Service in Clogher to mark 125th Anniversary of the Mothers’ Union; ’Great Big Photo Fest’ at St Columba’s Knock; Glenageary Parish Celebrates as New Hospital Wing Opens in Uganda.
Service in Clogher to mark 125th Anniversary of the Mothers’ Union
This year the Mothers’ Union are celebrating their 125th Anniversary in Ireland. On Wednesday 18th April 2012 at 8.00pm a service will be held at St Maeldoid’s Church, Castleblayney, to mark the anniversary. Mrs Geraldine Beattie the Clogher Diocesan Mothers’ Union President will be the speaker and the Revd Margaret Pringle and the Revd Robert Kingston will also take part. The Guest Soloist is Miss Rachel Maxwell. The proceeds will be going to the ‘Mums in May’ Mothers’ Union Projects at home and overseas. This Service is open to everyone.
’Great Big Photo Fest’ at St Columba’s Knock
St Columba’s Parish Church, Kings Road, Belfast is organising their very first “Great Big Photo Festival” 27 Apr 2012 — 29 Apr 2012. They hope to bring together photographers of all skills to produce a community weekend of arts and hospitality and are looking for professional photographers, keen amateurs, camera clubs and simple “point and clickers” to take part.
Throughout the weekend of the 27–29th April 2012, the church building will house an amazing array of photographs under the theme of “What a wonderful world”. You can now register your photos – either online or by picking up a form from the church.
The weekend will also consist of a photo walk from the Church around the Stormont
estate, sessions of various workshops on different topics and other events. Funds raised from this weekend will be donated to a team of parishioners who are heading
to Zambia in July to work with the Anglican Church there.
A minimum donation of £3 is requested for each photo registered and for £5 there is the option of selling your image and getting back 85% of the asking price.
The event is being publicised far and wide – setting it up as a “unique web challenge” to see if the wider community could help reach the target. It is hoped to have 1,000 photos on display from a complete range of ages, backgrounds and experiences.
Speaking about the weekend, Festival Co–ordinator Revd Robert Ferris said: “Everyone who has a camera has taken those photos which they think are good – we hope to provide a canvas upon which to display them. We also hope that the £5 option will be of interest to professional photographers to sell their work.
The festival is an exciting new venture for the parish which I hope will appeal to all the family”
Photos can be of any size, however it would be great to have large photos around A4/A3 size which can be mounted on board rather than in frames.
To register your photos, make a donatation and for more information check out the website.
If you require any more information please contact – info@thephotofest.net.
Photos and cheques, made payable to ‘St Columba’s Parish Church’, can be sent to Revd Robert Ferris c/o The Curatage, 3 Sandown
Park South, Belfast, BT5 6HE.
The event can also be found on facebook.com/thephotofest and twitter@thephotofest.
Glenageary Parish Celebrates as New Hospital Wing Opens in Uganda
Parishioners and friends of St Paul’s Parish in Glenageary celebrated the fruits of their labour following the completion of a new theatre building at Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda. The new theatre block, named St Patrick’s Building, was funded by the hard work of the south Dublin parish. They raised €200,000 for the construction of the new building and the training of an additional surgeon for the hospital. The work on site was supervised by retired engineer and St Paul’s parishioner, David Barrett.
The celebration evening was organised to thank all those who contributed to the project. David Barrett was presented with a framed picture of the hospital to mark his tremendous contribution to the project. “Without David’s contribution this project would not have been built,” Michael Webb, chairman of the Kisiizi Support Group, remarked.
St Paul’s Parish has committed to supporting the final year of training of Dr Robert, who will return to Kisiizi as a fully trained surgeon. The parish will also fund his salary for the next three years.