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Parish News July / August 2015

Parish News May 2015

RECTOR WRITES

Dear Parishioners,

St. Francis Hospice, Dublin 15

I was pleased to attend and take part in the blessing of

St. Francis Hospice (beside Connolly Hospital). The

official opening took place on Saturday 23rd May.

The Minister of Health, Leo Varadkar, officially opened

the 24-bed facility. We hope it will make a real

difference to patients and their families.

St. Francis Hospice in Raheny has been providing

palliative care to the North side since 1989. In 2001 it

also took over the provision of services for the wider

area of Dublin North West.

The need for another facility in Dublin West was

identified a number of years ago and Blanchardstown

was chosen as the most suitable location.

The hospice is here today because of the support of the

local community. In his speech, Father Eugene

Kennedy, formerly of St. Thomas’ Laurel Lodge,

expressed his thanks to the Church of Ireland for our

generous support.

The new hospice also acts as a base for the community

palliative care team, an education centre and a hospice

day care centre that opens two days a week. It is hoped

THE PARISH NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2015

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CASTLEKNOCK AND CLONSILLA PARISH OFFICE

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Parish Administrator: Jennifer McGrath

Tel: 820 0040, Email: [email protected]

In this Issue:

Rector Writes 2

From the Registers 3

Announcements 4

Archbishop Of

Armagh’s Address At

200th

Commemoration Of

The Battle Of

Waterloo Service

5

Parish Organisations 6 - 7

Reference Section 9 - 14

Notes from the

Kitchen Elf 15 - 16

Greetings from

Madagascar 17 - 18

Photo Galleries 19 - 20

Church Flowers 21


to extend this to four days, as funding becomes available.

The journey is not quite over yet as outstanding bank loans of €7.5 million still need to be

repaid, and day to day funding is also needed.

Saturday 23rd May was a day of celebration and we send our best wishes and blessings to

the staff and patients of St. Francis Hospice, Dublin 15.

Yours sincerely,

Canon Paul

Holy Baptism

17th May: Nick and Holly Martin, in St. Brigid’s.

24th May: Aoife Janice Inglis, in St. Mary’s.

7th June: Benjamin Daniel Moore, in St Brigid’s.

Our best wishes go to their parents and godparents.

“Let the children come to me”


Evening Services - St. Thomas’ Mulhuddart:

Each Sunday evening at 8.00 p.m. from June to the end of September, there will be a late

evening service. On the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month, there will be Holy Communion.

We hope these services will be well supported. Over the summer months if you cannot

attend our morning services, please remember the evening service in St. Thomas’, you will

be most welcome.

Confirmation:

We congratulate those who were confirmed on Saturday 23rd May in St. Brigid’s from the

Parishes of Castleknock with Mulhuddart & Clonsilla, Santry, Glasnevin & Finglas, St.

George’s & St. Thomas’ and Zion Parishes with the Archbishop, Most Rev. Michael

Jackson.

Golf Outing:

The Parish has been approached by Geoffrey Perrin. He is organising an Inter-Parish or

Diocesan Golf Outing with proceeds going to United Society (formerly USPG) for their

work in Swaziland.

This will take place at Old Conna Golf Club (near Bray) on Friday 18th September. He

hopes that many parishes will enter a team. Please contact the Rector for further details.


ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH’S ADDRESS AT 200TH

COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO SERVICE AT

ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN

The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke,

Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of

All Ireland, gave the address at a service

to commemorate the 200th anniversary

of the Battle of Waterloo at St Patrick’s

Cathedral, Dublin on Thursday 18th June

2015.

Drawing on the image of ‘closing the

gates on war’, Archbishop Clarke said

that ‘“Closing the gates on war” is a fine and noble aspiration as a fitting memorial of the

Battle of Waterloo, but it will not be painless if it is being taken seriously. It will mean

closing the gates firmly on all narrow nationalistic pride, on all that makes for the indignity

and degradation of others, whether racially, economically or socially. It means standing

firmly against a pseudo–liberalism that quickly turns into a cruel totalitarianism when

dealing with minorities whose understanding of life does not conform to the fashionable

consensus. It means closing other gates against an avaricious pillaging of the environment

that will ultimately (if not today or tomorrow) drive others into violence as the only means of

their survival. “Closing gates on war” will only ever be a sanctimonious cliché if it is not

seen as carrying a real cost and a serious price–tag.’

He continued by reflecting on Psalm 24 and ‘the opening gates so that a new order of things

may enter and come into being’, by saying: ‘It means opening gates to people and to ideas

not of our own choosing. It means opening gates to a new courtesy and a sacrificial

generosity in our dealings with others.’

Two hundred years on from Waterloo, Archbishop Clarke concluded: ‘We have much still to

learn, and perhaps not as much time as we would like to imagine in learning it. Closing

gates on future war and opening gates on authentic harmony is not the softest option, but it

should surely be the only proper option.’

Press Release published at http://ireland.anglican.org/news/5762


PARISH ORGANISATIONS

Boys’ Brigade

The Boys’ Brigade weekend in Castle Saunderson in Cavan gave

everyone a chance to challenge themselves. Rock climbing,

archery, paintballing, orienteering to name but a few of what was

laid on, plus of course some Haute Cuisine meals cooked by the

leaders and devoured by all that came along. A big thank you to

the leaders who helped supervise some very easily supervised

kids. Most of all thanks to the Juniors for enjoying such a super

weekend. A special thanks to the Youth Service in

Blanchardstown for the use of the minibus. Techno on the

cd/radio as I was driving is a joy which a lot of people miss out

on.

Harold

Knit & Natter Notes

The Natter may have ceased but the knitting continues

through the summer months or maybe ‘tis the other way

around – the natter continues and the knitting ceases!! We

try to meet up every fortnight from September through to

April and we thank the ladies for hosting these evenings.

Some 42 Matinee Coats, 63 Baby Bonnets, 59 Cot Blankets,

a couple of adult hats and scarfs along with a couple of little

teddys were produced plus 480 Hats for The Big Knit 2014

Innocent Drinks Age Action charity. We donated €224.80 to

the Parish Caring & Sharing Fund and all being well we will

be back in full action Knitting and Nattering in September.

Valerie Greene

Castleknock Sunday Club

Another year of Castleknock Sunday Club has flown past. This

year we were blessed with great attendance each week. Our Sunday

Clubbers came along with bags of enthusiasm, questions and a

brilliant sense of fun. Looking back over the year we enjoyed

wonderful lessons, kindly provided by Beryl Stone, the kids

especially enjoyed the Palm Sunday lesson where we had a play and

an interactive map to trace Jesus steps, it really brought the scripture

alive for them.


We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas party where all of the Sunday Clubs for the parish came

together to celebrate. The party certainly had a magical touch as we were greatly

entertained by the magician (thank you again Beryl for organising). We were a bit nervous

when he brought out the guillotine but thankfully all’s well that ends well and all brave

volunteers went home without a scratch.

Time for some thank yous! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful

Sunday Club leaders Sandra Condell, Judith O’Connor, Jillian Connolly, Linda Smullen

and Rebecca Connolly. A special note of thanks to Edwin Waters who sadly retires this

year, thank you Edwin for your service to the club over the last number of years, you will

be greatly missed. Thank you Mums, Dads, Grans, Granddads and guardians for your

support and last but by no means least, thank you to our lovely Sunday Clubbers for

coming along each week, without you, there would be no Sunday club!

See you all in September.

Jenny

Castleknock National School:

We are fast approaching the end of another busy school year. Congratulations to our pupils

in 4th and 5th Class who won a 'Creative Schools' Award. Well done to them and their

teachers. We also won a number of prizes in the 'Write-a-Book' and 'Scríobh Leabhar'

Competitions.

In Sport, we won the Dublin 15 Girls Cricket Blitz and the Dublin 15 Athletics Shield. Our

Athletes also did very well at Santry Sports.

We are all looking forward to the end of term with Sale, Tours and Plays.

We wish our 6th Class pupils all the very best in their new schools as they leave us. May

we all have a restful summer break and we look forward to welcoming a full class of new

infants at the end of August!

The Wednesday Club:

As part of a new parish initiative for active retirees, the Wednesday Club has been formed.

It is planned that the club will take part in outings on the last Wednesday of each month.

The current events which are being organised are: July 29th - Malahide Castle, 26th August

- The Boyne Tour and 30th September - Mount Usher Gardens. Those interested should

contact the Parish Centre and submit their names.


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REFERENCE SECTION To pull out and keep

Who’s Who

Rector Canon Paul Houston 01 - 820 0040

Curate Rev. Eugene Griffin

Lay Reader Stella Obe

Parish Office Jennifer McGrath 01 - 820 0040

Organist Caroline Richards

Assistant Organist Philip Good

Churchwardens St. Brigid’s Church Gladys Hutchinson (Rector’s)

Sam McKeever (People’s)

St. Thomas’ Church Dave Dobson (Rector’s)

Sadie Smullen (People’s)

St. Mary’s Church Alex Alino (Rector’s)

Valerie Fildes (People’s)

Glebewardens St. Brigid’s Church James Anderson (Rector’s)

Walter Meara (People’s)

St. Mary’s Church Bob Tutty (People’s)

Secretaries Castleknock & Mulhuddart Meryl Foster

Clonsilla Maurice Maxwell

Treasurers Castleknock & Mulhuddart Malcolm Cadoo

Clonsilla Gordon Hill


SERVICES - JULY 2015

ALL SERVICES ARE FORM 2 (CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE), UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

Date Time Service Venue

1st July (Wed.) 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Castleknock Parish Centre

5th July 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion St Brigid’s Church

The Fifth Sunday after

Trinity (Proper 9) 10.00 a.m. Holy Communion St Mary’s Church

11.30 a.m. Holy Communion St Brigid’s Church

8.00 p.m. Evening Prayer St Thomas’ Church

8th July (Wed.) 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Castleknock Parish Centre


The Sixth Sunday after

Trinity (Proper 10) 10.00 a.m. Morning Prayer St Mary’s Church

11.30 a.m. Morning Prayer St Brigid’s Church

8.00 p.m. Holy Communion St Thomas’ Church



The Seventh Sunday

after Trinity

(Proper 11)

10.00 a.m. Holy Communion St Mary’s Church



22nd July (Wed.) 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Castleknock Parish Centre


The Eighth Sunday

after Trinity

(Proper 12)

10.00 a.m. All Age Worship St Mary’s Church

11.30 a.m. All Age Worship St Brigid’s Church




SERVICES - AUGUST 2015

ALL SERVICES ARE FORM 2 (CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE), UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

Date Time Service Venue

2nd August 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (one) St Brigid’s Church

The Ninth Sunday after

Trinity (Proper 13) 10.00 a.m. Holy Communion St Mary’s Church



5th August (Wed.) 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Castleknock Parish Centre

9th August 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion St Brigid’s Church

The Tenth Sunday after

Trinity (Proper 14) 10.00 a.m. Morning Prayer St Mary’s Church

11.30 a.m. Morning Prayer St Brigid’s Church




The Eleventh Sunday

after Trinity

(Proper 15)

10.00 a.m. Holy Communion St Mary’s Church




23rd August 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion St Brigid’s Church

The Twelfth Sunday

after Trinity

(Proper 16)

10.00 a.m. All Age Worship St Mary’s Church

11.30 a.m. All Age Worship St Brigid’s Church




10.00 a.m. Holy Communion St Mary’s Church The Thirteenth Sunday

after Trinity

(Proper 17) 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion St Brigid’s Church



Date Old Testament Psalm New Testament Gospel

5th July 2 Samuel 5: 1-5, 9-10 or

Ezekiel 2: 1-5

Psalm 48 or Psalm

123

2 Corinthians 12:

2-10

Mark 6: 1-

13

12th July 2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19

or Amos 7: 7-15

Psalm 24 or Psalm

85: 8-13 Ephesians 1: 3-14

Mark 6: 14-

29

19th July 2 Samuel 7: 1-14a or

Jeremiah 23: 1-6

Psalm 89: 20-37

or Psalm 23

Ephesians 2: 11-

22

Mark 6: 30-

34, 53-56

26th July 2 Samuel 11: 1-15 or 2

Kings 4: 42-44

Psalm 14 or Psalm

145: 10-19

Ephesians 3: 14-

21

John 6: 1-

21

2nd Aug. 2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a

or Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15

Psalm 51: 1-13 or

Psalm 78: 23-29 Ephesians 4: 1-16

John 6: 24-

35

9th Aug. 2 Samuel 18: 5-9, 15, 31-

33 or 1 Kings 19: 4-8

Psalm 130 or

Psalm 34: 1-8

Ephesians 4: 25 -

5: 2

John 6: 35,

41-51

16th Aug. 1 Kings 2: 10-12, 3: 3-14

or Proverbs 9: 1-6

Psalm 111 or

Psalm 34: 1-8

Ephesians 5: 15-

20

John 6: 51-

58

23rd Aug.

1 Kings 8: 1,6,10-11,22-

30,41-43 or Joshua 24: 1-

2a, 14-18

Psalm 84 or Psalm

34: 15-22

Ephesians 6: 10-

20

John 6: 56-

69

30th Aug. Song of Solomon 2: 8-13

or Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-9

Psalm 45: 1-2, 6-9

or Psalm 45:1-7

or Psalm 15

James 1: 17-27

Mark 7: 1-

8, 14-15,

21-23

READINGS - JULY / AUGUST 2015

ROTAS - JULY / AUGUST 2015

St. Brigid’s Church, Castleknock - Sidespersons’ Rota

Date Sidesperson Volunteer Sidesperson

5th July David Dobson Hazel McClean

12th July Rajesh Dineneth Tracey & Nicole Agareu

19th July Valerie Jameson Emily Wrafter

26th July Hal McGuckin Ruth Ryan

2nd Aug. Thomas Jacob Rachel Devlin

9th Aug. Eddie Colton Victor Raj

16th Aug. Malcolm Cadoo Anne Cadoo

23rd Aug. Alex Kitching Ann Kitching

30th Aug. Pauline McConnell Hazel McClean


ROTAS - JULY / AUGUST 2015 (CONT’D)

Date Volunteers Venue

12th July Mrs S. Connelly & family St Brigid’s Church

26th July Jenny O'Connor /

Ling Hensey St Brigid’s Church

9th August Rachel Devlin St Brigid’s Church

23rd August Sadie Smullen /

Hazel Knox St Brigid’s Church

St. Brigid’s Church, Castleknock - Coffee

DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

Date

5th July The Parishes of Narraghmore, Timolin, Castledermot & Kinneagh, the

Rector. The mission partners of all mission societies linked to Parishes.

12th July The Parishes of Newcastle, Newtownmountkennedy & Calary, the Rector,

William Bennett. Diocesan Youth Camps.

19th July The Parishes of Powerscourt with Kilbride (Bray), the clergy, Ricky Rountree

and Terry Lilburn. The Church Music Committee.

26th July The Parishes of Raheny & Coolock, the Rector, Norman McCausland.

Beaumont Hospital, and the chaplain.

2nd Aug. The Parish of Rathfarnham, the Rector, Adrienne Galligan. Vocations and

Selection Conferences.

9th Aug. The Parishes of Rathdrum & Derralossary with Glenealy, St John’s, Church,

Laragh, the Rector, Brian O’Reilly. The Leprosy Mission (TLM) Ireland.

16th Aug. The Parishes of St Bartholomew & Christ Church Leeson Park, the Vicar,

Andrew McCroskery. Growing in covenant relationship with the Methodist

Church.

23rd Aug. The Parish of Rathmichael, the Rector, Fred Appelbe. Irish Church Missions

and the Superintendent, Edmond Coulter

30th Aug. The Parish of Rathmines with Harold’s Cross, the Rector, Neil McEndoo, and

the Vicar, Robert Jones. The Church of Ireland College of Education.


ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

Date

5th July Dioceses of Oyo (Nigeria) and their bishop, The Rt Revd Williams

Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe

(Pacong (Sudan), Panama, Pankshin (Nigeria), Paraguay, Pelotas (Brazil),

Perth)

12th July Diocese of Peru and their bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Harold William Godfrey

(Peshawar (Pakistan), Peterborough, Phulbani (North India), Pittsburgh,

Polynesia, Popondota (Papua New Guinea))

19th July Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Southern Africa) and their bishop, The Rt Revd

Nceba Nopece

(Pretoria (Southern Africa), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Port Sudan,

Portsmouth, Puerto Rico, Pune (North India), Qu'Appelle (Canada))

26th July Diocese of Quebec and their bishop, The Rt Revd Dennis Paul Drainville

(Ruaha (Tanzania), Rajasthan (North India), Rayalaseema, Recife (Brazil),

Rejaf (Sudan), Remo (Nigeria))

2nd Aug. Diocese of Renk (Sudan) and their bishop, The Rt Revd Joseph Garang

Atem

(Rhode Island, Rift Valley (Tanzania), Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Riverina

(Australia), Rochester)

9th Aug. Diocese of Rochester (USA) and their bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Prince Singh

(Rockhampton (Australia), Rokon (Sudan), Rorya (Tanzania), Rumbek

(Sudan), Rumonge (Burundi), Rupert's Land (Canada))

16th Aug. Diocese of Ruvuma (Tanzania) and their bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Maternus

Kapinga

(Ruwenzori (Uganda), Sabah (South East Asia), Sabongidda-Ora (Nigeria),

Saldanha Bay (Southern Africa), Salisbury, Sambalpur (North India))

23rd Aug. Diocese of San Diego and their bishop, The Rt Revd James Mathes

(San Joaquin, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Sapele (Nigeria), Saskatchewan (Canada),

Saskatoon (Canada))

30th Aug. Diocese of Sebei (Uganda) and their bishop, The Rt Revd Paul Kiptoo

Masaba

(Sekondi (Ghana), Seychelles (Indian Ocean), Sheffield, Shinyanga

(Tanzania), Shyira (Rwanda), Shyogwe (Rwanda))


Notes from the Kitchen Elf!

This year I’m attempting (yet again) to

grow some produce for eating on those

warm summer days – well, you can

always dream ! To date the tomatoes

have been planted (two given to me to

help start off on my self-sufficiency

quest, a yellow and a beefsteak, the other

four I don’t know what they will produce,

as bought with no labels) – Red pepper

(one); strawberries; micro greens;

radishes and some edible flowers for

chefy decoration – not a lot – but then not

having a proper greenhouse - just a little

3ft x 6ft ‘pretend’ one – of which I lost

the plastic cover during that storm we had

a week or so back – despite it being

zipped right down to the ground! There

is an ongoing battle with magpies, and a

squirrel, as to who gets to the

strawberries first every morning so far is

Magpies 5 – Me 3!!

In anticipation of using up the tomatoes

when they finally appear - this recipe is a

lovely side dish, with grilled meat or fish,

or a light lunch with plenty of crusty

bread. It will serve 6.

TOMATO AND COURGETTE BAKE

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, sliced

1 large pepper, sliced

2 garlic cloves, crushed

6 firm tomatoes, sliced

3 large courgette, sliced

1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves

50g Parmesan, grated.

1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a

large pan, and gently fry the onion

and pepper for 10 mins until

softened. Add the garlic and fry

for 1 minute. Season.

2. Heat the oven to 190 (170 fan)

gas mark 5) Put the onion

mixture into the base of a greased

oven-proof dish. Cover with

overlapping layers of tomatoes

and courgettes (alternate

tomato/courgette as you go

around the dish). Season well and

drizzle with the remaining oil.

Scatter with the oregano.

3. Bake for 25 mins, then sprinkle

with Parmesan and return to oven

for 5 mins to brown.

Keeping with the Tomato theme – this is

a great way to deal with a glut of

tomatoes – you can make as much or as

little as you wish, and there’s no need to

measure!

PASSSATA

Very ripe tomatoes, as many as you like.

Couple of bay leaves

Couple of sprigs of rosemary, thyme or

oregano (optional).

1. Roughly chop the tomatoes and

put into a large pan with the herbs

if you are using them. Bring to

the boil, then simmer gently until

the tomatoes have softened,

broken down and reduced – the

juices should be thick and


tomatoey. This could take

anything from 30 – 60 mins

depending the variety and ripeness.

Don’t overdo the simmering,

though, as you want to retain the

fresh taste.

2. Push the tomatoes through a sieve

to remove seed and skin. The

passata should be fairly thick – if it

isn’t return to the rinsed-out pan

and reduce until you are happy

with the consistency.

3. Pour into sterilised jars and seal, or

freeze in freezer-proof containers.

Depending on Magpies, I may just have

enough Strawberries for the following

unusual combination of Strawberries and

Prawns.

PAN-FRIED PRAWNS WITH

STRAWBERRIES AND A

STRAWBERRY VINAIGRETTE (to

make the vinaigrette you need to make

Strawberry Vinegar 2 days in advance)

serves 4.

250ml good white wine vinegar

250 strawberries, hulled and sliced in half

Salt and pepper

1½ tablespoons strawberry vinegar (see

below)

3 tablespoons rapeseed oil, plus a little

extra for frying

1 bag missed baby salad, washed (or your

own from the garden!)

16 large tiger prawns, peeled and dried

with kitchen paper.

For the strawberry vinegar: pour the

white wine vinegar into a bowl, add half

the strawberries, (reserving the other half

for the salad). Cling wrap and leave to

stand at room temperature for 48 hours.

Strain the vinegar to remove the

strawberries, pour into a bottle with a tight

lid and store in a cool dark place.

For the strawberry vinaigrette, pour the

strawberry vinegar into a bowl. Slowly

pour in the oil whisking all the time until

all the oil is incorporated, season with salt

and pepper to taste.

Place a pan on a medium heat, when hot

add a small drop of oil and when this is

hot add the prawns. Fry for a couple of

minutes till they turn a lovely pink colour

and are cooked through. Take off the heat

and drizzle a little of the vinaigrette.

Dress the salad leaves with the strawberry

vinaigrette and arrange on a serving

platter, scatter with the reserved

strawberry halves and then the warm

prawns and serve.

Enjoy ! . . .

Happy Cooking from the Kitchen Elf

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GREETINGS FROM MADAGASCAR!

Just to update you since my last email. We discussed the kind donation of €200 from the

Parish of Castleknock and Clonsilla with Mulhuddart with Sister Jacqueline at Convent

Hasina on Wednesday 22nd April. She said that because of their workload with the Feeding

Centre and the Health Clinic, they were overworked and burdened, as we witnessed from our

visits in the previous weeks. Sr. Jacqueline suggested some electrical kitchen appliances,

and some other kitchenware, which she said would made life easier for all. They presently

cook all their rice on a charcoal

stove and carry it from the Convent

up to the Feeding Centre.

We met Sr Odette on Wednesday

morning, 29th April at 9 o’clock in

the morning and went into Tana

(Antananarivo) in a friend’s taxi,

which myself and Marie hired for

the day. We visited a hardware

shop (for cups and plates for the

children at Akany Hasina); one

roadside shop (for the meat-

grinder); an outdoor market (for a large cooking pot) and four separate stores for an electric

mixer and blender, an electric slow-rice cooker; a pressure cooker and a set of rice flasks (to

keep the rice, which they bring to the sick of the district, hot!). Sr Odette is obviously the

nun with the purchasing skills, for she bargained over every purchase, getting the price

reduced by between Ariary 2,000 and 7,000 per item (between 66c and €2.33), but no mean

feat in any climate. We got a great laugh over that. After three hours shopping, we retired to

the four-star Colbert Hotel (our treat) for coffee and cakes; it was Sr Odette’s first time there

and she really enjoyed the experience. Incidentally, just sitting beside us was a young

Dublin chap, Patrick from Booterstown, in Madagascar for two years with the local Ministry

for Finance. We hope to meet up with him later this month.

We arrived back at Convent Hasina at about 2 pm, and had a lovely lunch of pancakes with

lemon and sugar, followed by a beautiful spaghetti salad. The nuns couldn’t wait to inspect

the new equipment, and as we were on the way out saying our goodbyes, the boxes were

being joyfully opened. We left them to it.

Arts and Crafts sessions at Akany Famonjena


On Saturday we were in the Anglican orphanage, Akany Famojena, where we volunteer

every second Saturday, and we had a lovely Arts and Crafts session with the children (36 in

total, ages from five up to 20). We did three separate activities with them, colouring-in for

the young children, and I did a post-card of a boat, with the boat, sail and flag all from Nice,

patterned cardboard, which they glued on, and they then decorated and coloured the inside

and back pages. They loved it; the third group Marie did a beautiful project which absorbed

the children – a cardboard cut-out fairy with paper wings; we got five in Dunnes Stores in

February – they were €5 before Christmas, then reduced in stages to 50c. When we bought

them they were 25c each! Marie had this idea of using the ones we bought as samples, and

she got the children to draw out the parts on coloured cardboard (which we brought with us).

They then cut out the parts and decorated them with some bling and sparkle. Well they

loved it and after two hours were still working on their masterpieces! The children get so

little that they used some of the bling to decorate themselves with, for example sticking it on

their foreheads, arms and ears! They gave us a lovely lunch as they usually do and drove us

back to our village afterwards. The orphanage is run by the Mothers’ Union and was

founded by a Canadian lady with funding from the Canadian Anglican Community.

Kind regards,

Bernard and Marie

A little boy filling a 20-litre drum at a public water outlet. To get public

water you have to register with the local Council and you then pay 50

Ariary (1.5 cent) per 20-litre drum.


Photo Gallery

Congratulations to Bill and Betty Sloan on

the celebration of their Diamond Wedding

Anniversary.

Some of the Confirmation candidates

receiving their certificates recently.


Boys’ Brigade weekend in castle saunderson


Church Flowers

It is the thought that counts

Celebrate the memory of a loved one, a Baptism, a special

Anniversary or special event with an arrangement of flowers in

church. They may be fresh flowers in a vase, a pot plant or an

arrangement. They do not have to be expensive.

For information please contact:

Gaye Ashford (Castleknock)

Margaret Tutty (Clonsilla)

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