2011 Archive
UCD Philharmonic Choir - Requiem Aeternam - 8pm Tuesday 29th November 2011
A performance of the Fauré Requiem. The Choir is conducted by Orla Flanagan, with Peter Barley on Organ, and soloists - Aideen Richkard - Soprano and Mark Ennis - Baritone. Tickets- € 10 ( € 5 Concessions)
Claire McIlraith
Tuesday 8th November 2011
CONSECRATION of the THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE 30 October 2011
An Important event in the life of the parish……
It is our prayer that this garden will continue to serve as a place of Christian interment and as an area of beauty and peace for the people of this area for many years to come.
A Special Thank you to The Most Reverend Michael Jackson Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan who consecrated the Garden of Remembrance in the church grounds on Sunday 30th October 2011.
We would also like to express our thanks to all who helped in the creation of this Garden of Remembrance and also those who have given of their planning and building expertise. We thank….The members of the Select Vestry of Saint Bartholomew’s and Christ Church Leeson Park, The Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough and the Representative Church Body, Dublin City Council and Euroscape Garden Design
Thursday 3 November 2011
Gloria
Thursday 3 November 2011
Saint Mary's Home, Pembroke Park
The annual Autumn Fayre in aid of Saint Mary’s Home took place on Thursday 22nd September in Saint Conleth’s School, next door to the home. The staff and management of Saint Mary’s would like to thank everybody who supported the sale, which raised almost €11,000 and was enjoyed by all who attended.
Friday 28 October 2011
Girls' Choir CD
The Girls and Men have just finished recording a CD, which is planned for release before the end of the year. It includes quite a lot of their existing repertoire, including two eucharist settings, two evening service settings, and a selection of anthems. Watch out for further details coming soon.
Thursday 13 October 2011
Visit of the Archbishop
The Archbishop will be able to be with us on Sunday 30th October at our service of Solemn Evensong for All Saints at 6pm when we shall be consecrating the Garden of Remembrance. On that Sunday we would ask you to join us at the Garden of Remembrance at the far end of the church grounds for a short act of dedication immediately before the service. This is an important event in the life of the parish and I would like to encourage you to come and attend and to support this special service of consecration. Please bring a coat and warm clothes in case the weather is not good! Fr Andrew
Thursday 13 October 2011
Evensong notice
There will be no service of Choral Evensong on Sunday 23rd October, due to a recording session in the church.
Thursday 13 October 2011
St. Mary's Home Annual Autumn Fayre
The annual Autumn Fayre in aid of St Mary’s Home, Pembroke Park, will be held in St. Conleth's College, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on Thursday 22nd September 2011 between 10am and 2pm. We look forward to meeting our many friends. Event includes - Plants, Bric-a-Brac, Books, Cakes and Delicatessen, Tombola, Groceries, Christmas Stall, Raffle and a Lunch for € 9 ( includes a coffee ) Claire McIlraith
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Books needed PLEASE
We are in charge of the book stall at St. Mary’s Home Autumn Fayre to be held on Thursday 22nd September. If you have any used/unwanted books that you are willing to donate, it would be much appreciated! The Autumn Fayre is a major annual fundraiser for the home and it depends on the proceeds raised to continue to offer it’s elderly residents the best care. Book donations will be accepted at the Church until 18 September during office hours and at Sunday services,this week and next.Thank you in advance. Claire McIlraith
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Gala Dinner
Just to let you all know that the Gala Dinner, originally planned for September 23rd has been postponed for the moment. I hope to get back to you all with a new date and venue in the coming weeks –PLEASE watch the Sunday newsletter for details also. Barbara Bergin
Monday 5 September 2011
New Assistant Director of Music
David Grealy, a native of Galway city, is a first-class honours music and history graduate of NUI Maynooth, where he studied organ performance under Professor Gerard Gillen. He is currently organist in residence at Westminster Cathedral, having been organ scholar there in 2008-9. His duties include accompanying the renowned Cathedral Choir and giving regular organ recitals at the Cathedral. From 2006 to 2008 he was organ scholar at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, and was also assistant director to the choirs in 2009-10. His duties in the Pro-Cathedral included working closely with the Palestrina Choir, for whom he was organist on its tours to the UK in 2007 and 2009, Germany in 2008, and the USA in 2010. Prior to this he held the organ scholarship at Galway Cathedral for three years, where he featured on a number of occasions in the Cathedral’s recital series. David is also in regular demand as an accompanist. He has featured regularly on RTÉ broadcasts, including The Late Late Show in April 2008, and broadcast Easter and Christmas liturgies in 2007. He has also won numerous prizes for organ including the Stanford Prize in 2003 and the advanced organ prize in 2005 at the Dublin Feis Ceoil.
Saturday 13 August 2011
Saint Bartholomew's Day
Our patronal festival is on Wednesday 24th August and the service begins at 7pm and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Solemn Eucharist will be sung by the boys and men – Darke in F and Harwood O how glorious is the kingdom.
Friday 22 July 2011
Assistant Director of Music
It is with great sadness that I announce the departure of Fraser Wilson from the post of Assistant Director of Music here in Saint Bartholomew's. We have greatly benefited from Fraser's enthusiasm, commitment and creativity over the last few years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all that he has done and for all his hard work with the choir here in Saint Bartholomew's. We wish him well for the future. Fr Andrew
Friday 22 July 2011
New Administrator for Saint Bartholomew's Church
Claire McIlraith was born in Yorkshire, UK and moved with her parents Cape Town, South Africa before she was one year old. She completed her education at Camps Bay High School in 1986 and subsequently worked for some 16 years in the film industry in South Africa where she started out as a Set Decorator. As her career progressed she took on more challenging roles as Art Department Co-ordinator and Art Director.
As the demands of parenthood naturally led to the need for more regular working hours than those offered in the film business, Claire gladly accepted a new position with a retail advertising agency in Cape Town, where she learned new skills in client liaison and account management. In 2006 she migrated to Ireland with her two teenage children, Jack and Seanne, to look for a new way of life. Adapting to her new circumstances, Claire felt fortunate to be offered a junior sales role at a Dublin Media Publishing House, where she worked for over 4 years progressing to the position of Sales Operations Manager. After being made redundant last year, she has spent the last few months on a digital media course to enhance her computer skills in this new digital age!
On most weekends you can find Claire, walking in the Wicklow hills, breathing the country air and looking for a four leaf clover...or just taking photographs. She is inspired by the magical Irish landscape and megalithic history and has settled happily with her adored children on the island of Ireland.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Administrator
Fergus McCullough is retiring from the role of Administrator of Saint Bartholomew's Church in June. Fergus has been with us for many years and has greatly enjoyed working in the parish and we are grateful for all the work that he has done. However, he won't be leaving us entirely and has kindly agreed to work on a voluntary basis for a couple of days in the week to help us to keep the church open.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Vacancy
A vacancy has arisen for an Assistant Director of Music.
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Girls' Choirs
On Sunday 22 May at 3.15pm in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, the girls of Saint Bartholomew’s will join with the girls of Saint Patrick’s to sing evensong. All are welcome.
Friday 20 May 2011
Forthcoming Concerts at Saint Bartholomew's
Sat 11 June: Dublin Symphony Orchestra Concert 8pm. www.dublinsymphony.org.
Fri 8 July: Anúna Concert 8pm. www.anuna.ie.
Thursday 19 May 2011
Ascension Day
At 8pm on Thursday 2nd June we will have a Solemn Eucharist to mark Ascension Day. The guest preacher will be Revd Katherine Priode Meyer who is minister of Christ Church in Sandymount; a united congregation of Presbyterians and Methodists which recently celebrated 30 years of shared ministry and witness in the local area and a church that is very active ecumenically in the area. We look forward to welcoming Katherine on that night and celebrating the feast of the Ascension together.
Thursday 19 May 2011
Corpus Christi
The parish will celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday 23rd June at 7pm. The service will be followed by a BBQ. All are welcome to join us in this special time and please remember to pray for good weather. In many previous years we have been very blessed with fine sunshine and hopefully this year we shall continue to be lucky! We hope to see you there.
Thursday 21 April 2011
Easter Arrangements
There will be no Evensong on Easter Sunday or on the following two Sundays 1st May and 8th May, the day of the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Dublin. There will not be a 12.45pm Holy Communion in Saint Bartholomew's on Wednesday 27th April, but there will be a 10am celebration in Christ Church Leeson Park.
Thursday 21 April 2011
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 9th March is Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of Lent. There will be a said Eucharist in Christ Church Leeson Park at 10am and in Saint Bartholomew's at 12.45pm. A Solemn Eucharist will take place in the evening in Saint Bartholomew's at 8pm, when the preacher will be David Bowles, Student Reader.
Friday 25 February 2011
Student Reader
We welcome David Bowles, who is in his second year of training for ordination, as Student Reader at Saint Bartholomew’s. David is married with two young children and he works in the finance department of an advertising company. His home parish is Saint Brigid's in Stillorgan, but since moving house he has been worshipping in Rathmichael parish. Even though the student placements from the college are now considerably shorter (6 to 8 weeks as compared with 6 months!) it is hoped that we will still get an opportunity to know him and encourage him in his ministerial formation.
Friday 25 February 2011
Tristan Russcher appointed as Director of Music
Saint Bartholomew's Church is delighted to announce the appointment of Tristan Russcher as Director of Music, effective from the beginning of next month.
Born in Australia, Tristan has been playing the piano since the age of three. After completing his A-Levels at Ampleforth College, York, Tristan was awarded the organ scholarship at Worcester College, Oxford. After completing his Bachelor of Arts in Music, Tristan accepted the post of joint organ scholar at Saint Patrick's Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin and went on to win prizes in the Royal College of Organists' diploma examinations, gaining his Fellowship diploma in 2004. In 2005 he was the runner-up in the Pipeworks International Organ Festival and in 2008 presented a joint recital series of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen. Tristan has many years of experience in directing children's choirs and has worked with the best musical ensembles in Ireland.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
New Magazine
The latest issue of Music @ Saint Bartholomew's is now available.
Sunday 30 January 2011