There are still a few places available for the Parish Outing  on Saturday, September 17th,  which will include a cruise on the River Shannon from Banagher to Shannonbridge, followed by a guided tour of Clonmacnoise.  Lunch stop over at Lukers Pub and Restaurant, Shannonbridge. The bus leaves from St Paul’s at 8 am and is due to return to  Glenageary at 6.15 pm approx.  Cost, not including lunch, €35 per person.  To reserve your seat please contact John White Tel: 087 2594729

All are invited to our now traditional outdoor service in the grounds of the church, on Sunday, August 28th, followed by a family barbecue, to mark the end of the summer holidays. Please note the later starting time of 12 noon for the service and it will go ahead regardless of the weather, even if it means we have to retreat into the Parish Centre – but we’ve been lucky so far!
There will also be an opportunity to register your child for Sunday Club (ages 4-12) which will begin again on Sunday September 11th.

On August 28th our annual Outdoor Service, at the later time of 12 noon, followed by a family  barbecue, will mark the end of the summer holidays. There will also be registration for Sunday Club that day for children aged four to 12. Other key dates between now and the end of the year include:

September 11^th Sunday Club begins; it will meet on the second and fourth Sunday of each month
September 17^th Parish Outing: Cruise on Shannon and Clonmacnoise (see below)
October 2^nd Pets Service 10.30 am
October 16^th Harvest Thanksgiving –Preacher Rt. Revd Paul Colton Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
November 6^th Remembrance and Thanksgiving Service for Loved Ones 7 pm
November 13^th Remembrance Sunday
December 18^th Service of Nine Lessons with Carols by Candlelight 7 pm

St Paul’s choir combined with members of the choir in  St Patrick’s, Dalkey to sing both the morning and evening services in St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 3rd. As chance would have it, the preacher for the day was a former curate of Glenageary, Canon Paul Willoughby.

Without wanting to wish the summer away, we are asking you to book now for a place on a parish autumn outing. A great trip has been organised for Saturday, September 17th, which will include a cruise on the River Shannon from Banagher to Shannonbridge, followed by a guided tour of Clonmacnoise (pictured above). Lunch stop over at Lukers Pub and Restaurant, Shannonbridge.
Bus departs St Paul’s at 8am and returns approx 6.15pm.  Cost, not including lunch, €35 per person.  Limited places available.  To reserve your seat please contact John White Tel: 087 259 4729 or email jnewportwhite@gmail.com.

The Thursday Lunchtime series in St Paul’s this week, June 23rd, will feature Guitar and Organ Music with The Mandeville Duo. Coffee/tea served from 1pm; recital starts at 1.15pm. Admission free and retiring collection, if desired, to the St Paul’s Organ Fund.
The next event in the series is:  June 30th Organ Music with Nathan Barrett

Parishoner Professor Roger West of Trinity College Dublin will give a talk entitled “At Home in India” at the Summer Lunchtimes in St Paul’s series this Thursday, June 16th. It will be both a photographic and anecdotal portrait of how to feel comfortable in such a different country.
Coffee/tea served from 1pm; talk starts at 1.15pm. Admission free and retiring collection, if desired, to the St Paul’s Organ Fund.
The next two events in the series are:
June 23rd Guitar and Organ with The Mandeville Duo
June 30th Organ Music with Nathan Barrett

Musicians from Rathdown Senior School will feature in the free St Paul’s Summer Lunchtime series this Thursday, June 9th. Performance starts at 1.15pm, coffee/tea from 1pm.

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