WELCOME to Coolock Parish website
Coolock Parish is part of Dublin Diocese of the
Church of Ireland (i.e. Anglican or Episcopalian).
We are grouped with the Parish of Raheny (All Saints' Church).
The pastoral care for our grouped parishes
is undertaken by the Rector, Rev’d Kevin Ronné.
G4J Christmas Nativity Presentation
Sunday 22nd December
11.00am
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We extend a warm welcome to pupils and teachers from our parish school, Springdale National School, for their Christmas Service in St John's on Friday 20th December.
Sunday, 29th December, 2024 We will be joined by members of our sister parish of Raheny (All Saints' Church) at our combined morning worship on 29th December. It will be an ideal time to give thanks to our Saviour for all our blessings over the Christmas period. If you are not a worshipper in either of our parish churches, you will be particularly welcome to round off your year with us at this service. |
St John's and All Saints'
While our two churches are places of welcome, they are completely different architecturally.
St John's is a plain building on a site associated with Christian worship for over 1300 years and All Saints' is an ornate building provided by Arthur Guinness, Lord Ardilaun.
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"May the Peace of the Lord be always with you"
Why Come to church on Sundays?
In the Book of Common Prayer, which contains the liturgy used by the Church of Ireland, it tells us that we "come together in the name of Christ" for 5 main reasons:
- to offer our praise and thanksgiving
- to hear and receive God’s holy word,
- to seek forgiveness of our sins,
- and to pray for the needs of the world,
- by the power of the Holy Spirit we may give ourselves to the service of God.
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Hymn Singing
Congregational singing has always formed an important ingredient in Church of Ireland worship. We use hymns each week for praise and prayer. A combination of traditional and modern verse, music and community provides a feeling of well-being. Singing is not a requisite, but if you like congregational singing, here is your chance. The church has many copies of The Irish Church Hymnal - Melody Edition for use by the congregation.
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"telling - teaching - tending - transforming - treasuring"
These are the Five Marks of Mission drawn up by The Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion to guide participating Churches.
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