Dear parishioners and friends, Yesterday you received an attachment to the email sent from the Parish Office containing the Advent/Christmas edition of Parish Matters. In it the services for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were outlined. Obviously, this Christmas will be like no other we have experienced and not everyone will be able to attend services in church. While there are two services on Christmas Eve and three [...]
Church Services for Christmas are as follows: Sunday 20 December 8.30 Holy Communion Blackrock 9.45 Service of the Word Passage 10.00 Service of the Word Frankfield 11.15 Service of the Word Douglas Christmas Eve 7.00pm Holy Communion Passage 9.00pm Holy Communion Frankfield Christmas Day 8.30 Holy Communion Blackrock 10.00 Holy Communion Frankfield 11.15 [...]
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Dear parishioners and friends, Please see below the list of church services for the next three weeks for your reference. I hope to be in a position to send out details of our services for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day next weekend. Adrian Sun. 6 December 2nd Sun. of Advent 8.30 Holy Communion Blackrock 9.45 Service of the Word Passage 10.00 Service of the Word Frankfield [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Normally on the first Sunday in December, we would have the annual St Luke's School Christmas Sale. Each year pupils and parents are invited to come to the special Advent service in St Luke's Church before it. Unfortunately this year the sale can't go ahead. While St Luke's Church will be open again this Sunday, there will also be a recorded service put up on our parish [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Tomorrow is the first Sunday in Advent and so you will find the recorded service on our Parish YouTube Channel from 5pm. The link to it and all our recorded services is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZDmEQt2VvcJI9ErW29vxPA/videos Service of the Word (Advent 1 2020) I'm sure you were following the announcement made by An Taoiseach yesterday evening in relation to the lifting of Level 5 restrictions, and more specifically [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, If you have been doing our Genesis Bible Reading Challenge each day since early October, you should be on the home straight now, reading about the twists and turns of the life of Joseph and his family in Egypt. I have left the final video contribution, this time by Florence Binions, to the very end as it is distinctive from all the other ones. It does not [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Tomorrow is the Sunday before Advent. For many years it was more popularly known as 'Stir up Sunday', the reason being that the prayer used on this day starts with the words ‘Stir up’ and goes on to emphasise ‘the fruit of good works’. Generations of preachers used it as a launch pad for sermons on the importance of being prepared, illustrating it with [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Yesterday was 'World Kindness Day'. Talking to my 10 year old niece in the USA on a family Zoom call last night, I heard about how it was being emphasised in her school. Kindness is an important quality to have, no matter what your age, particularly at times like this. Below you will see an infographic detailing one form of practical kindness which is [...]
