Weekly Bulletin
1st Sunday of Advent: 1st & 2nd. December, 2007
We wish to thank you for last weekend’s Offertory Collection which amounted to €1122.
The Share Collection amounted to €748.
The annual church gate collection for the Parish Centre amounted to €2,100 for which we are very grateful. This will help us with the sizeable running expenses of the new centre. Have you been to visit us yet?
The names of your deceased family members and friends have been included on the Parish Altar List for the Dead. We thank those who sent contributions with their lists. A special Mass is offered each first Friday of the month for those named.
This Saturday two families from the parish celebrated the Baptisms of their daughters Aibhe and Alice. We welcome them to our Christian community and congratulate their parents.
This weekend there will be a church gate collection for the Irish Blind Dog Association.
The annual diocesan collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is to be held at all Masses on next Saturday and Sunday December 8th & 9th. This collection will replace the Share collection.
We encourage parishioners to take a look at the Parish Website. The address of the site is www.milltownparish.ie.
Next Saturday, December 8th is the feast of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The vigil Mass for this Holy Day of obligation will be at 6pm on Friday evening. Masses on Saturday next will be 10am, 11.30 am and 6pm.
A number of the weekly church cleaning group have recently retired which means that we must try and have them replaced. Therefore we would ask any volunteers, be they men or women, to volunteer for this ministry. It means giving one hour each week to ensure that God’s house is worthily maintained for our community worship here in the Parish. We hope that there are some of you who would be willing to offer this important ministry in the parish.
This Weekend’s Mass Intentions
6 pm. Sat. 8th 10 am Sun. 9th
11.30 am Sun. 9th Ita Cruess Callaghan 5.30 pm Sun. 9th
Readers for next weekend: Dec. 7th, 8th & 9th
6pm Fri. 7th S. O’Reilly
10am Sat. 8th P. Morgan 11.30am Sat. 8th M. Byrne
6 pm. Sat. 8th A. O’Beirne 10 am Sun. 9th G. Mc. Keever
11.30 am Sun. 9th P. Kilbride 5.30 pm Sun. 9th B. Lynch
Parish Centre Phone No. 2196740 Parish Mobile 087 9527447
E. Mail: milltownparishcentre@eircom.net
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Weekly Bulletin 10th & 11th November
Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall, Milltown
Weekly Bulletin: 10th & 11th Nov. 2007
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
We wish to thank you for last weekend’s Offertory collection which amounted to
€1,171 and the Share Collection amounted to €785.The annual collection for Catholic Youth Care will replace this weeks’ Share collection.
November Memorial Mass:
A Mass in memory of Parishioners who have died during the past year will be held at 10am on Sunday next, November 18t.. All of the bereaved families have received a written invitation to attend this Mass.
Envelopes for the Altar List of the dead: These are available on the windows ledges at the back of the church. Please take on your way out.
Milltown Parish Bethany Bereavement Group:
The commissioning of the members of this group will take place during the 11.30am mass on Sunday next.
The November meeting of the Bethany Group will take place in the Parish Centre at 7pm on Tuesday next, November 13th. This meeting will be facilitated by a member of the Parish’s Bethany Support Group. If you have suffered loss of any kind you are welcome to attend this meeting.
Diocesan Liturgy Course Details of this Liturgy Course, (which commenced in the Parish Centre last Thursday) are on the Parish Notice Board. Please contact the Parish Centre if you wish to join this course.
Sunday morning choirs We wish to recruit new members for the 10 and 11.30am Masses. No exceptional singing talent or training required! Clearly it is a most important liturgical ministry in the parish and indeed we are very grateful those who make up the present choral groups at both Sunday morning masses.
New members are also required for our Children’s choir.
Altar Servers We would ask parents if they might encourage their young sons or daughters aged between 7 and 12 to volunteer for the ministry of altar servers.
The Parish Website:
We encourage parishioners to take a look at the Parish Website. The address of the site is www.milltownparish.ie
Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group: The annual Christmas Dinner of the parish’s Active Retirement Group will take place in the Castle Golf Club on December 1st. Bookings can be made in the Parish centre. The cost is €35.
Milltown Parish Local History Society:
This group have invited Carmel Duggan to give a talk on “The History of Milltown Parish Church and St. Anne’s School”. It will take place in the Parish Centre at 8pm on Monday November 26th.
Feast Day of St. Columbanus.Friday next, November 23rd is the feast day of St. Columbanus, co-patron of our parish. He is associated with the monastery of Bangor, where he was monk and teacher. In 591, with twelve companions including St. Gall, he set out as a missionary for Christ and travelled widely in mainland Europe, setting up monasteries in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. His best known foundation was in Bobbio in present day Switzerland. He died in 615. These Irish missionaries brought learning and spiritual vision to the Europe of their day. Columbanus’s influence is still widely celebrated in the modern towns and cities where his monasteries were situated so long ago. Columbanus may be regarded as our first ‘European’.
Milltown Parish Centre
The new Parish Centre will open on Sunday Nov. 25th. Preparation for this move from our present location will be in hand during next weekend (Nov.17/18). Because of this, the present centre will not be open next Sunday. Courses and events will, however, continue as normal during weekdays.
Weekend Mass Intentions
6 pm Saturday Ann. of Phyllis O’Neill
10 am Sunday Ann. of Brenda Aherne
11.30 am Sunday Ann. of Michael Darcy
5.30 pm Sunday Ann. of Eddie Mc. Creedy
Parish Centre Phone number: 2196740
Parish Mobile: 087 9527447
E. Mail: milltownparishcentre@eircom.net
Weekly Bulletin: 10th & 11th Nov. 2007
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
We wish to thank you for last weekend’s Offertory collection which amounted to
€1,171 and the Share Collection amounted to €785.The annual collection for Catholic Youth Care will replace this weeks’ Share collection.
November Memorial Mass:
A Mass in memory of Parishioners who have died during the past year will be held at 10am on Sunday next, November 18t.. All of the bereaved families have received a written invitation to attend this Mass.
Envelopes for the Altar List of the dead: These are available on the windows ledges at the back of the church. Please take on your way out.
Milltown Parish Bethany Bereavement Group:
The commissioning of the members of this group will take place during the 11.30am mass on Sunday next.
The November meeting of the Bethany Group will take place in the Parish Centre at 7pm on Tuesday next, November 13th. This meeting will be facilitated by a member of the Parish’s Bethany Support Group. If you have suffered loss of any kind you are welcome to attend this meeting.
Diocesan Liturgy Course Details of this Liturgy Course, (which commenced in the Parish Centre last Thursday) are on the Parish Notice Board. Please contact the Parish Centre if you wish to join this course.
Sunday morning choirs We wish to recruit new members for the 10 and 11.30am Masses. No exceptional singing talent or training required! Clearly it is a most important liturgical ministry in the parish and indeed we are very grateful those who make up the present choral groups at both Sunday morning masses.
New members are also required for our Children’s choir.
Altar Servers We would ask parents if they might encourage their young sons or daughters aged between 7 and 12 to volunteer for the ministry of altar servers.
The Parish Website:
We encourage parishioners to take a look at the Parish Website. The address of the site is www.milltownparish.ie
Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group: The annual Christmas Dinner of the parish’s Active Retirement Group will take place in the Castle Golf Club on December 1st. Bookings can be made in the Parish centre. The cost is €35.
Milltown Parish Local History Society:
This group have invited Carmel Duggan to give a talk on “The History of Milltown Parish Church and St. Anne’s School”. It will take place in the Parish Centre at 8pm on Monday November 26th.
Feast Day of St. Columbanus.Friday next, November 23rd is the feast day of St. Columbanus, co-patron of our parish. He is associated with the monastery of Bangor, where he was monk and teacher. In 591, with twelve companions including St. Gall, he set out as a missionary for Christ and travelled widely in mainland Europe, setting up monasteries in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. His best known foundation was in Bobbio in present day Switzerland. He died in 615. These Irish missionaries brought learning and spiritual vision to the Europe of their day. Columbanus’s influence is still widely celebrated in the modern towns and cities where his monasteries were situated so long ago. Columbanus may be regarded as our first ‘European’.
Milltown Parish Centre
The new Parish Centre will open on Sunday Nov. 25th. Preparation for this move from our present location will be in hand during next weekend (Nov.17/18). Because of this, the present centre will not be open next Sunday. Courses and events will, however, continue as normal during weekdays.
Weekend Mass Intentions
6 pm Saturday Ann. of Phyllis O’Neill
10 am Sunday Ann. of Brenda Aherne
11.30 am Sunday Ann. of Michael Darcy
5.30 pm Sunday Ann. of Eddie Mc. Creedy
Parish Centre Phone number: 2196740
Parish Mobile: 087 9527447
E. Mail: milltownparishcentre@eircom.net
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