On Sunday 29 May, the service in Sandford Church was prepared and led by the Confirmation Class of 2022, comprising Alex Bailey, Matthew Burns, Eoin Cooke, Lucia Goodall Turner, Millie Langford, Catherine Leahy, April Lyons, Evan Macken and Ivar McGrath. During the course of Confirmation preparation classes led by the…
Our Children’s Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place on Sunday 16 October at 11.30 am at St Philip’s. Children are asked to bring gifts, which will be given to the Capuchin Day Centre, Penny Dinners, TRUST, and the Women’s Refuge. Items required:• Tea, coffee, sugar, tinned products, non-perishable products (incl.…
We look forward to welcoming Gillian Kingston to preach at our Harvest Thanksgiving Services on Sunday 9 October, as we continue with the theme of ‘eco-congregation’. The service in Sandford Church will be at 10am; the service at St Philip’s will be at 11.30 am.
The Parish Development Committee has been looking at ways in which our parishes can become more green and to this end we will be having an Eco-Congregation Awareness service in each church on Sunday 2 October, at 10am in Sandford and 11.30 am in St Philip’s (more details under Parish…
Bees are vital to a healthy environment. However, it is believed that one third of our wild bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. This is because there has been a drastic reduction in the areas that they can nest and the amount of food that our landscape provides…
Eco-Congregation/Green Church was our focus at our meeting in March. The Committee discussed what our next steps would be in this area and are in the process of putting a plan together with short-term and long-term goals. If you have a particular interest in climate change and sustainability and would…
We have had three walks since the last issue of Sandmill News and they have all been most enjoyable. Our March walk was in the Lehaunstown area near Carrickmines. On St David’s Day in beautiful sunny weather nine Strollers (seven women and two men) met in the car park of…
After a well-deserved rest following our performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion during Holy Week, the choir has begun preparing for one final special event—a service of Choral Matins on Trinity Sunday, 12 June, to mark the end of the choir term. Surviving copies of music from Sandford of more than a…
The Sandford Parish Cookbook was launched in October 2021. This 128-page bookcontains 101 recipes donated by the parishioners of Sandford & St Philip’sMilltown and the children of Sandford Parish National School, ranging fromCheesy Bang Bangs and Brown Bettys to Noisette of Lamb and Tasmanian Lemon Pie. The cookbook priced at…
Since the grant of planning permission for the essential works on St Philips’ Hall issued in March, five requests to tender have been sent to a selection of building companies for the first phase of the restoration project. The works in this phase include replacing roof tiles and repairing roof…