Autumn Spirituality Courses ~
‘Wholeness and Well-Being’
The second of these Autumn Talks will be held on: Monday 16th November in The Side Chapel at 8.00pm. The speaker will be Fr. Des O’Donnell who is a psychologist and psychotherapist and has led retreats all over the world. In his gentle and informed way, which is always practical and down–to-earth, Des will help us in our own quest for wholeness and wellbeing. All are very warmly invited.
Rathfarnham Parish Eco Group plan to show The Age of Stupid in The PARISH CENTRE, Rathfarnham Village on Thursday 26th November 2009 at 8pm. Information and tickets from Fiona or David. Quiz for attendees with Prizes!
with Richard Haslam on Thursday 3rd December 2009 at 8.00pm in Rathfarnham Parish Church
Admission €12 - Proceeds in aid of the Memorial Hall Renovation Fund
For Tickets call Emma 4949503 or The Rectory 4905543
CLIMATE CHANGE destroys lives
Bishops' Appeal – Helping Make A Difference
The Bishops' Appeal is the Church of Ireland’s World Aid and Development Fund to help projects and disasters. The Bishops Appeal envelope can be returned on the plate at Services. If you are in the envelope scheme there is a Bishops’ Appeal envelope at the back of your box of envelopes www.bishopsappeal.ireland.anglican.org
Christians urged to pray in run up to UN climate summit. The central issue is how our climate is affected by our use, and replacement, of peaking fossil fuels (oil, gas & coal) and the consequent emission of carbon dioxide. But unless carefully managed globally this reduction will affect food production and poorer economies' future ability to develop better infrastructure, employment, education, health and protect nature; while climate change is already destroying infrastructure, roads, farms, factories and fisheries. With current farming and processing techniques, an increasing world population will require increased use of energy while decreased fossil fuel use is needed for the sake of our future climate.
Ultimately, it comes down to us, the wealthy nations, not wanting to bear the cost of all the carbon dioxide waste we have dumped into the atmosphere without the poor and hungry also paying out. President Obama noted “No single issue is as fundamental to our future as energy". We must do more with less fossil fuel while still creating enough energy from a myriad of sources to employ and feed all the 6.8 billion people alive today! That is the challenge for the 21st century!
CHURCH SERVICES November 2009 Church Services Each Sunday
8.00am - Holy Communion
10.30am - Family Service
with full choir & sermon
12.00 noon - Holy Communion Each Thursday
Holy Communion at 10.30am in the Side Chapel
November Sunday 1st 10.30am - Morning Prayer & Baptism
12.00 noon - Holy Communion
7.00pm - All Saints Day - Bereavement Service
Everyone Welcome - coffee afterwards
A Voice of Hope for Copenhagen:
Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC: "There are three things. Commitments: to reduce emissions by all Developed countries by 2020 peaking in 2015 and declining thereafter to help the developing countries in adaptation and mitigation access to new technologies." Read the full interview on Yale Environment 360.
Why would America's largest coal utility and Britain's biggest oil company invest in protecting a remote plot of Bolivian rainforest? Read more ... Rainforest Video
