St Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda

Congratulations

We offer our heartiest congratulations to Yasmine and Marcus Arriaga Gonzales whose marriage was blessed in St. Peter’s on Saturday 28th May.

We wish every blessing to Yasmine and Marcus as they begin their married life together.

Prayer Circle

The Kilsaran Union Prayer Circle will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 8.00 p.m. Venue to be announced.  All are most welcome.

Ascension Day Services

Services of Holy Communion will be held for Ascension Day, Thursday 17th May, as follows:

10.00 a.m. – St. Peter’s, Drogheda
8.00 p.m. – Drumcar

Note that the 10.00 a.m. Wednesday Holy Communion in St. Peter’s on 16th May is cancelled.

General (Easter) Vestry Meetings

At the Easter General Vestry meeting for Drogheda Union of Parishes held on Sunday 15th April 2012, the following appointments were made:

CHURCH WARDENS          Rector’s                            People’s

Mr. G. Murray                    Mr. E. McParland

GLEBE WARDENS

Mr. G. Dagg                      Mr. R. Murdock

SELECT VESTRY

The Church Wardens and Glebe Wardens ex officio together with:

Ms. L. Allen        Mr. J. Black         Mr. J. Broughton       Mr. S. Dunne
Mr. H. Kruger      Dr. C. McDowell   Mr. S. McCormack    Mr. F. O’Looney
Ms. E. O’Reilly    Mr. J. Sheils         Ms. J. Sloan             Mrs. H. Spearman

 

At the Easter General Vestry meeting for Kilsaran Union of Parishes held on Tuesday 17th April 2012, the following appointments were made:

CHURCH WARDENS          Rector’s                            People’s

Castlebellingham              Mrs. G. Whyte                   Mr. W. Whyte

Dunleer                             Ms. E. Sloan                     Mrs. R. Bellew

GLEBE WARDENS

Mr. E. Sloan                      Mr. C. Treadwell

SELECT VESTRY

The Church Wardens and Glebe Wardens ex officio together with:

Mr. D. Keenan      Mr. H. Newett      Mrs. O. Newett          Mr. T. Oliver
Mr. H. Sloan         Mrs. M. Sloan     Mr. G. Treadwell        Mr. R. Treadwell
Mrs. A. Whyte      Mr. V. Whyte      Ms. C. Workman       Mrs. J. Workman

At the Easter General Vestry meeting for Ardee Union of Parishes held on Thursday 19th April 2012, the following appointments were made:

CHURCH WARDENS          Rector’s                            People’s

St. Mary’s, Ardee              Mr. L. Hatrick                     Mr. R. Kavanagh

Collon                              Mrs. E. Brooks                  Mrs. H. O’Donoghue

GLEBE WARDENS

Mr. B. Fryer                       Miss M. Shirley

SELECT VESTRY

The Church Wardens and Glebe Wardens ex officio together with:

Mr. G. Angel        Ms. A. Booth      Mr. S. Hawes            Mrs. R. Higgins
Mrs. E. McLean    Mr. D. Murphy    Ms. R. Strahan          Ms. W. Strahan
Mr. J. Rountree

Select Vestry Meetings

There will be meetings of the newly-elected Select Vestries as follows:

• Kilsaran Union – Tuesday 1st May at 8.00 p.m. in the Old Schoolhouse, Castlebellingham
• Drogheda Union – Wednesday 2nd May at 8.15 p.m. in the St Peter’s Vestry
• Ardee Union – Thursday 3rd May at 8.00 p.m. in St. Mary’s, Ardee

General Synod

The General Synod of the Church of Ireland will be held in Dublin from Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th May. Please remember in your prayers all those who will be involved.

Sunday School Trip

A joint Sunday School Trip to Dublin Zoo for the children of Drogheda, Ardee and Kilsaran (not just those who attend Sunday School) will be held on Sunday 27th May (following the 11.30 a.m. Service in Drogheda).

The bus will leave from St. Peter’s, Drogheda where any cars may be left and the children picked up after the trip.

Please contact Lizanne Allen  or Karen Coleman  as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made and tickets booked.

Dates for your Diary

The following dates have been fixed for forthcoming events in our Unions of Parishes:

Monday 4th June – Kilsaran Union Summer Fete
in O’Connell’s GFC, Castlebellingham

Saturday 14th July – Drogheda Union Summer Fair.
from 12.00 – 3.00 p.m. (please note the change of time)

Hospitalisation

Some of you may be aware that following a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner the long-standing practice of allowing clergy to check admissions in hospitals and nursing homes has been stopped.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is restricted from passing on sensitive information to third parties and cannot release sensitive personal information to any person in breach of the provisions of the data protection legislation. A letter was sent to all Dioceses to that effect.

What this means in practice is that Honorary Hospital/Nursing Home Chaplains (e.g. Church of Ireland Rectors who have hospitals or nursing homes in their parish for which they are responsible) can no longer check to see if any patients have been admitted who put themselves down as “Church of Ireland” or other Anglican denomination.

The onus has now shifted to patients themselves and/or their families to let their local Rector (and via him/her the Hospital Chaplain) know when someone has been admitted to hospital or a nursing home, and also when they have been discharged.

It’s better to have three or four people tell the clergy about a patient than for that person to feel neglected. Then perhaps we won’t hear those dreaded words, “I was in hospital for a fortnight and no-one from the clergy came to visit me.”

Music @ St. Peter’s

Louth Contemporary Music Society in association with Drogheda Arts Festival present Rabih Abou Khalil’s Arabian Waltz in St.Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda on Friday 4th May at 8pm. More information at www.droghedaartsfestival.ie

The Tredagh Singers will perform in St. Peter’s on Friday 18th May at 8.00 p.m. in a concert in aid of the Soroptimists. For tickets please contact Gillian Sheils.