Our Parish

• ...has a strong ecumenical approach with over 50% of our households being interchurch.
• ...is very young with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism being a regular feature of our worship.
• ...is planning for the future with the recent completion of an ambitious Parish Centre adjoining St.Andrew's Church in Lucan - this purpose built project is a Centre for Mission, Outreach and Hospitality.
• ...communicates regularly to members through "Top Priority", our parish magazine. The magazine is delivered to nearly 400 households here in West Dublin and North Kildare. (It will also be available as a pdf downloadable from this site in the near future.)
• ...has a 7 teacher primary School, St. Andrew's National School, which caters for 185 pupils, ranging in age from 4 to 12.
• ...has a commitment beyond itself to the work of the Simon Community.
• ...is a Mac Parish - as in computers - not food!
  
  Worship
  You Are Welcome to Worship with Us.
  For a list of our service times please click here
  

Children
Children are welcome to all Services and we have a Sunday School from September to June.

Sacrament
Holy Baptism, Holy Matrimony and Ministry of Reconciliation by arrangement with the Clergy

The Eucharist
The Eucharist is the central act of the Church of God and this is being increasingly reflected within the Anglican tradition worshipping within the Church of Ireland.

Ministry in the Parish
RECTOR - Rev Scott Peoples
Scott was ordained Deacon in 1985 and Priest in 1986 and has been Rector of the Parish since March 1999. Scott has served a curacy in Carlow, a school chaplaincy in Kilkenny College and prior to coming to this parish served as rector of Monasterevin and Portarlington Unions in the Dioceses of Meath and Kildare.

ASSISTANT PRIEST - Very Rev. Cecil Faull
Cecil retired as Dean of Leighlin , Dioceses of Ossary in November 1996 and now lives and assists in the Parish

LAY READER - Irene Young

Irene assists at services and preaches regularly in the parish.

Select Vestry -

Our parish is run by a Select Vestry (parish committee). For more information please click here.

Churches
The Parish consists of two Churches:
St.Mary's, Leixlip - Click here
St.Andrew's, Lucan - Click here

Parish Centre
Our Parish Centre, was completed in 1996 and was built to meet the needs of our growing parish. The car park was also expanded to accommodate 26 cars, Architecturally the centre is designed to blend into the background so as not to detract from the setting of St. Andrew's Church. The centre is used by various parish groups and is the venue for our annual Panto.

The Church of Ireland

• ...is a reformed Catholic Church. So we are a Church which at one and the same time is both Catholic and Reformed.
• ...is part of the world-wide Anglican / Episcopalian family of churches - nearly 70 million members in 164 countries.
• ...is an autonomous national church.
• ...is an Irish / Celtic church. Together with other Irish churches we trace our roots to the earliest days of Irish Christianity.
• ...works in partnership with the other main denomination locally, in Ireland, in Europe and throughout the world.
• ...has three orders of ministry - Bishop, Priest, Deacon.
• ...worships in a way that is liturgical.
• ...services have an accepted form and structure, with a balance between word and sacrament.
• ...maintains continuity with the Apostolic faith - the apostles themselves.
• ...has nearly 400,000 members throughout Ireland.
• ...has two provinces - Armagh and Dublin - each with an Archbishop.
• ...has 12 dioceses divided into about 520 parishes covering the country.

The Church of Ireland Website can be found at http://ireland.anglican.org/home.html



Our Diocese
The United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. The Dioceses includes the City of Dublin, County Dublin, County Wicklow and parts of County Kildare. The Parish of Leixlip Union is located within the Western part of Glendalough Dioceses.
http://www.dublin.anglican.org

Our Bishop
The Most Reverend John Neill
Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan
(Elected in 2002)

Our Cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ Church Dublin.
Dean: Very Rev. John Paterson. The Cathedral website is at www.cccdub.ie/

Our Diocesan Prayer
Diocesan Prayer Of The Decade Of Evangelism

Grant, O God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
to your pilgrim people,
a living faith,
renewed vision,
and a fresh sense of purpose;
so that we may worship you,
proclaim your love,
serve each other,
and bring your peace and hope to the world,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(Source Right Rev. Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork)

Parish Office Tel: 624 0976 - Fax: 624 0846 -
Rector: 087 243 9619 - E-mail: poffice@indigo.ie