Message from Fr Joe Coyne

Would you like a copy of the Gospel of Luke, if so contact St. Ciarans Church

I am gradually settling into Hartstown Parish-having arrived in early September. I appreciate the welcome and kindness shown to me. After three months I am beginning to recognise the great potential in the community and hope as time goes by that more people will be able to contribute to the building up of God's family. Involvement in Parish Work necessitates an awareness of the need for special care of children and already Child Protection Training is proceeding here in St.Ciaran's.

The school play is a central role in the life of the Community. As I am getting to know the teachers in St.Ciaran's, I can see how important a good school is in the parish. The 1st Communications have had their enrolement ceremony. This was arranged by the parents with the help of Clinton Maher, the new Pastoral Worker. The school made it all very easy.

Thanks to you and to our non resident parishioners who have been faithful friends of Hartstown.

"Christmas is God in touch with us
And we in touch with each other"

 

 

St. Ciaran's Church (above left). We are six miles west of Dublin City Centre. Our mother Church was St. Brigid of Blanchardstown. We are seven miles from Dublin airport, beside the M50 and the Blanchardstown New Centre. Nearby is Aras An Uachtaran, "the house of the President of Ireland" at Phoenix Park.

The Cross of the Scriptures (above centre) in the monastic city of St Ciaran, Clonmacnoise was built to the memory of Flann - high King of Ireland in 920AD. One panel of the cross shows Ciaran the monk and a rebel King, hand in hand, staking the site of the new monastery in 547 AD.

St. Ciaran's Emblem (above right). Archbishop Dermot Ryan of Dublin chose St Ciaran as patron for our parish and schools in Hartstown in 1978. We too were an infant foundation with young people arriving to make their homes in the fields, without roads, shops or electricity. My own spirit was seeded with memories of Ciaran and Clonmacnoise.