Girls’ Brigade starts back on Saturday 15th September. Registration takes place in East Glendalough Scholl on Saturday 1st September between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. For further details, please contact Lesley Shepherd (087-9646763) or Amanda Spencer (087-6792243).
Animal Blessing Service
This year’s animal blessing service takes place on Sunday 23rd September. All reasonably well-behaved animals and their owners are welcome!
Harvest
The joint Wicklow & Killiskey Harvest Service takes place in Nun’s Cross church on Sunday 30th September at 7pm. Our guest speaker will be Sr. Pauline McGrath of Dominican Convent & Ecology Centre in Wicklow.
Culture Night
Alchemy is staging a free family-friendly concert in Nun’s Cross Church on 7pm Friday 21st September. This concert includes acclaimed Wicklow musician Luan Parle – Singer/Songwriter, Music for all to join in with form Living Rhythm with Sinead O’Brien and traditional music from Kila’s James Mahon on Flute & Uilleann Pipes with Eamon Sweeney on Guitars!
Coffee Morning
The Hub will be a venue for “Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning” for Blackrock Hospice on Thursday 20th September from 9.30am to 1.30pm. Any donations of cakes, scones or similar would be gratefully received. Please come along and support if at all possible!
Ecumenical Ascension Celebration
Sunday May 13th 7.30am Ecumenical Ascension Celebration with Ashford Parish and the Unity Gospel Choir at the Bel-Air Hotel, followed by optional breakfast at cost of €10 each (please advise Ken if staying for breakfast)
Reminder – Ashford Country Fair
The 6th annual Ashford Country Fair will take place in the grounds of the Bel-Air Hotel on Bank Holiday Monday, 7th May from 11am to 4pm. Look forward to seeing you there!
If you can assist in helping on one of the stalls or can provide goods for sale, please contact Amanda Mooney, Bernadette Glover or Lesley Rue.
Wicklow Girls’ Brigade
The 15th Annual Display of Wicklow Girls’ Brigade takes place in Fatima Hall, Dominican Convent, Wicklow Town on Saturday, 12th May at 7pm. It will be well worth supporting!
Easter Vestry
Congratulations and thanks to all who were appointed/elected at the Easter Vestry:
Rector’s Churchwarden: Sally Smith
People’s Churchwarden: Juliet Belton
Rector’s Glebewarden: Michael Norman
People’s Glebewarden: Ivan Sheane
Other Select Vestry Members: Stephanie McDonald (Hon Secretary), Amanda Mooney, Hazel Bayley, Patricia Butler, Bernadette Glover, Richard Henderson, David Harte, Albert Mahon (Hon Treasurer), Lesley Rue, John Smyth, Frances Tottenham and Lucy Tottenham.
We thank our now retired churchwardens, Jane Hammond and Dan Healy, who acted in that capacity for six and five years respectively. We also thank Anne Newton and Edgard Hall for their service on the outgoing select vestry.
Féile Londubh Poetry & Music Festival
Féile Londubh is an annual Poetry & Music Festival in Ashford. It places special emphasis on facilitating events for the whole community and programmes a variety of local, national & international artists. This year there are also Music and Poetry outreach activities taking place during the festival with various local schools, including Nun’s Cross NS.
As part of the festival, there will be a child-centred launch concert in Nun’s Cross church on Friday, 13th April and a keynote concert the following evening. The keynote concert features Nuala Ni Dhomnaill & Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin – past and present ‘Ireland Professors of Poetry’ with music from Aoife Doyle (singer), Greg Felton (Piano), Cormac Breatnach (Susato whistles). Admission costs €15/12 (concession), Family (2+2): €30.