Monthly Archives: May 2016

St Patrick’s Cathedral choristers to open our summer lunchtime series

The free weekly Summer Lunchtime at St Paul’s series starts this Thursday, June 2nd, with a concert by the choristers of St Patrick’s Cathedral (pictured below). The performance will begin at 1.15pm. with coffee/tea served from 1pm.
The series runs every Thursday through June and July. Volunteers are needed to help with coffee/tea and to welcome visitors to our church. If you are free to help on one or two Thursdays, please contact  our director of music, Nathan Barrett at email barretna@tcd.ie or on 086 846 0658.
The programme for the rest of June is as follows:
June 9th Musicians from Rathdown Senior School
June 16th “At Home in India”, talk by Professor Roger West (TCD)
June 23rd Guitar and Organ with the Mandeville Duo
June 30th Organ Music with Matthew Breen
The St Patrick’s choristers’ concert in St Paul’s will be a taster for  their summer concert HALLELUJAH! in aid of the Cathedral Choir School on Friday, June 10th at 6.15 pm  in St Patrick’s. Admission is free. To reserve seats email organist@stpatrickscathedral.ie  Further details available from stpatrickscathedral.ie

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Summer Fair this Saturday, May 28th

The St Paul’s Summer Fair will be a great family day out  this Saturday, May 28th, 10.30am-2.30pm, admission €2, children free. A great variety of stalls, a Food Street, free entertainment, games, teas/coffees etc – in the church grounds, in the Parish Centre and in the church.
The Parish Centre is open for the delivery of items for all the various stalls this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 7pm-9pm.  Please contact Dominic Galvin (086 820 9645) or Mark Finney (087 284 4777) if you have any queries.

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Countdown to Summer Fair

It is just under two weeks to go to our Summer Fair on Saturday, May 28th. Items for stalls (see full list at the bottom of this newsletter) can be delivered to the Parish Centre this Saturday, May 21st, 10am-1pm and then the following Wednesday-Friday evenings, 7pm-9pm.
Extra raffle tickets will be available at church this Sunday from the Church Wardens if parishioners need them, in addition to the four €5 books that were sent out with the Summer Fair booklet.

Choral and organ concert

The St Paul’s choir, conducted by Nathan Barrett, with Matthew Breen on the organ, will give a concert in the church this Friday, May 13th at 7.30pm. Admission free. The following weekend they are going “on tour” to sing in Derry  and Raphoe cathedrals.
Meanwhile, the St Paul’s  summer lunchtime series of cultural events is resuming this year, to run every Thursday during June and July. The line up for June is as follows:
June 2nd St Patrick’s Cathedral Choristers
June 9th Rathdown Senior School Musicians
June 16th Dr Roger West (TCD) on “The Culture of India”
June 23rd Organ and Guitar Duo, Stuart Nicholson
June 30th Matthew Breen, Organ
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Summer choral and organ concert

Fresh from their successful appearance in a gala concert at St Patrick’s Cathedral last week, the choir, conducted by Nathan Barrett, with Matthew Breen on the organ, will give a concert in St Paul’s on Friday, May 13th at 7.30pm. The following weekend they are going “on tour” to sing in Derry  and Raphoe cathedrals.
Meanwhile, the St Paul’s  summer lunchtime series of cultural events is resuming this year, to run every Thursday during June and July. The line up for June is as follows:
June 2nd St Patrick’s Cathedral Choristers
June 9th Rathdown Senior School Musicians
June 16th Dr Roger West (TCD) on “The Culture of India”
June 23rd Organ and Guitar Duo, Stuart Nicholson
June 30th Matthew Breen, Organ