Thank You to the Newsletter Team!

Each week the members of the Newsletter Team arrive in St Mary's Parish office every Thursday to fulfil the various roles which it takes to put the item together and to get it on the shelves for you. It then just seems to magic into existence after a couple of hours on Thursday morning with no sign of pressure at any time due to the skill of the people concerned.

Mary, Anna and Rose receive articles and advertisements from those who wish to submit with the deadline of 10p.m. on Wednesday night being final. Most items arrive to them via email while some arrive on paper delivered to the Parish Office in advance. Everything is checked with care so that final presentation gives respect to all who submitted items and to ensure a good balance of content. Most of the content of each week's newsletter is organised in advance of Thursday morning in the homes of the team members, with the good facility of domestic IT and IT knowledge. Some of the work is finished early on Thursday morning before the printer is set to work.

Kevin and Michelle then arrive, followed by Teresa and John, to carry out the task of folding the pages into a booklet, all with a rhythm of calm, and eventually the copies are delivered to the various outlets throughout Lucan.

It is an amazing achievement that the Lucan Newsletter is now in existence for decades without ever pausing. This is due to the good work of many volunteers who step forward to offer their skills that contribute to the various aspects of the production. It is a great source of news and information for all who live and work in Lucan and provides material for chats that happen in the groups that gather in the Parish Centre and other places during each week.

We now wish the members of the Lucan Newsletter team an enjoyable, well-earned rest during the month of August, with this being the last production until September. Thank you for your dependable dedication and creative inputs, which makes a difference to what arrives with readers each week.

Cathy Burke,
Catechist in the Lucan Partnership of Parishes