MAY 2018 PLEASE SUBMIT ARTICLES TO [email protected] Good Friday Way of theCross & Easter Sonrise 2018 FREE 23 Powerscourt & Kilbride News Dear All, KILBRIDE NOTES Firstly we would like to thank all the ladies and gentlemen who It was wonderful to see good numbers taking decorated the church for Easter which as ever was greatly part in the Easter ceremonies, preceded by the appreciated. Kilbride Easter Vestry took place on the 11th of Ecumenical Way of the Cross on Good Friday. April. Firstly a thank you to Stephen Crowther for standing in The weather remained calm for the ‘Sonrise’ as secretary for Georgina while she is recovering from her hip Service and procession on Easter Morning replacement. Our new Rector’s Churchwarden is Gordon Lennox followed by a lovely breakfast prepared by Beth Stack & Edwina and Jenna Rothwell is our new People’s Churchwarden and our Allman helped by the ‘Shed Gang’ youth group. The children Glebewarden is Terry Long. greatly enjoyed the Easter Egg Hunt following the main service at Powerscourt Church. Thank you to everyone who decorated both Our Select Vestry is Rory Connaughton, Claire Crowther, Stephen churches so beautifully for the festival. Crowther, Ruth Dodd , Conor Dorcey, Margaret Dorcey, Rachel Fraser, Jacinta Long (Hon Treasurer), Anna Masterson, Georgina Easter General Vestries Masterson (Hon Secretary), Etienne Murphy and Vivian Stratford. Kilbride Easter Vestry took place on Wednesday 11th April at Congratulations to all. We continue to remember in our prayers all 8.00pm in Kilbride Church Parish Room, while Powerscourt Easter those who are sick at home, in hospital and nursing homes . Vestry was held in Powerscourt School Hall on Thursday 12th April at 8.00pm. We wish all those elected to the Select Vestries and Hip Hip Hooray , as office holders every blessing for their commitment of time and The surgeon said my left hip must go energy in the coming year. To be replaced with titanium and steel didn’t you know Now I’m well on the mend The Joint Parishes Community Golf Classic will take place in This short message I will send Powerscourt Golf Club on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May. The My recovery is progressing well and I have been given the green format is a double shotgun start with teams of 4. Tee times at light to drive again. I would like to thank all those who visited me 09.00 & 14.30. Teams of 4 = €400 (includes a gift bag, food at in hospital, in Caritas and at home and for the get well wishes. A 9th tee and lunch/dinner after golf). Contact: John Prosser special thanks to the Mothers’ Union for their kind gift. (0872439592) email: [email protected]. Advance Notice School 200th Anniversary Kilbride Supper Dance will be held on Friday 19th October in Powerscourt National School will celebrate its 200th anniversary Rugby Club. this month, which is a wonderful achievement. For almost 195 years the school operated from the same building, making it the oldest continuously used school building in Ireland. The school POWERSCOURT CHURCH moved 6 years ago from the oldest school building to the newest EASTER GENERAL VESTRY and the first passive school building in Ireland. That has been a very successful move and the school has continued to grow and The Annual General Vestry for Powerscourt Church took is heading for nearly 100 pupils, more than twice the size it was place on Thursday 12th April and the following were elected 20 years ago. and appointed for the coming year:

The 200th celebrations will be concentrated during the week Rector’s Church Warden Joyce Roe beginning 13th May culminating on Pentecost Sunday when People’s Churchwarden Keith McKee the Archbishop will join us for an outdoor service followed by a Rector’s Glebewarden Richard Bird Fun Family Day at Powerscourt Church. There will be a 200th People’s Glebewarden Ric Pasquali Celebration Soiree in Powerscourt House & Gardens on Friday 18th May from 7.00pm. Tickets are on sale from the school. A SELECT VESTRY MEMBERS number of other events will take place in the school during that Johnny Honner week. Derek Elders Judy Cameron On Saturday 26th May the next parish Car Boot Sale will be held Marjorie Dalton-Doran in Powerscourt Church Car Park beginning at 9.00am while the Robert Neill Mothers’ Union will hold their annual Coffee Morning with Plant & Graham McMullin Cake Sale at the Rectory beginning at 11.00am. Marion MacGovern Andrew Ramsey All these events and developments depend upon an army of Barbara Davis (Hon. Secretary) volunteer leaders and helpers. Thank you to everyone who gives Harry Williams of their time and energy to enrich parish and community life. We Derek McCleane depend on you and you are not taken for granted. John Davis (Hon. Treasurer)

Your Rector At the end of the Rector’s address Archdeacon Rountree gave Ricky notice that he would be retiring from the parish and full time ministry on 30th September this year. Powerscourt & Kilbride News March Snow In Enniskerry Poem by Bernard Kennedy

Slowly and by stealth, quietly by night, like an intruder, the snowfall came though Christmas Eve is long now gone. Instead, March of many weathers creeps true. The shops are closed, and Red weather warning keeps us home COFFEE MORNING to gaze towards Knocksink Nordic forest or like Norwegian wood. Trees laden with white hold down their Winter gift, a sorbet of snow, in Spring. & The Bog Meadow, beyond the church white lawn is silent. No football cheers but monks’ silence PLANT AND in the arms of Monastery Road. Snow slides from roof, the gentle thaw, CAKE SALE brings down the iced covering from the large church house,

like icing falls from a slice of Christmas cake. at The church steeple whitened, and the front mosaic Powerscourt Rectory lit in evening, makes a lantern, as the Church, Saturday 26th May 2018 alone stands, amidst the snow laden pathway, as if a canvas from an artists brush. 11.00am—1.00pm. Art and eternity, and music its sister, are presented here. Our permanence, like melting snow, Come and bring a friend the human innate sigh of the divine. Glencree, Curtlestown, , are texted ‘no Masses this weekend of swirling snow’. MU NOTES On Wednesday 21st March we joined in the Lenten Study Series in Bernard Kennedy the School Hall. Having enjoyed a welcome cup of tea we listened with interest to a talk given by The Reverend Trevor Stevenson from Crinken Parish. The Reverend Trevor was accompanied by Mr. Patrick Davy from St. Anne’s Parish, Shankill. We were told that it is hoped to make the parishes of Crinken, Rathmichael and St Anne’s into eco friendly areas in the near future.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: Saturday 26th May from 11.00am to 1.00pm Our Coffee Morning, Plant and Cake Stalls and Raffle in our Marquee in the lovely Rectory grounds.

This is our only fund raising event so we ask members, parishioners and friends to please come along and support us. We hope this will as enjoyable and sociable as it was last year. We wish to thank everyone who donated to our Move In Start Up box. This will be delivered to our Diocesan Trustees who will forward it on to Focus Ireland. Each branch is asked to supply one box per year and we are glad to be part of this excellent project. E.Kearon, Sec. St mary’s News FATHER BERNARD Modern poet Danez Smith writes- “Paradise is a world where The Spanish Poet- John of the everything is a sanctuary and nothing is a gun”. Cross, who was also a mystic, and writer, added a final St. Augustine thought similarly when he wrote- ‘in heaven, there sentence to his many writings. we shall sit and we shall rest, we shall rest and we shall see, we It was this: “In the end all that shall see and we shall love’. Our completed being is out of love matters is that we have loved”. into love. I like to add an addendum to this, if I may be presumptuous, St. Paul in First Letter to Corinthians chapter 13 on love writes that ‘and that we have been loved’. the greatest of these is love. The three he equates are faith, hope, and love. Because the latter supersedes the other two- in paradise Songs down the century have faith is realized, hope is certain and love is the way. echoed this theme- All You Need Is Love, Falling In Love Fr. Bernard Kennedy. www.poemhunter.com/bernard-kennedy/ Again, What Is This Thing Called Love? How many can you remember? Let’s use sound and vision here, play them on your iphone and see what they say. Poets too A Prayer/Poem for Pentecost have covered this topic- google poems about love- see where you go. Many times and many themes will be found. Falling in love This reflection on the action of the Holy Spirit is taken from T.S. or falling out of love. It is an experience of living. Its effect and Eliot’s great poem, Four Quartets. It was written during World affect can be dynamic. It triggers, in either situation, a very deep War II. The dove with its ‘flame of incandescent terror’ is both response, deeper that the shallowness of acquisitions. Think of the Holy Spirit and the German planes terrorising London with Shelly and Ozymandias. Why so? Because we are Beings of Love bombing raids. Eliot himself used to stand on the roof of his for Love and our core existence is found out of there. employer, the publishers Faber and Faber, with his bucket of sand ready to put out any fires that resulted from bomb attacks during Beings for eternal love of which, the tension creation in the the Blitz. existential dynamic of, love echoes this truth. It is a demand of being from the soul. Love is for giving, it is altruistic and the According to the poet, humanity’s flawed understanding of life and opposite of narcissism of self. The experience is attached to the turning away from God leads to a cycle of warfare which brings core of the very self, our basic existence and my very self. We are hell on earth. The fires of hell can only be overcome by the fire of called soul. We use the words soul music about romantic jazz and Pentecost. questioning of love. When Freud was writing about the Self the German word he used was seele- meaning soul, this was translated ‘Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people and kindle in them then as Psychical attributes- now re translated in modern editions the fire of your love.’ as soul. Love is the heart of the matter. The heart is a symbol of love much in use in Valentine’s Day.

I met a man once who told me that in his eighty years he neither The dove descending breaks the air sent a Valentines card nor received one and was the better of it. With flame of incandescent terror I am not sure how he knew but it was a sad statement. No heart Of which the tongues declare engagement. The one discharge from sin and error. The only hope, or else despair Cardinal Newman describes conversation with God as cor ad cor Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre— loquitor or heart to heart speaking. Namely, I am a being that is To be redeemed from fire by fire. in love in conversation with love, as God is love. We are affected by love because it belongs to the underneath, the cover of the Who then devised the torment? Love. self. That’s why we fall into, and fall out of. These terms denote an Love is the unfamiliar Name existence of our being. Behind the hands that wove The intolerable shirt of flame We have an attraction to live, from within, and a dislike of things Which human power cannot remove. that are of non love- like death, hatred and war. We only live, only suspire Consumed by either fire or fire. George Herbert wrote ‘Love bade we welcome but my soul drew back’. Byron wrote “friendship may and often does grow into love, from T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, Little Gidding, IV: but love never subsides into friendship”.

A swimmer is not comfortable in shallower waters.

When couples fall in love they want to commit in marriage or long term association because the have, and hear the sentence, found each other.

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Thank you to our sponsors and supporters community news COMMUNITY GAMES Athletics Athletics training has kicked off in the Bog Meadow on Tuesdays SWIMMING at 6.00pm. Registration will continue over the coming weeks. All The County Finals were recently held in Arklow. A great afternoon children are welcome. Alzheimer’s Annual Collection will take was had by all with some really close races and results decided place after Masses in Curtlestown and Enniskerry on Sunday, on by fractions of a second. Well done to all the children who 13th May. As there are so many more people suffering from this participated. Special congratulations to the first placed participants problem I would ask you to be as generous as possible as all who will go on to represent Enniskerry at the All-Irelands in May in monies collected will be used in Co. Wicklow to help patients and the University of Limerick. Medal winners as follows: their loved ones.

Individual Events Also thanks to Pat, Eilis, Betty & Rosemary who collect each year. Adam Gross 1st place - Boys u10 Backstroke Their help is much appreciated. Lily Kavanagh Charlie Corrigan 1st place - Boys u12 Freestyle Kate Burton- Stafford 1st place - Girls u16 Freestyle ENNISKERRY YC Noah Gross - 2nd place Boys u12 Breaststroke Patsy Carr Junior Academy continues every Saturday morning at Isobel Gross - 2nd place Girls u14 Butterfly 10:30am in Berryfield. Girls and Boys welcome! Kaitlyn Molloy 4th place - Girls u/10 Backstroke Ciara Redden 4th place - Girls u12 Freestyle Senior Ladies Hugo Barry-Keane 4th place - Boys u12 Freestyle Our ladies have returned for the summer season. They are cur- Niamh McCormick 4th place - Girls u12 Breastsroke rently training on Monday & Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm in Nathan Heatley 4th place - Boys u12 Breaststroke Berryfield. Matches kick off at the end of the Monday and will Melanie Lawlor 4th place - Girls u12 Breaststroke take place on a Monday night. All new members welcome, contact Heather on 086 1798850 for more information. Relay Event Boys u13 1st place LATEST INFORMATION RE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES Nathan Heatley, Adam Gross, Hugo Barry-Keane, Charlie Corrigan. How to Register and Get Tickets: Girls u13 2nd place Pastoral Congress in RDS (Wednesday, August 22nd - Friday Isobel Gross, Niamh McCormick, Lily Burke, Ciara Redden 24th August) Online at www.worldmeeting2018.ie (Those who do

not have access to technology, may call to St Mary’s Parish Office Chess for assistance with registering). Fee - €68 for the 3 day Pastoral County Finals were held recently in Aughrim. A team of 5 from Congress in the RDS or €33 for one of the three days (Admission Enniskerry participated on the day - Greg Gornik, Isia Gornik, free for those aged 18 and under - families who wish to go but Jake Keogh, Oscar O’Reilly, Danny O’Shea. The children put on a can’t afford the fee, please contact St Mary’s Parish Office and we great performance, with some great tactical play on display. will organise tickets for you). Those who register now are almost

guaranteed tickets for the Festival of Families in Croke Park on Art Saturday 25th August and for the Phoenix Park Mass on Sunday Congratulations to the following children who have been selected 26th August (Subject to capacity limits). to represent Enniskerry at the County Art Finals to be held in Festival of Families - Croke Park (Saturday August 25th) and Dunlavin on April 22nd. Best of luck to all involved. Final Mass – Phoenix Park (Sunday August 26th) Greg Gornik u 14 Boys System for allocation of tickets (free) for these events still to be Aoibhin Kocikowski U8 Girls announced. We expect it will be an open online system and will Millie Coulson u 10 Girls include facility to book groups or individuals. Tickets issued will Emma Heffernan u14 Girls be connected to the specific route that the person will be taking

to the event. Each ticket will be allocated for a specific place in Cross Country the park. Well done to all the children who turned up and participated in the recent cross country event held in Rathdrum, . In Volunteers Needed: Information leaflets available in St Mary’s spite of the rain a fun evening was had by all. Congratulations in Church Porch. Full details on web at www.worldmeeting2018.ie/ particular to our medal winners: volunteer. Each volunteer will be required to be Garda Vetted. Harry Wrynn - 2nd Place u8 200m Host a Family/Pilgrim James McDonald - 2nd Place u13 1200m Individuals or families who are willing to host a family or a single Sean McDonald - 5th Place u12 600m pilgrim, please contact St Mary’s Parish Office. If there is enough interest, we will organise associated prayer and social events in the Both James and Sean will go onto represent Enniskerry as part of Parish. Information leaflets available in St Mary’s Church Porch. the Wicklow Cross Country team in the Community Games All-Irelands in UL in May. Best of luck to James and Sean. Full details on web at www.worldmeeting2018.ie/hostafamily

Each person over 18 years of age at home during the hosting of the family or pilgrim will be required to be Garda Vetted. community news LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY LECTURES MAY 2018 THE ENNISKERRY WALKING ASSOCIATION

Kilmacanogue History Society. NOTE: UPDATED LIST OF WALKS. Come on all you Showband fans and listen to Fr. Brian d’Arcy’s PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION TO AVOID Talk “The Irish Showband Phenomenon” in the Glenview Hotel DISAPPOINTMENT. on Tuesday May 1st @ 8pm. The Enniskerry Walking Association was formed in 2004 to protect Can you believe it’s the last Talk before the Summer Break?- you traditional walking routes in the area and to promote walking for can be guaranteed an entertaining evening with Fr. Brian, an recreation, for health, as a safe alternative to car use, and to excellent public speaker with an easy manner. Also an opportunity help us all to learn more about our locality. Our popular Tuesday to share fond memories of that unique Band “The Miami” with evening walks usually meet at the Spar in Enniskerry at 7.00 pm. Bray connections and personally known to Fr. Brian. Saturday walks meet at 1.30pm. All who are interested, adults or children, are most welcome. Walks vary in length but most last Bray Cualann Historical Society between one-and-a half and two-and-a-half hours; some (but not The Local History Society for Bray & North Wicklow all) involve a bit of climbing. Please wear appropriate warm and An evening devoted to ‘Printed in Bray: the history of the rain-proof clothing, and proper walking boots for the occasional printing industry in Bray and County Wicklow’ takes place at muddy or rocky track. In the interests of walker’s comfort & safety 8pm on Thursday May 17th in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray, participants are asked to respect the directions of the walk leader Co.Wicklow. and stay between the leader and the anchor person.

The evening will celebrate the long tradition of printing in Bray TUESDAYS and County Wicklow, the publications printed, publishers and 17 Apr. Glen of the Downs to Kindletown. Route Variation. 2 hrs. printers. All welcome – admission €5. Meet outside Spar, 7pm or Behind Glen Garage Glen of the Downs 7.15pm.

Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society 24 Apr. Oak Glen. Route Variation. 1.5hrs. Meet outside Spar, 7pm Dr. Seamus Cannon will present ‘The Cheevers Family of or at Oak Glen car park, Glencree Road 7.15pm Monkstown’ at 8 p.m. on Wednesday May 16th in the Royal 1 May. Kilgobbin Church to Three Rock. 2.5hrs. Meet Outside Spar, Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. All 7pm or at Kilgobbin Church, Stepaside 7.20pm welcome – entrance €3. 8 May. Knockree Figure of Eight and Crone. See the Bluebells. Spring into Summer 2018 Approx 4 miles 2.5-3hrs. Meet Outside Spar 7pm. Meet forest car Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has released details park past Knockree Hostel 7.20pm of its ‘Spring into Heritage 2018’ programme of guided tours which commenced on April 2nd and runs until May 27th offering 15 May. Circuit of Cruagh 2.5 hrs, moderate climb. Meet outside free tours of the James Joyce Tower and Museum, Monday to Spar or Tibradden car park 7.20pm Sunday, the National Maritime Museum of Ireland on Mondays and 22 May. Bray Head circuit 2 hours. Meet Outside Spar 7pm. Wednesdays, Cabinteely House on Tuesdays and Sundays, The Raheen Park car park on Bray Head 7.20pm. Oratory, Dun Laoghaire, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Seapoint Martello Tower on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Marlay House on 29 May. Carrigolligan, Mine Chimney and Summit. 2hrs ‘ROUTE Thursdays and Saturdays, Laurelmere Cottage on Saturdays, and VARIATION. Meet outside Spar, 7pm or Park Carrigolligan Car Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre on Sundays. Park 7.20pm.

Tour information available from 087-226 5013; Email – 5 June. Ashford. New Walk. Details to be confirmed. Meet Outside [email protected]. Copies of the brochure are Spar, 7pm available from DLR branch libraries, the Tourist Information in County Hall, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, or downloaded from www.dlrevents.ie. Please send ideas for walks to EWA email below with following info: From where to where, how long in hours, where to park. Publications Autumn / Winter 2016 issue of the ‘Dublin Historical Record’, Feel free just to turn up (sharp!) on any of the Saturday or Tuesday Editor Séamas Ó Maitiú, published by the Old Dublin Society. walks. But, if you want any further information, phone Niall Lenoach, EWA Chairperson, (087-928 4934) or Noel Barry, EWA The Old Dublin Society has some surplus copies of this special Secretary (286 0043).email: [email protected] 1916 issue, based on a 1916 Seminar hosted by the Society which readers wishing to complete their collection of publications on the NB This is a community activity organised by volunteers who 1916 Rising may wish to acquire. accept no liability for injuries or loss caused to participants in any of the above walks. Copies of this special journal can be ordered by emailing: [email protected]

May 2018 May 2018 Community Diary Liturgical Diary 11th Fri Burial of Powerscourt School 200th Anniversary Time Capsule Parish of Powerscourt & Kilbride 12th Sat 9.45am Enniskerry Gardening Club garden visit 6th Sun Easter 6 - ROGATION SUNDAY 15th Tues CLARION DEADLINE FOR JUNE 8.30am Holy Communion One (said) 17th Thurs Powerscourt School Music Concert in Powerscourt Church 10.00am Holy Communion Two – Kilbride 18th Fri 7.00pm Powerscourt NS 200th ‘Soiree’ in Powerscourt House & Gardens 11.30am Sunday School in Powerscourt School Hall 20th Sun 11.30am Powerscourt School 200th Anniversary Festival Eucharist followed by Family Fun Day 11.30am Holy Communion Two– Powerscourt 26th Sat 9.00am Car boot Sale in Powerscourt Church carpark 11.00am Mothers Union Coffee Morning with Plant & Cake Sale 10th Thurs Ascension Day in Powerscourt Rectory Grounds 10.00am Holy Communion & Prayer for the Sick Future Dates 10th –12th Thurs - Sat Church of Ireland General Synod in Armagh 7th Sept Event in the Tent 13th Sun Easter 7 9th Sept 11.00am Enniskerry Field Day 8.30am Holy Communion One (said) 10.00am Family Service – Kilbride 11.30am Family Service – Powerscourt

17th Thur 11.00am Holy Communion in Cairnhill NH MASS TIMES IN THE PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

20th Sun PENTECOST Morning Masses in St. Mary’s Mon/Tues/Thurs/Sat at 10.15am. 8.30am Holy Communion One (said) Morning Mass in St. Mochonog’s on the 2nd/3rd/4th Friday of the Month at 10.00am. 10.00am Holy Communion One – Kilbride Prayer Services in St. Mary’s Wed/Fri 10.15am 11.30am Open Air Festival Eucharist with Archbishop – Mass on First Friday of the Month in St. Mary’s at 10.15am. No Saturday Vigil Mass in St. Mary’s. followed by 200th School Anniversary Family Fun Day Confessions are held in St. Mary’s after 10.15am Mass each Saturday morning. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after 10.15am Prayer Service in St. Mary’s each 27th Sun Trinity Sunday Friday morning. Rosary is recited each morning at 09.55am in the Prayer Room in St 8.30am Holy Communion One (said) Mary’s. Rosary Group meet on 1st Monday of each month in St. Mary’s Prayer Room 10.00am Morning Prayer Two – Kilbride at 7pm. 11.30am Morning Prayer Two & Holy Baptism - Powerscourt WEEKEND MASSES St. Mary’s Parish Church, Enniskerry Sunday 11am. St. Mochonog’s, Kilmacanogue Sunday 10.00am. Thursdays St. Patrick’s, Curtlestown Sunday, 10.00am. 10.00am Holy Communion & Prayer for the Sick – Powerscourt St. Kevin’s, Glencree 1st Sunday of the month – 9am.

Please submit all articles for The Clarion by noon on the 15th of each month to [email protected]

CONTACT DETAILS Hazel Thompson – Powerscourt Parish Office – 01 2863862 Margaret Blackbyrne – St Mary’s Parish Office - 01 2760030

May 2018 Community Diary May 2018 11th Fri Burial of Powerscourt School 200th Anniversary Time Capsule Liturgical Diary 12th Sat 9.45am Enniskerry Gardening Club garden visit Parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary 15th Tues CLARION DEADLINE FOR JUNE Fri 4th 10.15am Mass in St. Mary’s. 17th Thurs Powerscourt School Music Concert in Powerscourt Church First Friday Calls to the Sick & Elderly in Parish 18th Fri 7.00pm Powerscourt NS 200th ‘Soiree’ in Powerscourt House & Gardens Sat 5th 10.15am Mass in St. Mary’s. 20th Sun 11.30am Powerscourt School 200th Anniversary Festival Eucharist followed 3.00pm (Healing Mass of all Generations) by Family Fun Day Little Ones of Glencree 26th Sat 9.00am Car boot Sale in Powerscourt Church carpark —St. Kevin’s Church, Glencree.

11.00am Mothers Union Coffee Morning with Plant & Cake Sale Sun 6th 9.00am Mass in St. Kevin’s, Glencree in Powerscourt Rectory Grounds 10.00am Mass in St. Patrick’s & St. Mochonog’s. 11.00am Mass in St. Mary’s.

Future Dates Mon 7th 10.15am Bank Holiday Monday – Mass in St. Mary’s

7th Sept Event in the Tent Tues 8th 10.15am Mass in St. Mary’s. 11.30am Legion of Mary, Kilmacanogue - Sacristy. 9th Sept 11.00am Enniskerry Field Day

Wed 9th 10.15am Prayer Service in St. Mary’s

Thurs 10th 10.15am Mass in St. Mary’s.

Fri 11th 10.15am Prayer Service in St. Mary’s 10.00am St. Mochonog’s. MASS TIMES IN THE PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Sat 12th 11.00am First Holy Communion – St. Mary’s & St Gerard’s N.S. Morning Masses in St. Mary’s Mon/Tues/Thurs/Sat at 10.15am. Sun 13th 10.00am Mass in St. Patrick’s & St. Mochonog’s. Morning Mass in St. Mochonog’s on the 2nd/3rd/4th Friday of the Month at 10.00am. 11.00am Mass in St. Mary’s. Prayer Services in St. Mary’s Wed/Fri 10.15am 12 noon Baptisms in St. Mary’s Mass on First Friday of the Month in St. Mary’s at 10.15am. Tues 15th 11.30am Legion of Mary, Kilmacanogue - Sacristy. No Saturday Vigil Mass in St. Mary’s. Fri 18th 10.00am St. Mochonog’s. Confessions are held in St. Mary’s after 10.15am Mass each Saturday morning. Sat 19th 10.00am First Holy Communion – St. Mochonog’s N.S. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after 10.15am Prayer Service in St. Mary’s each Friday morning. Rosary is recited each morning at 09.55am in the Prayer Room in St Sun 20th 10.00am Mass in St. Patrick’s & St. Mochonog’s. Mary’s. Rosary Group meet on 1st Monday of each month in St. Mary’s Prayer Room 11.00am Mass in St. Mary’s. at 7pm. Mon 21st 3.30pm Mass in Dargle Valley 7.30pm Liturgy Meeting – Parochial House. WEEKEND MASSES St. Mary’s Parish Church, Enniskerry Sunday 11am. Tues 22nd 11.30am Legion of Mary, Kilmacanogue - Sacristy. 8.00pm Parish Pastoral Council Meeting – Parochial House. St. Mochonog’s, Kilmacanogue Sunday 10.00am. 11.30am Legion of Mary, Kilmacanogue - Sacristy. St. Patrick’s, Curtlestown Sunday, 10.00am. St. Kevin’s, Glencree 1st Sunday of the month – 9am. Fri 25th 10.00am St. Mochonog’s.

Sat 26th 11.00am First Holy Communion – St. Patrick’s N.S. Sun 27th 10.00am Mass in St. Patrick’s & St. Mochonog’s. 11.00am Mass in St. Mary’s. Tues 29th 11.30am Legion of Mary, Kilmacanogue - Sacristy. 7.30pm Parish Meeting St Mochonog’s

Please submit all articles for The Clarion by noon on the 15th of each month to [email protected]

CONTACT DETAILS Hazel Thompson – Powerscourt Parish Office – 01 2863862 Margaret Blackbyrne – St Mary’s Parish Office - 01 2760030 community news

'Clouds, blue mountains and black bogs' Paul Henry's Ireland.

The ‘Schoolhouse for Art’ are delighted to be welcoming Dr. Róisín Kennedy lecturer at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at UCD. She is a former Yeats Curator at the National Gallery of Ireland. Róisín lectures and publishes widely on modern Irish art and its contexts, most recently in The Atlas of the Irish Revolution, Cork University Press, 2017. She wrote the catalogue essay for Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry: Contrasting Visions of Ireland, Hunt Museum, Limerick, 2017.

On the evening of Tuesday the 15th of May, Róisín will be presenting a talk 'Clouds, blue mountains and black bogs' Paul Henry's Ireland. This year is the 60th Anniversary of Paul Henry’s death. He is buried in St Patricks Church graveyard at the top of Church Hill. The Schoolhouse for Art is delighted to welcome Dr Kennedy and to offer this talk FREE of charge as part of the 200 year Celebrations of Powerscourt National School.

Paul Henry is considered to be one of Ireland’s, if not Ireland’s greatest landscape painters. His work can be viewed at the National Gallery, Dublin and the Ultster Museum, Belfast He lived in the west of Ireland and in Bray.

Although this is a free event, we would be eager that any person with an interest would please register www.schoolhouseforart.com or 01 286 95 94

What: 'Clouds, blue mountains and black bogs' Paul Henry's Ireland. By Dr. Róisín Kennedy When: Tuesday 15th May, 2018 Where:Schoolhouse for Art

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Kilmacanogue news KILMACANOGUE SCHOOL UPDATE CURTLESTOWN NOTES It is hard to believe that Easter 2018 has Easter in Curtlestown dawned dry but cold. We settled for no come and gone! In school all the teachers snow...... The Little church on the hill was packed to capacity. A are wondering where have the weeks lovely atmosphere prevailed . disappeared?! We have had some very exciting times lately with the strains of Irish The early arrivals had a wee treat, we practiced our entrance and Music and the chatter of An Ghaeilge throughout the school for ran through the Gospel Acclamation and Communion. So they Seachtain na Gaeilge, ceol, caint agus craic ar fud na háite. got to hear it twice. We had Vivaldi’s Gloria accompanied by David Doherty on Violin and Bryan Mullen on Organ. We managed not We also enjoyed a wonderful ‘Friendship Week’, when lots of fun to miss our entrance as we were all enjoying the music it was so activities took place including the making of a beautiful ‘Friendship moving . Marvellous. David played a solo at the Offertory: Ag Tree’ to which the decorated handprints from every child in the Chriost an tSiol. A beautiful rendition. Elgar’s Ave Verum was sung school were added. It looks truly stunning on the wall next to our during Communion. Then for the Recessional we gave full voice school P.E. hall. to Thine Be The Glory. Fr. Bernard was very pleased with what he heard. The congregation left the church in an uplifted mood! So Our school is looking particularly well these days with the in spite of the snow interfering with our preparations , all was well whitewashed exterior to the front of the school and the verdant on the day. Thanks to David for giving us his time and expertise. green fields around the building……it is always a pleasure driving It’s always special when he joins us. May Day is next , then our to school in the mornings with the Sugar Loaf Mountain creating a practice will take us to Summer Break. Odd to talk about Summer welcoming, protective mantle over our school. when it’s still so chilly!

Recently we added new black-out blinds to all the classrooms Today the First Holy Communicants brought objects to the altar, throughout the school. They are lovely and were badly needed it had to be about journeys. Lots of Cars, some tickets, and 1 pink as the strength of the sun was compromising the ability of the Aeroplane. Delightful ! teachers to see their interactive whiteboards! A good complaint!! Thanks to Fr Larry Behan and to Fr Bernard and to Ms Montgomery and Ms Redmond as well as the choir from 3rd and 4th Classes for the lovely Confirmation Ceremony for our boys and girls from 6th Class which took on March 16th. I am not looking forward to the last day in June when, as a school community, we shall have to bid farewell to our wonderful 6th Class boys and girls, we shall miss them terribly.

Our next big ceremony will be taking place on May 19th when the boys and girls from 2nd Class, along with their wonderful teacher Ms de Bruin, will be making their First Holy Communion in St Mochonóg’s Church, Kilmacanogue. God bless them all as I know that He blesses each and every one of us.

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Also over Easter, Amy Stratford was officially named as our “Jun- ENTERTAINMENTS COMMITTEE contact Joyce Roe 2862645 ior Lectors Captain-Designate”. Amy will formally take the reins We plan to hold the Barbeque on Saturday 21st July in the tent from incumbent Holly Micklem at the start of the new school year at the rectory at 7pm. The usual arrangements apply, you bring (look out for a full report on Amy’s installation in the September your own meat etc and we supply the rest, including the delicious Clarion). desserts. Cost will be as usual €10 per person. For now let me wish both teams of lectors a healthy, restful and This should be a great night and the weather must be kind to us joyful summer. again so keep the night free and come and join us Ronan Scanlan.

PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE contact Joyce Roe 2862645 Having had to cancel the lunch in March due to snow, we did From an Australian Tourism Website. manage it on 8th April We were delighted to see so many there The answers are the actual responses by the website officials, on the day, although a few of us were unable to attend. It was who obviously have a great sense of humour. a very pleasant afternoon with our tables full. These occasions are specifically aimed at those who might be alone on Sunday Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA) lunchtime and would enjoy some company for the afternoon. If A: Depends how much you’ve been drinking. we have overlooked anyone would you please contact Joyce or Marjorie and we will delighted to include you on our list, We can Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in only include you if you ask us to. We keep our numbers down to Australia? (USA) about 25 to keep it more personal and friendly. A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does not ... Oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked.

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THE CURATE COMMENTS NIALL’S NOTES “A sense of humour is the pole that adds balance The N11 outside and alongside St Brigid’s to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.” Church in Kilbride is an integral part of the European Route E 01 which runs from Larne It has been drawn to my attention by a to Seville with, yes, a sea crossing in between. parishioner who shall remain nameless (but thanks Wendy), that Little surprise therefore that this is such a busy this column has developed a more serious tone over the past access and commuter route. months. In one’s defence a more light-hearted piece is always submitted but pressures on space have meant being restricted to Consider or perhaps contemplate the contrast of the hustle and 600 words. In a desperate attempt to bring you some previously bustle - of this dual carriageway with the serenity and calm of the rejected material I have foregone my usual thoughtful discourse interior of St Brigid’s in particular if indeed not all of the churches in favour of something completely diff erent. To those of you who through this island. Such therefore was the utterly joyful and have commented kindly on my scribblings, a return to a more joy fi lled experience on Easter Eve as I joined with many of the theological/philosophical tone is envisaged. parishoners of this community in creating the fl ower arrangements for Easter. Subject: Letter To An TAOISEACH Dear Mr. Varadkar, Outside on the N11 was the almost non-stop noise of traffi c - whilst Please fi nd below some suggestions for assisting Ireland’s inside St Brigid’s was a group of individuals working together in economy. Instead of giving billions of Euro to banks that will common cause. Almost certainly - I was the only ‘novice’ among squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use this group - with regard to ‘fl ower arranging’. But then I asked the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: myself- how diffi cult could it be? The word ‘oasis’ conjures up an image of peacefulness in the surrounding desert. Floral oasis is There are about 0.4 million people over 50 in the work force. used as a base on which to build - to create an arrangement. The Pay them €1 million each severance for early retirement with the end result of my endeavours? Some might say, literally a sight to following stipulations: behold! A ‘creation’ in the surrounding oasis of fl oral beauty. As 1) They MUST retire. 0.4 million job openings - unemployment fi xed with any craft and skill, patience and experience are necessary 2) They MUST buy a new car 0.4 million cars ordered - car industry tools. fi x e d 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - The entire experience was lift ed to a diff erent dimension by the housing crisis fi xed sound of organ music which was so appropriate. Indeed this music 4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -crime transcended the activities of all those busying themselves inside rate fi xed the church building and creating a wonderful atmosphere. 5) They MUST buy €100 worth of alcohol/tobacco a week .....and there’s your money back in duty/tax etc How many individuals one might ask, or perhaps how few, have found the time - the space in their busy lives to venture into the It can’t get any easier than that. And while I’m at it…… space of St Brigid’s which is representative of the many sanctuaries Let’s put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. throughout this island. Peacefulness and tranquility are precious This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and oft en rare gift s but are freely available when we seek them and walks. They’d receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and out. medical treatment, wheelchairs and they’d receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so Following my fl ower arranging experience, St Brigid’s will they could be helped instantly if they fell, or needed assistance. undoubtedly be for ever associated in my mind with being an oasis Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be or should that be with ‘oasis’!! ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. Niall They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ’s and legal aid would be free, on request.

Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each senior could have a PC, a TV, radio and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to. The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay €1,000.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out. Powerscourt & Kilbride News YOUNG PEOPLE’S MINISTRY - ‘THE SHED GANG’ ! A big thank you to Caroline and Jesse for demonstrating in a very Rice Krispies and mini eggs, popcorn and chocolate were but real and practical fashion this ancient Japanese craft. some of the ‘ingredients’ that combined to make seasonal treats that brought joy to the faces and hearts of the Shed Gang in our We look forward to seeing all our members in the coming weeks pre Easter gathering. And who could resist the best part of the when we will be planning some outdoor summer activities. evening- the chocolate remnants in the mixing bowls! “They say you learn from your mistakes. That’s why I’m making as Creativity was evident in abundance in the Easter ornaments many as possible. Soon I’ll be a genius” adorned with wool pom poms and chickens. All told there were plenty of gifts to bring home. We are most grateful to Gillian for Niall & Kate her assistance.

Following the Easter break, we resumed activities with a wonderful evening involving the art of paper folding - origami.

A simple square of paper can be transformed into some amazing and imaginative art forms. Intense concentration! The secret lies in precise folding.

One of the most graceful of birds is the ’Crane’ and many paper cranes found new nesting spots in and around Enniskerry.

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REJOICE AND BE GLAD Earlier this spring, Pope Francis issued Gaudete et Exsultate “Holiness is also parrhesia: it is boldness, an impulse to evangelise (Rejoice and Be Glad), a document which reminds us of our and to leave a mark on the world.” (129) universal vocation to be holy in the world. Gaudate et Exsultate [Parrhesia is a favourite word of Pope Francis! He uses it frequently. is an encouraging, challenging, even bracing, antidote to It is a Greek word meaning boldness, apostolic fervour, especially contemporary cultural assumptions. Francis speaks of authentic, in free and open speech - nearly opposite to the distortions and realistic Christian joy - not a superficial feeling. The title, Rejoice evasions which prevail in contemporary political discourse.] and Be Glad, is a reference to Our Lord’s words in the Sermon on the Mount; we recall the context in which this rejoicing takes “God is eternal newness. He impels us constantly to set out anew, place: “when people insult you and persecute you and speak all to pass beyond what is familiar, to the fringes and beyond. He kinds of evil against you because you are my followers”! takes us to where humanity is most wounded, …. Unafraid of the fringes, he himself became a fringe (cf. Phil 2:6-8; John 1:14) So if Pope Francis’ exhortation deserves - and will reward - a slow, we dare to go to the fringes, we will find him there….” (135) meditative reading. It would be wrong to try to summarise or reduce the Pope’s words to a few sound bites, but some short “Finally, though it may seem obvious, we should remember quotations may suffice as an appetiser: that holiness consists in a habitual opens to the transcendent, expressed in prayer and adoration….I do not believe in holiness “Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away none of your energy, without prayer, even though that prayer need not be lengthy or vitality or joy.” (Para. 32) involve intense emotions.” (147)

“Do not be afraid to set your sights higher, to allow yourself to be Copies of Gaudete et Exsultate are available at the rear of St. loved and liberated by God. Do not be afraid to let yourself be Mary’s. guided by the Holy Spirit. Holiness does not make you less human, since it is an encounter between your weakness and the power of Tim Phalan God’s grace. For, in the words of Léon Bloy, when all is said and done, ‘the only great tragedy in life is not to become a saint.’” (34)

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