Local Interest
Concert: Wicklow Choral Society
Online bookings: https://www.gr8events.ie/sales/index.php?event=2502
Would you like to join the ICA – a new guild of the ICA is beginning in Newcastle on the first Wednesday each month from 8-10pm in Newcastle Parish Centre, Church Lane. All welcome!
National Volunteering Week 18-26th May 2026 centres on the theme “From Every Corner, For Every Cause” which celebrates all the different types of volunteering that make up our communities. See the website: www.volunteer.ie/how-to-get-involved/
Beginning Experience is a peer support group dedicated to helping those after the loss of a life partner. Structured programmes are facilitated by people who are themselves widowed, separated or divorced. The next Coping with Life Alone Programme will take place over three Saturdays: Saturday 6th , 20th and 27th June 2026 (Booking Essential) Venue: Carmelite Community Centre, Whitefriars Street, Dublin 2. For further information contact Beginning Experience 086 0877379, or email: bedublin@gmail.com
Anam Cara, the charity organisation that supports bereaved parents, will hold its monthly Parent Support Evening on Monday 18th May 2026 at 7.30pm in the Parkview Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow. The next online Bereavement Information Evening for bereaved parents is Thursday 19th at 7pm. See https://anamcara.ie/
Old Spectacles why not consider recycling your old glasses for charity? Please bring them to Kilian House Family Centre and place them in the special box provided. Thank you.
Diocesan Interest
THANK YOU FROM RELATIONSHIP CARE
On behalf of Relationship Care (former trading name ACCORD Dublin), I would like to sincerely thank you for your support of our recent Annual Collection on 14th & 15th February. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to share our work with your parishioners.
Thanks to your kindness, we are able to continue providing accessible, low-cost marriage & relationship counselling to couples who need support during challenging times. This work makes a real and lasting difference in people’s lives, and we could not do it without your help.
Please be assured of our continued gratitude and prayers for you and your parish community. Should you have any queries, we remain at your disposal and would be very happy to assist.
With every good wish,
Jennifer Griffin, CEO, Relationship Care
Some of these Diocesan Programme may be of interest:
Sacraments Conference 2026
This year’s conference explores the various roles of Parish, School and Family as we accompany families on the journey of Sacramental Preparation. All priests, parish pastoral workers, catechists and parish sacramental teams are warmly invited.
It takes place on June 20 from 10am to 3pm at St Paul’s, Arran Quay. Cost €10 per person. To register please email angela.mcgarry@dublindiocese.ie. Places are limited.
Teen Hope Leader’s Training
Diocesan Certificate in Catechesis
This 8-session course, run in St Paul’s Arran Quay, is for current members of a Parish Sacramental Preparation Team or anyone who might be considering this important ministry. The course is divided into 4 foundation modules and 4 modules that explore Catechesis in practice. The course costs €200. Those who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate. For more information, and to apply for a place, please contact patricia.carroll@dublindiocese.ie.
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