and to those who gave
items for the sale and to those who came and supported on the day. The first
prize in the raffle, a TV, went to Lynn Fletcher, congratulation!
On the evening of
the Sale we
hosted a Church Drama festival with St. Killian’s Church, Kilnamanagh. An informal evening with four simple drama pieces based on Bible themes.
It was a lovely way to end a hectic day.
God
bless, William.
Weddings
On
Saturday 5th May the wedding of Margaret Hickey and Stephen Minett
took place here in St. Maelruain’s and on
Saturday 26th Ruth
Dowling and Colin Ackrell were married
in the Church. Congratulations to both
couples, we wish you all the best for the future and all of God’s blessings.
Summer Sale
Results
The
results of the 2012 Summer Sale are as follows: Raffle: €1161, Furniture: €856.30,
Books and DVDs: €436.90, Gifts: €215.96, Cakes & Groceries: €186.00,
Entrance €227, Bottle stall: €262.45, Brick-a Brack €166.95, Plants: €105.00,
Jewellery: €92:79, Teas: €270, Toys: €260.60, Sweets & Popcorn: €59.19,
Indian Cuisine: €100, Donations: €450. As we go to print there have been more
bits and bobs come in, the total raised
at the sale, so far, amounts to in the region of €5000. Well done to everyone
involved!
Church Drama
Drama can be a powerful medium to communicate
Christian truths as was vividly demonstrated last Saturday in a Church Drama
Festival, hosted jointly by St Maelruain’s and St. Killian’s
Kilnamanagh. Four pieces were performed by Parabalos, a
cross-denominational drama group who specialize in producing Christian
drama. Key features of each piece were reading a scripture passage,
acting a principle from each passage in a modern setting, each ending on a
reflective note with music or silence. These were as follows
‘Here I am Lord, send me’, re-telling the account of
Jonah and his encounter with God
‘Waste or Worship?’, based on Mary anointing Jesus
feet, performed to the model of ‘This is your life’
‘Open up!’ Bringing the challenge of
Revelation ch3 of Jesus standing at our door, knocking.
‘Love is…..’ exploring 1 Corinthians Ch13 to portray
attributes of love between people and Jesus’ love for us.
Mother’s Union
Our outing to Titanic Centre in Belfast was a resounding
success…we were joined by parishioners, some Clondalkin members, friends and
Bohernabreena ICA Members – and practically had a full coach. Thank you to Valerie for arranging the outing
with Marathon Travel.
Girl’s Brigade
We have just finished another very
successful and happy year. We had a
wonderful Display showing off all the wonderful talents our girls have. They
can skip, march, dance and sing.
The following were our main awards:
Scripture Cup: Alex Laughlin 1st Year Junior Scripture
Plaque: Rachel Cummins P.E. Cup:
Fiona Monahan Explorer Skipping Cup:
Abby Phelan Brigader Cup: Zoe Smart Junior Cup: Jade Willoughby
Explorere Cup: Beth Gardiner
Under 5 Cup: Olivia Monahan
Most girls received their Badges and
Service Broches for their continued support and time given to the company.
I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to all our
leaders for their continued support and time given to the company.
We will now be closed for the summer and
will re-open in September when we will be having our very special and exciting
40th year. All members will hear from me and any new girls will be very welcome. (if you need information please contact me
at 295 3547.
- Captain
Carol Fox.
Fields of Life Trip
I am going to Uganda with Fields of Life from 3rd - 18th August. For the first week
I will be a leader at a youth camp for teenagers who will be Leaving Cert. in
age, in a high school near Kampala,
the country’s capital. I will be
teaching some basic healthcare. We will then travel north to Lira where we will
be painting and carrying out maintenance at another school.
On the 4th June, along with my Mum, I
will be taking part in the Women’s Mini Marathon in order to raise funds. After
the family service on 22nd July I will be doing the coffee as I have
to raise €2000 for the trip with ‘Fields of Life’. I have left a basket in the
church porch to collect biros, pencils and copy books to be used by the young
adults during the camp outside Kampala.
Thank you
– Amy Deverell.
Whist Drive
The Whist Drive for June will take place on
Monday 18th in the Small Hall
at 8.00pm, all welcome!
Flower Guild
Flower in Church for June by Imelda Bird and
Janette Wilson and for July by Alison Kenealy and Eve Hutchinson.
Thank
You
Noelle Lewis would like to thank all those who
sent her good wishes, cards and flowers during her recent stay in hospital,
everyone’s kindness was really appreciated.
