Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Saturday & Sunday, February 21st & 22nd , 2009
Day of Prayer for Temperance
·We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €1,411 and the Accord Collection which amounted to €2,450.
·Next Wednesday, February 29th, is Ash Wednesday. Blessed ashes will be distributed after the 10am Mass.
·A Parish Mission and Celebration of Hope will take place in the parish church on the evenings of March 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. Members of the Mission Team will also speak at all Masses on Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th of March. The Mission will be conducted by members of The Ember Team, all of whom are trained in the Vincentian tradition. A brochure giving details of each of the evening’s talks will be circulated to all homes during the coming 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.
·Children of the Parish who are to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this year are welcome to take part in the Ceremony of Commitment which will take place at the 10am Mass on Sunday next, March 1st. Please leave your child’s name into the Parish Office before Friday the 27th of February.
·Please let the parish office know of any parishioners who may wish to have Holy Communion brought to them in their home.
·We wish to welcome Daniel Kerr who was baptised here last weekend into our Christian community. We congratulate his parents, David and Suzanne and his grandparents Tony and Eithne.
·We wish to offer our condolences to the family of Michael Lim from St. Kevin’s Park. His funeral Mass took place in our church on last Thursday.
·The Bethany Group will have their monthly support meeting in the Parish Centre on Monday next, January 26th at 7.30pm. All those who have suffered loss of any kind are welcome to attend this meeting which will be for one hour’s duration.
·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.
Welcome to Milltown Parish
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