Parish Notices Sunday 21st April 2019

Thank you for all the Easter Egg donations, they will be delivered this afternoon to Cuan Lee Women’s Refuge Centre in Cork.

Time to think about what is lying around in the Attic or the Garage!   It won’t be long now until 25th May and our Parish Féte in St Mary’s School.

Owenabue garden and flower club Carrigaline will hold their next meeting on Monday 29 April at 8 pm in St Mary’s School hall ( beside main entrance to the Community school). Oliver Schumann of Mount Venus Nursery, Dublin will give a talk on “Everlasting Perennials”. Visitors welcome. Inquiries to 086 3222615.

Anam Cara Cork, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening on Wednesday 1st May at 7:20pm in the Clayton Hotel, Silver Springs, Tivoli, Cork. This event is free and open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not.

26th April  CAMEO 10:30am Monkstown Bay Sailing Club

29th April  Littlies + One 10-12 Parish Hall.

2nd May     Alzheimer’s Tea Day 3pm Home of Sheila Green

 5th May     Dawn Chorus 5:45am Currabinny Woods Carpark

9th May     Friendship Club 11am Rectory

            Easter Vestry 7:30pm Parish Hall. ALL WELCOME !

12th May   Confirmation Service , United Service 11:15am, St John’s Church

20th May  Theological Book Circle 8pm Rectory

21st May    Rector’s talk on ‘Ecumenics & Ecology’ 7:30pm,

Sacred Heart Church, Monkstown

25th May   Parish Fete 10-2pm St Mary’s School & Grounds

30th May   Commissioning of Hilary Dring as MU Diocesan

President 7:30pm St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

22nd – 26th July     THE ADVENTURE CRUISE

Holiday Club 10-1pm St Mary’s School. Forms now available from Parish Office

The Rector writes …..

The Annual Easter Vestry will take place in the Parish Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday  9th May.    At this public meeting, which is open to everyone, the already approved 2018 parish accounts will be adopted. I will speak about our parish life in the year gone by, what has been achieved during that time and thanking all those who have been instrumental in the running of our parish. The Church Wardens and next year’s Select Vestry will be voted in by those gathered who are currently registered as Vestry Persons.  But whether you are registered as a voter in the parish or not, why not come along to the Easter Vestry anyway? This is your parish and it’s always a good idea to have some knowledge of what is being done in your name.

I guarantee you that you won’t be pushed into any job that you don’t want to take on. 

If you haven’t attended an Easter Vestry so far in your life, why not try it this year – indeed you may surprise yourself by enjoying it!  I really hope to see you there.. ‘