NEWSLETTER
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Parish News
Dear
Friends, The past academic year has
been a busy one for Abbeystrewry N.S. Last September we
welcomed six new junior infants and the return of Mrs Benn from career
break. October saw the harvest thanksgiving and our school book fair,
November and December appeared to be somewhat of a daze with all minds
directed towards our very successful Christmas play, 'Nativity
Nightmares'. 2010 welcomed
snowfall, days off and challenging weather with great enjoyment for adults
and children alike! February, March and April; saw our Board of Management
really knuckle down to plan the future direction of our school. We set
about designing plans for two new classrooms, improving our school
playground and advertising for a new teacher making Abbeystrewry N.S. a
four teacher school. May opened with us achieving
Green Flag status, while continued hard work went on in the school garden,
where lovely fresh carrots, With July approaching our
sights are now set on beach days, playing in our own gardens, holidays and
meeting old friends; but major work will
be going on the school. No one swallow makes a summer and well no one
person makes a good school. It includes everyone, children, parents,
teachers, staff and Board of Management. Well done everyone and thank you
for all your commitment, looking forward to fruitful and exciting year. Wishing everyone a safe
and happy holidays. Ms Kelly Principal of Abbeystrewry National
School Re-dedication
of Sacred Heart Church, Rath On Saturday 19th
June, Rose and I were honoured to be invited to the re-dedication of Rath Church
as representatives of the parishioners of St. Matthew’s Church,
Baltimore. This was in recognition of their use of St. Matthew’s for
weekday services throughout the winter while their own Church in Rath
underwent extensive renovations and enlargement. The improvements are
spectacular with beautifully designed new chancel incorporating a new
marble altar, flooring and furniture in a contemporary idiom. The overall
effect is the provision of a very worshipful and uplifting space. In
addition, at the East end of the Church a meeting room and other
facilities have been constructed. Quite unexpectedly in
the course of the service, I was invited to accept a Presentation of a
Processional Cross for Abbeystrewry and an altar Cross for St. Matthew’s
both exquisitively carved in ash based on Celtic design. These were carved
and designed by parishioners Mike Coleman and his son Benedict , and were presented in appreciation of
our offering St. Matthew’s for worship while their church was closed.
The St. Matthew’s Cross is engraved with the caption “In thanksgiving
from Rath and the Islands Parish”. In accepting this gift
on behalf of our parish I expressed our delight in being able to offer the
hand of fellowship to their parishioners and that as it was written in
verses of the Epistle of Paul to the Galations which had been read during
the service, ‘We are all one in Christ’. (Nicholas
MacGillycuddy) Cabery Show As Abbeystrewry National
School is expanding the necessity of fundraising becomes ever more
important. In this regard the school are running a stall at the Carbery
Show on Thursday 22nd
of July. It takes a great number of cakes and tray bakes to keep the
crowds happy, so hopefully everyone will find some time to do some baking to support the
school.
All produce can be dropped into Drinagh Spar in Skibbereen
on the Wednesday 21st
July, to be packaged. If you would like
any further information please contact: Narelle Jennings 33770 or Ann
Beare 34863. Perry
O’Donovan Perry
O’Donovan has been working on the Community Employment Scheme looking
after the Parochial Hall and the grounds around Abbeystrewry Church for the
past two years. As it is now time for Perry to move on to pastures new the
parish has recently advertised the vacant post. Perry
has had an article on the psychologist and philosopher William
James (brother of novelist Henry James) who died on 26 August 1910 accepted by the
Irish Times for the Irishman's Diary. Perry
says “The James family was originally Irish: the grandfather
came from County Cavan and made his fortune working land-deals relating to
the construction of the Erie Canal in up-state New York (he [the
grandfather] started off as a shop assistant in a dry goods store and
ended up as 'Albany's first millionaire'). People don't know William James
so much any more--especially in Europe the 'father' of psychology is
believed to be Sigsmund Freud--but William
James's work is very much part of the fabric of how we think and talk
about ourselves: ‘The divided self’, ‘stream of consciousness’,
‘the religious experience’, ‘self-esteem’, ‘the sick soul’, the
‘will to believe’, all of these ideas and expressions originate in
James’s pioneering work.” We
all wish Perry continued success with his writing and thank him for his
contribution to parish life. +++ Who so neglects a thing which he
suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is
deceiving himself; it is not too little, but too great for him,
that he doeth it not.
—Edward
B. Pusey
(1800 - 1882) Summer
Clergy To assist with the busy summer schedule
clergy are invited to come and stay in Tullagh Lodge beside Baltimore
Church. In the course of their break they usually will take two services on
a Sunday to assist the Rector. During
June we welcomed Canon Dermot Jameson, former incumbent of Kilbroney, Rev
Bill Johnston who most recently was rector of Mtubatuba, Diocese of Zululand
and Canon Jim Sims former rector of Warrenpoint, now assisting in Hollywood,
Co Down. During July and August we look forward to some familiar faces
returning such as Rev Ian Coulter from Kilkenny and George Ladd from Wales.
Dirk van Leeuwen comes from Brussels, Roger Hill, Mary Bowden, and Brian
McAvoy are all from England, however Brian McAvoy was a curate in St
Luke’s and St Ann’s in Cork city and later rector of Timoleague.
Thank you to the team who
keep the Lodge so clean and welcoming for the visitors. From
The Registers Holy Matrimony; 8th July,
Abbeystrewry Church, Caroline Bradfield (Letter) & Kenneth Bryan
(Kilbrittain) Christian Burial; 8th June,
Caheragh Churchyard, Madge Jennings, Skibbereen, Aged 95yrs. 12th June, The
Island Crematorium, John Leslie Gilbert, Forenaught, Aged 74yrs. 23rd June, New
Cemetery, Frances Murphy, Skibbereen, Aged 47yrs. Cannon
McClure's Churchwood Cure A few weeks ago you may have noticed a
pleasant polished churchwood smell in the Abbeystrewry church. This was the
result of applying Cannon McClure's
Churchwood Cure to all the church woodwork, for which thanks are due to Jackie
and Irene Roycroft and Jerome and Elizabeth McCarthy. We are further
indebted to Jackie and Irene for the reciepe for Cannon McClure's Cure, and
for the information following: 1
part Linseed Oil 1
part vinegar (best) 1
part pure turpentine Quarter
part methylated spirits Shake mixture to keep in suspension.
Apply to wood with a pad of cotton wool covered with a cloth (but not lint).
Buff afterwards with a soft cloth. Use paint brush to apply to intricate
woodwork on choir stalls and altar area. The mixture is applied every two
years, in the springtime of the year. The formula was given to Irene and
Jackie by Mrs Faith Bantry White, wife of Rev. Robin Bantry White,
Abbeystrewry rector in the 1980s, who in turn got it from Cannon McClure, a
retired clergyman living near Lough Hyne. Cannon Hugh Norman McClure
(1914-87) was a former cannon of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. He retired to
West Cork living near Lough Hyne until his death in 1987; he is buried in
the graveyard at Creagh. (Perry
O’Donovan) Charity
Collection Thank you to
all who supported our collection for LEPRA in June. The
next charity collection will be in September for Dublin
University Mission to Chota Nagpur.
ST. BARRAHANE'S CHURCH 30th
FESTIVAL
OF MUSIC CASTLETOWNSHEND,
CO. CORK, IRELAND 2010 Thursday 22 July Christopher Marwood - Cello Jan Čáp - Piano Admission: €15, (under 13 free) Thursday 29 July Catherine Leonard - Violin Hugh Tinney - Piano Admission: €15, (under 13 free) Thursday 5 August Fiachra Garvey - Piano The best Irish competitor of the 2009 AXA International Dublin Piano
Competition. Admission: €15, (under 13 free) Thursday 12 August FIDIL, Aidan O'Donnell - Ciarán Ó Maonaigh - Damien McGeehan …three Donegal fiddle players…whose unique ability… go boldly where no Trad band has gone before… Admission: €15, (under 13 free) Thursday 19 August The Three Irish Tenors Derek Moloney - Ciaran Nagle - Dominic McGorian Admission: €25 All concerts start 8.30p.m. Reservations and Ticket Sales: Mrs. Angela Eborall, Tel: (028) - 36193
The current Select Vestry Samson Abba, Margaret Deane, Susan Deane, Robert Fountain, Tony Gibbons, June Kingston, Michael Richards, Noel Roycroft, Freda Salter-Townshend, Noelle Salter, Doris Sweetnam, Ronnie Tanner
Abbeystrewry Church Wardens People’s Churchwarden: Daniel Jackson Rector’s Churchwarden: Linda Shannon
Baltimore Church Wardens People’s Churchwarden: Rose MacGillycuddy Rector’s Churchwarden: Nicholas MacGillycuddy
Caheragh Church Wardens People’s Churchwarden: Carole Pound Rector’s Churchwarden: Richie Ross
Castletownshend Church Wardens People’s Churchwarden: Shelagh Reid Smith Rector’s Churchwarden: Robert Salter-Townshend
Glebe Wardens People’s Glebewarden: Gordon Benn & Rector’s Glebewarden: John Stoutt
Diocesan Synod Tony Gibbons, Gordon Benn, Robert Fountain, Nicholas Mac Gillycuddy & Freda Salter-Townshend Supplementalists: Carole Pound, Linda Shannon, Kathy Armstrong, Richard Ross, Jackie Roycroft
Nominators Bill Kingston, Rose MacGillycuddy, Freda Salter-Townshend & Karen Benn Supplementalists: Ronnie Tanner, Nicholas MacGillycuddy, Tony Gibbons, Doris Sweetnam
Stewardship giving/Tax Rebates As you all may know, those who give to the Church, and are treated as self-employed, can claim tax relief on any amount over E250.00 per year. Likewise, the Parish can claim tax relief on any giving over E250 by any PAYE earner, irrespective of the rate of tax that they pay. To this end, receipts are presently being forwarded to those who we believe to be classed as self-employed, so that they can claim their tax break. Similarly, claim forms are being forwarded to those who we believe to be PAYE earners, and we are asking these PAYE earners to sign and return the forms to the Parish Treasurer or Parish Recorder. If any person, who falls in to either of the afore-mentioned tax brackets, and who has given a minimum of E250.00 to the Church for the calendar year 2007, does not receive documentation, could they please, before 22nd July next, contact either their local Treasurer or Parish Recorder. In the event of any query regarding this scheme, please telephone the Parish Treasurer, Ronnie Tanner, at (028) 22193. Remember, in-action on this matter either costs the donor, or the Parish, money.
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