Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Third Sunday of Lent, February23rd & 24th, 2008
Milltown Parish Lenten Talks 2008. The third talk in this programme will take place on Monday, February 25th at 8pm in the Parish Centre. Gay Byrne, Chairman of the Road safety Authority will speak on “Death on our Roads and Violence”. Details of the Lenten Talks are available on the church notice boards and on the parish website.
Details of the address on the proposed parish Social Justice Project, which was given at all masses last weekend by Colman Scott, Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council, are available on the Parish Website. ( www.milltownparish.ie)
Due to the redecoration of the interior of the church the 10am mass weekday Mass will continue to be held in the Parish Centre.
On Monday night at 8pm the Baptism Team will meet with parents of children who will be baptised on Saturday next, March 1st.
The Milltown Parish Children’s Choir will sing at 10am mass on Sunday next March 2nd.
There will be a day retreat in preparation for Easter on Sunday March 9th in the Jesuit Retreat Centre in Milltown Park. Further details are on the parish notice boards.
There are Trocaire boxes available at the back of the church. Please take one on your way out.
Our weekly Parent and Child Coffee Mornings continues to take place on Friday mornings in the Parish Centre at 10.30 am. All welcome to attend.
The Milltown Parish Bethany Group will meet in the Parish centre this Thursday night at 7.30pm. All who have suffered loss of any kind are welcome to attend.
The Dublin Diocesan Annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from September 7th to September 12th. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to join the Diocesan pilgrimage with a group from this Parish. Application forms for sick pilgrims are available from the Secretary, Lourdes Pilgrimage office, Holy Cross College, Clonliffe road, Dublin 3. There is a special reduced fare for this section of the Pilgrimage.
We wish to thank you for last weekend’s Offertory Collection which amounted to €1326 and the Share Collection which amounted to €883.
We thank those of you who have sent in your Christmas Offerings. We are grateful for your thoughtfulness and generosity. Acknowledgements will be sent out in due course.
If you wish to have a notice included in this Weekly Bulletin it is necessary to leave details in the Parish Office before 5pm on the previous Wednesday evening.
This Weekend’s Mass Intentions
6 pm. Sat.
10 am Sun. Carol Ormbsy , 4th Anniversary Mass
11.30 Sun. Dave and Kathleen O’Sullivan, Anniversary Mass
5.30 Sun. Moya Jones, I st Anniversary Mass
