Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Saturday & Sunday, January 31st & February 1st, 2009
•We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €1,499 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1,000.
•We offer our condolences to the family of the late Vivien Mullan from South Hill who died on Friday last. Her funeral Mass will take place at 10am on Monday morning.
•We wish to draw your attention to the brochure containing information on our parish’s Child Protection Policy. This publication is available at the entrance doors to the Church, on the Church bookrack and in the Parish Pastoral Centre. We urge parents, who have not as yet collected a copy of this important publication, to take one home with them today. A full copy of the Child Protection Policy is available in the Parish Office and can be viewed on the parish website.
•Parents of children who will be baptised in the Parish church on Saturday the 7th of February have been invited to attend a Baptism Preparation meeting. This meeting will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 8pm on Monday next, the 2nd of February.
•Please let the parish office know of any parishioners who may wish to have Holy Communion brought to them in their home.
•Milltown Parish Local History Society have arranged a lecture on ‘1916 Irish patriot, Patrick Doyle’ in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 8pm on Monday next, February 2nd 2009. All welcome to attend.
•We thank those of you who have already returned your Christmas Dues. Acknowledgement of these will be posted to you in due course.
•The parish Flower Group are meeting in the Parish Pastoral Centre after 10am mass on Monday 2nd Feb. Please do come along if you are interested in joining this ministry.
• The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group will have their “Gentle activity to Music” session in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am on next Tuesday, 3rd of February. Their A.G.M. will be held in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 2.30pm on Tuesday, February 10th. All members are encouraged to attend.
•The annual Dublin Diocesan Mass for the World Day of the Sick will be celebrated in the St. John of God’s Conference Centre in Stillorgan at 3pm on Sunday February 8th. The main celebrant will be Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. To mark this day in our parish, an Anointing of the Sick will take place after the 11.30am Mass on Sunday next, the 8th of February.
•The parish Bethany Group wish to bring to your attention details of a Residential Weekend for bereaved people which will take place in Orlagh College on the weekend commencing Friday 20th February. Further details of this weekend are on the church notice boards.
•The local Focolaire Community are endeavouring to set up a Children’s Singing Group in the parish. This group will participate in the 10am mass on the 2nd & 3rd Sunday of each month. Parents who are interested in their children becoming involved with this singing group should speak to one of the organisers after Mass.
•Following the positive response to last week’s notice re providing a Yoga Class in the Parish Centre, we are pleased to announce that a Yoga course will commence on Thursday February 12th at 3pm. This course will run for 9 weeks, ending on April 9th. The cost for this course is €140. If you are still interested in attending please confirm your booking in the Parish Office.
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