Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Saturday & Sunday, February 7th & 8th, 2009
We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €1,536 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1,030.
•The annual collection for Accord, The Diocesan agency for Marriage and the Family, will take place at all Masses next weekend. This collection will replace the usual Share Collection.
•A Parish Mission and Celebration of Hope will take place in the parish church on the evenings of March 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. It will be conducted by members of The Ember Team, all of whom are trained in the Vincentian tradition. Further details of this parish Mission will be published next week.
•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.
•Please let the parish office know of any parishioners who may wish to have Holy Communion brought to them in their home.
• A Mass for the Beatification of Alfie Lambe (one of Ireland’s candidates for the sainthood) will take place in the Church of Our Immaculate Lady of Refuge, Rathmines on Saturday Feb. 14th at 3pm.
•We thank those of you who have already returned your Christmas Dues. Acknowledgement of these will be posted to you in due course.
•We wish to welcome Emily Schrier, who was baptised here last Saturday, into our Christian community. We congratulate her parents, Doreen and Mark, and grandparents Yvonne and Ted Finn.
The annual Dublin Diocesan Mass for the World Day of the Sick will be celebrated this Sunday at 3pm in the St. John of God’s Conference Centre in Stillorgan. The main celebrant will be Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. To mark this day in our parish, an Anointing of the Sick will take place this Sunday after the 11.30am Mass.
•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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