Church of Ireland
Calry Parish Church
Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Notice Sheet
27 September 2026 – Trinity XVII
Rector: Ven Patrick Bamber Tel: 071 91 46513. Day off – Monday
Associate Minister: Canon Ronnie Bourke
Curate: Revd Victoria Pringle 089 400 2605. Day off - Friday
email: rector@calry.ie fb:/calryparishchurch www.calry.ie
A diverse yet unified community of all ages, sharing the message of Jesus by word and deed in Sligo and beyond.
11.00 am is our monthly service of Holy Communion.
The Bible passages are: Exodus 17.1-7, Psalm 95 and Matthew 21.23-32
4.00 pm (later than usual) St John’s Hospital Harvest Thanksgiving Service – all welcome!
Main Sunday Services in Calry
| Date | Name | Details |
| 4 October | Trinity XVIII | 4.00 pm Harvest Thanksgiving – speaker Rev Alan Mitchell |
| 11 October | Trinity IXX | 11.00 am Service of the Word – Revd Victoria Pringle |
| 18 October | St Luke’s Day Trinity XX | 11.00 am Service of the Word – Bishop Ferran and Revd Victoria Pringle |
| 25 October | 5th before Advent | 11.00 am Holy Communion – Canon Ronnie Bourke |
Tuesday Rectory Fellowship Group
We are continuing our series in 2 Samuel meeting again this week at 11.15 – 12.30 pm. Do come if you’re free.
Saturday 8 am Inter-church Prayer Meeting
3rd October: Heatherview - Home of Gwyneth and George Rich
10th October: Sligo Methodist Church
Parish Prayers
The next Parish prayers will be on Wednesday 30th September at 7.30 pm in the church.
Harvest
The Calry Harvest Thanksgiving will be on Sunday 4th October at 4 pm. The guest preacher will be Rev Alan Mitchell. Following the service will be our usual Harvest tea.
How can I help?
- Decorating the church – meet on Friday morning 2nd Oct
- Cleaning the church – meet on Saturday afternoon 3rd Oct at 2 pm
- Bring something to give to Sligo Food Bank
- Donate something to eat at the Harvest Tea
- Contribute to the collection for our link diocese of Kindu in DRC
- Invite your friends and neighbours to join us
- Pray!
Lay Ministers’ Retreat
The Commission on Ministry is organising a Lay Ministers’ Retreat for lay ministers across the Church of Ireland. Registration is free of charge. Two retreats are being offered:
Saturday 3 October in Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght
Saturday 10 October in Murlough House, Dundrum, Co Down
To register or for more information email: linto.john@rcbcoi.org
Church of Ireland Youth Dept Confirmation Questionnaire
CIYD are hoping to survey everyone who was confirmed since 2017. We need at least 500 responses to get a good data set and from across the Church of Ireland.
The survey is here: https://forms.gle/wK7NkwhRf9yBXaZU9
It's totally anonymous, can be completed by anyone (regardless of age) who was confirmed in the C of I since 2017 and the deadline is 31st December. I have Prof. Leslie Francis and his team lined up to crunch the data and tell us how we can make Confirmation more impactful, but what we really need is data!
Sunday School
The re-opening of Sunday School is delayed. Please ask for more details.
Christian Unions
Grammar – Tuesday lunchtimes in The Cabin
ATU – Thursday 1-2 pm in the Sanctuary, Student Services Building
Men’s Event on 14 November
Fermanagh Alive – Worship, Word and Workshops for men in Enniskillen 9.30 am – 12.30 pm organised by five different churches.
Other Harvest Thanksgivings
Sunday 27th
St John’s Hospital 4 pm
Lissadell 7 pm
Sligo Methodist 7 pm
Friday 2nd October
Riverstown 7 pm
Rosses Point 8 pm
Sunday 4th
Drumcliffe 7 pm
Sunday 11th
St John’s Cathedral 4 pm
Kinlough 7 pm
Friday 16th
St Anne’s Strandhill 8 pm
Sunday 18th
Boyle 4 pm – Agricultural Chaplain Rachel Cox leads a special afternoon Harvest celebration
(see flyer for more details).
Annual Leave
The Rector will be on leave from 5th – 20th October. During that time if you need a clergy person, please contact Revd Victoria on 089 400 2605.
Sad News
One of the most regular worshippers at the St John’s Hospital Church of Ireland service was Mrs Eileen Fisher. She died peacefully in St John’s on Thursday. She and her late husband Des lived in their retirement just on the boundary between Drumcliffe and Calry parishes, near neighbours to the Lattens and Millars. She attended the High School in Sligo (before it amalgamated with the Grammar) and after college began her teaching career in Kilmactranny School near Riverstown. She moved away to Carlow and Wicklow before she and Des moved back to Sligo. Her funeral is today in Drumcliffe at 1.30 pm.
Additional Prayer Points
- provision of a new musical director, more Sunday School team and youth leaders
- the formation of a new parish youth group
- the diocese of Kindu – protection from Ebola and fighting and for education and church growth
- guidance for our Diocesan Synod on Saturday 10 October
…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
for it is God who works in you
to will and to act
in order to fulfil his good purpose. Philippians 2.12b-13