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.

Philip Molloy of Newstalk will introduce Michael Mann’s thriller about dirty tricks in the tobacco industry, “The Insider” (1999), starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe  at the last Parish Film Night of the season, this Thursday, May 19th, at 8pm in the Parish Centre. Make sure there is a seat for you by emailling stpaulsdub@gmail.com

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.

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

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

Donations of home baking and raffle prizes would be most welcome for the Alzheimer’s Tea Day, which will be held in St Paul’s Parish Centre on Friday, May 6th  from 10.30 am-12.30 pm. Tea Day is a social occasion where thousands of people – friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours – come together to drink tea and raise money for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.  Last year in Ireland over €400,000 was raised by tea day hosts around the country. Contact Diane 087 127 0342 or Nola 087 688 9845.

The choir have been invited to sing in a gala concert in St Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday April 28th at 7.30pm, with Nathan Barrett conducting and Matthew Breen accompanying on the organ.  The theme of the evening is the cathedral’s musical legacy (dating back to 1547!) and the choirs, soloists, organists, accompanists and many composers for the night have a link to the cathedral.  All proceeds of tickets (€20 adults, €10 children) will go towards supporting a new building for the cathedral school.
Tickets available after church during coffee this Sunday, April 24th, from Roger West or from rwest@tcd.ie.  The delightful musical programme will suit all tastes – please support this worthy effort if you can.

The new parish council, or Select Vestry, for 2016/17 was elected without a vote at yesterday’s parish AGM (Easter General Vestry). The members are:
Rev Gary Dowd (Chairman); Geoff Barry (Rector’s churchwarden); Rita Dalton (People’s churchwarden); Erica Pickering (Rector’s glebewarden); Frank Gunning (People’s glebewarden); Margaret Woods (Hon secretary); Alan Lowther (Hon treasurer); Roxanna Allen; Fiona Arnold; Joe Harvey; Paul Hatton; Mary Heseltine; Stuart Robertson; Sheila Wayman and Lynn Wiley.

The St Paul’s Annual General Meeting, known as the Easter General Vestry, will be held in the Parish Centre this Sunday, April 10th,  after a shortened 10.30am service of Parish Communion. There will be a chance to have tea/coffee before the meeting begins.

It’s time to start scouring your home for items surplus to requirements that could be donated to the Summer Fair, which takes place this year on Saturday, May 28th. Unwanted gifts, worn-only-once clothes, toys in good condition, all types of bottles,books, CDs and DVDs, are just some of the things on the “Wanted” list.
The hard-working Fair committee is always looking for new volunteers to come along and help, particularly putting up the tents and gazebos on the morning of the fair. In recognition of all the hard work a gourmet breakfast is served to all volunteers. This is a great way of meeting fellow parishioners and making a contribution to the Summer Fair which is so important to the financial health of the parish.
If you think you could get involved in any way, these committee members would be delighted to hear from you by text or call: Dominic Galvin 086 820 9645; Roxanne Allen 087 668 8289; Lynn Wiley 087 637 7085; Mark Finney 087 284 4777 and Stuart Robertson 087 666 2724.