The Revd Ross Styles, Rector of the Parish of Newcastle and Newtownmountkennedy with Calary Parish, has been appointed Archdeacon of Glendalough, following the retirement of Archdeacon Neal O’Raw.
If the Live Animal Crib at Dublin’s Mansion House is a bit of a trek, you can always put the live nativity, One Night in Bethlehem, on the Christmas calendar as the family event returns to St Patrick’s Church on Friday, December 22, from 5-8pm.
Phil Coulter is bringing his new ’Four Score and Then’ tour to Greystones next month, following the huge success of last year’s ‘Phil Coulter at 80’ tour, which was met with standing ovations at packed venues nationwide.
St Patrick s National School delivered over 300 care packages and provided a hot Christmas dinner to homeless people last Sunday.
The Greystones school, church and greater community collected items for the care packages over the past two weeks.
The students collected over 1,200 toys for children living in poverty in the city centre, and they provided Christmas dinner and festive entertainment at the weekend for homeless people in the Lighthouse Homeless Centre, Pearse Street.
Speaking about the Christmas initiative, St. Patrick s School Principal, Rachel Harper said: This Christmas was always going to be different and we wanted to highlight to the children, what we can do, rather than what we can t do. So we thought about how our community could reach out to another, less fortunate ones and make a difference.