Best of luck to everyone starting exams tomorrow.
Give it your best shot and you’ll do great!
Parish Pastoral Centre Opening
A massive thank you to all of the Scouts, Beavers and Leaders who partook in the official opening of the Parish Pastoral Centre today.
It was great to help mark this special ocassion and help with catering (352 sausages cooked and distributed).
Well done everyone. Enjoy the sunny shiny day!
Parish Centre Opening – Sunday 5th at 11.45am
Good morning all.
A reminder that we are forming a guard of honour at the opening of St.Cronans Parish centre today.
We are meeting at 11.45am at the Den. Full uniform is essential!
Hope to see you then
Saturday 4th – Disco, Sunday 5th – Parish Centre opening
Hi all,
A reminder of 2 events that are taking place this weekend.
Tonight (Saturday 4th June) there is a Scout disco being hosted in our Den. Tomorrow (Sunday 5th) we will be partaking in the official opening of St.Cronan’s Parish Centre. Full details of both events are below…..
Scout Disco – Saturday 7pm – 10pm – Brackenstown Scout Den
DJ Chris Mordey will be spinning the wheels of steel!
Raffle tickets will be on sale on the night for free entry into play and attitude teenage discos in the Wright venue. Tickets will €1 each or a strip for €3
There will be a tuck shop open all night where all drinks and sweets will be €1
As it is a scouting event you must have a neckerchief with you at all times.
ENTRY IS €10
Pastoral Centre Grand Opening – Sunday 11.45pm
We have been invited to this important event to help mark this important event in the Parish. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will Bless and Open our Pastoral Center after 12:30 Mass
We will be part a colour party so it it very important that all scouts have full and perfect uniform.
We will be meeting at our Den at 11.45pm.
Refreshments will be served for everybody in the Pastoral Centre after the opening.
Ward River cleanup – Well done to all
Well done to all the scouts who helped with the Ward River cleanup.
A fantastic effort cleaning the river and the surrounding river bank… making Swords a cleaner, safer and better place to live!
River Clean Up – Saturday 28th May
Hi all,
A reminder that we will be helping out with the Ward River cleanup as part of the Swords Tidy Towns this Saturday.
We will be meeting at 10.30am at the entrance to the park beside the Castle Shopping Centre. It should take 2/3 hours.
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Leinster MPC – Photos
In the heart of the Wicklow mountains. Weather and visibility made the conditions tough, especially for navigation but our team overcame the obstacles and powered on through!!
MPC and Darkness into Light – Fri 6th May
Fri 6th May
There’s a mega busy weekend ahead for the Raven Troop. We have an MPC and Darkness into Light event. Full details of both below……
MPC
4 of our Scouts (Sinéad, Patrick, Dylan and Sarah) will be heading down to Wicklow to take on the challenge of the Leinster MPC (Mountian Pursuit Challenge – www.mpcteam.ie). The MPCs are weekends of adventurous backpacking in the mountains. They are designed to be tough and challenging and aim to improve hiking, lightweight camping and navigation skills in the hills. Our MPC team will be camping in the Wicklow hills on Friday and Saturday night and taking on a challenging hike all day on the Saturday. No bother to yas!!
Darkness into Light
The rest of our troop will be helping out at the Darkness into Light event in Malahide Castle. It will take place in the early hours of Saturday morning. We will be meeting at the Den at 11:30pm on Friday night and heading across to Malahide Castle to help set up.
The main event will start at 4:15 am and we expect to be back at the Den at approximately 8:00 am (Saturday morning).
All Scouts are welcome to attend but remember it is taking place very early in the morning and will be very challenging. If you feel up to it we will see you Saturday morning.
If you are coming, you will need – a torch, warm clothes and some snacks to keep you going through the night.
Pieta House is the centre for the prevention of self-harm or suicide opened over nine years. If you would like to learn more about Pieta House and the work they do you can visit heir website here http://www.pieta.ie/
Cake Sale – Tomorrow – 9am-Noon – BASE
Hi all,
A reminder that the cake sale is taking place tomorrow in BASE from 9am to 12 noon. If you’re around, drop in for a
cuppa and a treat!
There will also be lots of fantastic stalls and the raffle will be drawn with great prizes from the Scout Shop, Hairways, McCabes, McNamaras, Audreys dial-a-style mobile hairdresser and more.