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FREE April 2018 22 From the Service of the Sea to the Service of God During the period when Fr. Nevin and Fr. Carroll were working Having received them, the committee contacted Alec Wolohan at Kilmacanogue Church together with Parish Priest Fr. Farnan, a who has a saw mill in Raheen, outside Roundwood. Alec had the large amount of maintenance and improvements were carried out timber x-rayed for foreign particles that could damage the saw, he on the church. Among these improvements were the replacement then cut them in 32mm thick planks. The timber turned out very of the main Altar, Reading Dias and Baptismal Font and the story well with no cracks and a beautiful pitch pine cent. All the planks behind their creation is worth recording. When the church authority were then given to Garry King at his workshop in Calary, where recommended that the Priest should face the congregation during he planed and shaped them to the drawings provided. Garry services some years ago. The original Altar front was moved out. provided samples of what could be created and went ahead to However, it was always found that the Altar table was too narrow give us a First-Class Alter. The Altar was fitted into the church in and restrictive to work on. Following a lot of discussion, and soul April 2000 and enough timber was available to provide a Reading searching, it was decided to replace the Altar with a new and more Dias and a base for our Baptismal Font. serviceable one. The black limestone Font was the originally used Font in the church The maintenance committee at the time together with the Priest but had been left unused for many years before being repaired investigated the best way to provide an Altar in keeping with the and fitted to the base. Behind every project there is a story, but it age of the church and how it could be sourced. Cannon Doyle is nice to know that our Altar is not as new as it looks having a least who was in Glendalough Parish at the time and had said Mass in 60 years of its useful life before arriving in Kilmacanogue In 2024 Kilmacanogue on a number of occasions, was asked for his opinion, the Church in Kilmacanogue will be 200 years old, let us hope as he had a qualification in architecture and had a great affection that the new/old Altar will continue being used together with the for Kilmacanogue Church. A design was created which would not church for many more years to come. clash with the surrounding timberwork and would carry mouldings similar to those on the front panels of the three galleries. It was Written by John Donnelly, August 2017. decided to make it from a bright hardwood or semi hardwood which Member of the Maintenance Committee at the time, would endure for years to come. The maintenance committee were and sourced the timber from The Commissioners of Irish Lights. given the task of carrying out this project. Timber was sourced and donated by The Commissioners of Irish John Donnelly lived all his life in Kilmacanogue, he spend most of Lights which was very mature and well-seasoned, North American his working life in The Commissioners of Irish Lights where he was Pitch Pine. These baulks of timber were retrieved when the manual depot manager in Dun Laoghaire before his retirement. He was operated Quay Side Derrick which was decommissioned from the the County Secretary of the Wicklow Ploughing Society and an Commissioners of Irish Lights Buoy bank at Rock Island beside accomplished ploughman, but most people in the area will have Crookhaven, Co. Cork. The Derrick (crane) was erected in the known him as a gentleman and a great community person having 1950’s to lift marine buoys in and out of the sea when they arrived for served in several positions, on many committees down through maintenance and painting. The machine was known as a King Post the years. Kilmacanogue Athletic Club, Kilmacanogue GAA, he Derrick (crane), it consisted of tall vertical steel posts, supported by was a member of the current development committee for the new two large timber stays tied to the top of the steel post and sloping club house up until his tragic death in October last and of course back to be fixed to the ground. These stays were up to forty fool Kilmacanogue Church for which he served on the pastoral council long. The Derrick was decommissioned in the 1980’s due to changes for several years. He was passionate about Kilmacanogue in all in technology with marine buoys and the changes in carrying out its aspects and particularly the Church, he was very proud but maintenance. The back stays of the Derrick were square shaped extremely modest, of the renovations and developments that he 350mm x 350mm approximately and covered with liquid black pitch had helped achieve. to preserve them from the elements. PLEASE SUBMIT ARTICLES TO [email protected] Powerscourt & Kilbride News Dear All, KILBRIDE NOTES With February passing the hope for better weather was in all Another Easter, another year. Easter marks the our minds. Unfortunately the ‘Beast from the East’ and ‘Emma’ pinnacle of the Church’s year when the heart shattered those hopes leading to nation going into shut down of the Christian message of hope is centred on mode. the resurrection of Christ from the dead and the sorrow of Good Friday and the cross is turned Unfortunately the parish had to cancel services and events as a to joy. That joy and hope was only gradually realised at that first result . The Women’s World Day of Prayer went ahead a week later Easter and a period of waiting began when there was still fear and on March 9th. A thanks to all from the parish who participated. lack of courage by the first disciples until the ‘power from on high’ Here’s hoping April will bring the spring weather we all hope for. arrived at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit then drove them out to begin the birth of the Church by witnessing to this new reality. The snow was gone in time for Mothering Sunday which was celebrated in both churches .A thank you to Archdeacon Rountree Those fifty days of waiting continue to be a special time each year for providing flowers to all the mothers in Kilbride and to Rev Niall in the life of the local parish. It is a time of new beginning, not for preaching. The parish sends it’s good wishes to all who are sick least in the Church of Ireland as it is the period when each parish or in hospital at this time. holds its annual General Vestry at which a review of the life and work of the parish is held both practically and financially and new Diary dates appointments are made. 31st March @ 10 am Decorating of Kilbride Church for Easter 1st April @ 10 am Easter Day Festival Eucharist The Church of Ireland is a democratic organisation throughout 11th April @ 8 pm Easter Vestry in Parish Room its structures and has a large involvement of the laity in all its governance from the local to central church. The local is where it begins and each year we elect people to what we call the ‘Select Vestry’ whose task it is to maintain the church fabric and support the local ministry. We are a grouped parish, i.e. two separate parishes of Kilbride and Powerscourt who jointly support the ministry in our local area. That means that two separate General Vestries are held (this year on 11th & 12th April respectively) at which the membership of the two Select Vestries will be elected and appointed. A Select Vestry is comprised of a number of office holders, 2 Churchwardens (one nominated by the Rector and one elected by the parishioners) and 2 Glebewardens appointed in the same way. They are joined by up to 12 other members elected by the attendance at the General Vestry. From that number an Hon. Secretary and an Hon. Treasurer will be chosen for the coming year. The Select Vestries will meet regularly, usually about 6 times a year in this parish and will oversee the day to day business of the parish, supporting the clergy in their pastoral and liturgical roles. It is important that the membership of the Select Vestry is as representative of the parish as possible. That means it should reflect a wide range of age, gender and skill set. It, therefore, is vital that a good attendance of all those who are eligible to vote attend and take part in the Easter General Vestry. To have a vote parishioners need to be on the Register of Vestry Persons, which is revised every January. The majority of parishioners over 18 are part of that register. Please check that you are registered, if you are not sure, so that you can exercise your right to vote this year. Kilbride General Vestry meeting: Wednesday 11th April in Kilbride Church Parish Room at 8.00pm Powerscourt General Vestry meeting: Thursday 12th April in Powerscourt School Hall at 8.00pm Ricky Powerscourt & Kilbride News EASTER - Resurrection or Exhumation? by Ronan Scanlan do their best to remove it from the Christian scheme and are ignorant of God’s dispensations. For just as Our Lord died and “In heavenly love abiding”, “Safe in the arms of Jesus”, “Called rose and only afterwards went into heaven, it’s obvious that his home to her heavenly abode”, etc.