Newsletter September 2024

Parish website:  www.traleedingle.ardfert.anglican.org           

https://www.facebook.com/Tralee-and-Dingle-Group-of-Parishes-680304582052423/

Rev Jim Stephens @ 087 0529107

Rev Willa Goodfellow  083 3864483

Email: stjohns.ashestreet@gmail.com

Roses and Rosebuds.

It was great that have our very own rose bud taking part in the festival this year.

Hannah Butler proudly wore the Rosebud sash to the morning service in Tralee much to the delight of her parents , family and to us

 her fellow parishioners.

She was part of  many events  that busy festival weekend.

On the Sunday morning, we were joined by five roses and their escorts, New found land, Louth, Galway, New Zealand and Yorkshire whose grandparents are parishioner of Gorey Union in Co Wicklow.

Keely O’Grady the New Zealand Rose went on to win The Rose of Tralee title later that week.

We were delighted with the attendance and the Parish centre was buzzing afterwards as people mingled, chatted and enjoyed refreshments.Many thanks to all who contributed to the service and to the refreshments in teach an tSolais afterwards.

 

Congratulations to:

Padraig and Chrystal on the birth of their second daughter Eliza, a sister for Mia Mai

 

Opening of St Johns.

Thanks again to all those who so generously gave their time to keep St Johns open for visitors during the Summer. It’s always surprising at the number of local people who come having  never had the opportunity to visit before. This year we had all  our  tourism literature, video and graphic panels available in the church for visitors. Many thanks to Olive who coordinated the visitor program.

 

Christian Aid fund raising walk will take place on Saturday 14th September at 11am. It will Begin on the Tralee - Fenit Greenway opposite the Tankard Car Park.

The Route will be a long the greenway to Fenit with the walk continuing to Fenit Island returning  to Fenit and back to the starting point again. Please bring a drink and some snacks.

Appropriate clothing and footwear to be worn as some of ground on the foreshore can be uneven.

Contributions: To be put discreetly in an envelope, these can be marked Christian Aid and can be left in the offertory or given to Jim. 

 

Harvests

The first of our Harvest Thanksgiving services will take place on Sunday afternoon the 29th of September in Kilgobbin at 3pm. Thanksgiving for 200 years of the present church will be part of the celebration. This will be a united service for the Camp and Dingle area and all are welcome.

It will be an ecumenical occasion and we will be joined by the Castlegregory choir.

The Harvest for the Tralee, Ballymacelligott and Ballyseedy churches will be a united service in St Johns at 10.45am on the 6th October.

The preacher will be Fr Gregory O’Carroll OP from Holy Cross , Day place Tralee.

 

Return to School, College and Training

We congratulate all those who have received their leaving cert results recently as they take their next steps to college, training, work  or to a year out.

We wish all those starting both primary and secondary school every good wish as they begin and continue their educational journey.

 

Fund raiser in St James.

The Dingle Classic film society will  screen ‘A Man for All Seasons (1966) in St James on the evening of the 26th  September @8pm .The funds raised will go towards the refurbishment of St James.

 

HONESTY TABLE

Our Honesty Table, which is situated in the vestibule in St John’s, continues to

be a valuable source of income for the parish. Its success is as a result of the

generosity both of those who contribute goods for sale and those who

purchase the items. Betty Groves has recently been very busy making various

types of jams and these will be available to purchase over the coming weeks

and come highly recommended!!! We are very grateful to Betty and to the

many other contributors and also to Mona who initially began and continues to

coordinate this worthwhile initiative.

 

LIBRARY/CHILDREN’S CORNER

If you haven’t checked out this little space which has been created within the

Kermode Chapel, be sure to do so. Feel free to browse through the many very

interesting books which have been generously donated by parishioners. The

books are available to borrow and enjoy at your leisure.

The area also has a supply of colouring pages, crayons etc., which makes it an

ideal corner for anyone with young children to sit during services.

 

Parishioners in Hospital

If you or someone known to you is in any of the hospitals in Tralee or in any of the Nursing homes in the area please let me know.

At present and because of GDPR the hospitals are not allowed to give patients names.

I will only be too happy to visit, as part of my job is to provide pastoral care to Church of Ireland patients in the hospitals. UHK and the BONS.