There will be a joint Sunday School for children in both parishes on Sunday 22September in Sandford at 10am, and on Sunday 1 December at 11am at St Philip’s. It would be really great to see children from both parishes at our Sunday School gatherings, which involve arts and crafts, stories…
As part of the ongoing refurbishment of St Philip’s Hall, work has been completed on the two gable end windows. The window frames were restored and refurbished and the glazing replaced with thermally efficient double glazing. The wall under the window over the kitchen has been rebuilt and refinished internally…
September 2024 will see the Bell Cote construction completed. The works comprise repairs to the Bath stone columns in the bell aperture, the removal of damaging Portland cement strap pointing, and the installation of new stainless steel anchors/lead sheet flashing on the coping stones at the top of the tower. Where…
Alexandra College Start of School Year Service On Wednesday 4 September, Alexandra College students from 4th class all the way up to 6th year and staff attended a start of school service in Sandford Church. Reverend Gyles led this lovely service to mark the beginning of the new school year…
For 13 weeks from May to the end of August, music lovers were treated to an eclectic programme of music recitals from Bach to Balfe and new modern compositions, from voice to piano, classical guitar to the church’s newly restored organ. It is a privilege to enjoy these lunchtime concerts…
Choral UnionIt has been another busy term for the Choral Union, with lots of new repertoire to be learned, and old favourites to be revised, for the upcoming end-of-year service on Sunday 26 May and the end-of-term concert on Thursday 30 May. We recently had a visit from filmmaker Neasa…
March 2024: FernhillThe car park at Fernhill, Stepaside, was the starting Point for Strollers’ March walk. Fernill is Dublin’s newest public park and is very much on the fringe of the city, at the foothills of the Dublin mountains. Set on 34 hectares, Fernhill is in the care of Dún…
St Philip’s Spring Bazaar really is one of the luckiest events in the church calendar. I can only remember one or two years when it rained. How do they do it? We enjoyed yet another glorious day out, with a particularly bounteous plant stall, delicious burgers and the finest selection…
The invitations for the St Philips Vintage Afternoon Tea dropped into the letterboxes of Mageough and Cowper Court in good time. We all remembered last year’s enjoyable event and, particularly, of the delicacies prepared by the organising committee. Well, this year, they did not disappoint. The sandwiches, delightful mouthfuls of…
As you may have seen recently, we have started to collect used postage stamps in aid of the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (‘IPCC’) so I thought I would explain what this latest initiative is about. Who are the Irish Peatland Conservation Council? The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (‘IPCC’) is an…