Church Services TV would like to welcome on board St Anne’s Parish Shankill in time for Christmas.

St Anne’s, Shankill, nestles between the mountains and the sea on the Southeast coastline of County Dublin and can be reached easily by motorway, bus or DART.

Over 400 people viewed Mass at St Annes on the first day it went live!

St Annes Parish Live Stream feed can be found at http://www.churchservices.tv/live/Shankill .

The times of their Christmas services are:
Mon 20th – Thurs 23rd Dec 10.00 , 19.30 – Mass

Fri 24th Dec 10.00 – Mass 20.00 – Vigil Mass (Childrens Mass) 22.00 – vigil Mass

Sat 25th Dec 8.00 , 9.30 , 10.30 , 12.00 – Mass

Why not also visit St Annes on their website http://www.stannesparishshankill.com/ .

Below is a link to our video of Fr. William Stuart the communications officer of CORI.  Fr William speaks about how he believes that Digital Media can be used to spread the word of Christ.
He later speaks about the principles of Church Resources for the Christian Community.

Please click for video of Fr William Stuart on Digital Communication and the Church in Ireland

On Behalf of Fr Pat Moran, Prior, Augustinians Cork – we are delighted to announce.

Polish Confirmations; On Sunday 12th December 2010 at 6.00pm Mass”

Fr Peter Galus, has been Polish Chaplain in Cork and Ross for five years. To mark the occasion, his Bishop Wiktor Skworc from the Diocese of Turnov in Poland is coming to St Augustine’s Church, Washington St, Cork to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to 21 young Polish people resident
in Cork.

CSTV are delighted to be carrying this event live to Ireland, Poland and the rest of the world’s Catholic Community and would encourage everyone to join in.

If you find it helpful please do place it on your churches notice board.  We can email or post it to you!!

We are delighted to make this announcement on behalf of www.catholicireland.net.

“www.catholicireland.net are pleased to offer you www.ciadvent.ie for 2010. There is something for everyone within the site which reveals its content daily through the Advent wreath.
You may have a link and or the graphic and all the content with our compliments.
We hope you and your parishioners enjoy Advent and have a very Happy and Holy Christmas.”

Tony Bolger on behalf of the teams.

The first Sunday of advent, the sun is out and the snow is on the ground. This is a perfect day for taking some of those Christmas scene photos.

Unfortunately the ice and snow also make it more difficult for all of us to travel even short distances. Yesterday I saw a young couple stop their car and offer a lift to an older woman who was walking in the middle of the road as it was too difficult to use her walker on the frozen footpaths. It reminded me that we need to make a special effort to ensure that our close neighbours are not isolated this winter.

The ChurchServices.Tv service is designed to help people at home remain part of their local Christian community in Ireland (and soon the UK) by allowing everybody to take part in Masses, Services and Prayers from the comfort of their own homes. It does not nor is meant to replace human contact. So maybe this Advent we all should all look out for each other and make sure that no one is feeling isolated or lonely.

Maria

If anybody has a community scheme that enables the housebound feel less isolated this winter please contact me at comments@churchresources.ie and I will consider adding you to this blog.

On the 25th November 2010 ChurchServices.TV was invited together with other Irish charities, clubs and associations working in the Community Services Sector to the Better Together !Awards hosted by RTEs Mary Kennedy.

The Better Together! campaign aims to show you how you can make a difference by getting involved in community and voluntary activity. Videos entries were made on the website that showcase the work of some of the thousands of charities, clubs and associations that are active across Ireland.

After a couple of weeks of nothing but bleak news on the Economic front the Better Together Awards ceremony was just what the Doctor ordered. Deirdre Garvey of the Wheel was delightful and Mary Kennedy a perfect hostess.

The Winners can be found http://www.bettertogether.ie/2010-winners and I would encourage everybody to take a look at their award winning videos.

You can find Church Services TV entry – here!  http://www.bettertogether.ie/content/churchservicestv-broadcasting-live-local-irish-christian-services

Maria

We have recently upgraded our web player with some new features. These include

1. Better fullscreen capabilities
2. Improved positioning on the screen
3. A buffering message
4. A message to let you know when a stream isn’t running

We have also improved the quality of our streaming. If you are experiencing difficulties in seeing the stream since the upgrade you can contact us at support@churchservices.tv. Let us know what stream you are having difficulty with.

In the next couple of months we will be launching new features on the site. We will also have some exciting news in the next couple of weeks in relation to how you view ChurchServices.tv. Stay tuned……

3rd April 2010

Just in time for Easter, we are pleased to welcome the latest member of Church Services.tv, St Peters Cathedral Belfast.  St Peters is in the diocese of Down and Connor, their web site can be seen here

Just in time for Christmas we have launch the live stream from St Camillus Killucan. We will have mass times and services up on their page shortly.