Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Saturday & Sunday, May 30th & 31st, 2009, Pentecost Sunday
•We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €948, and the Share Collection which amounted to €786.
•Mass on Bank Holiday Monday will be at 10am.
•A Corpus Christi Procession will take place on the evening of Thursday June 11th in Clonliffe College. Lifts are available for those who wish to attend. Please contact the Parish office during the week if you wish to attend.
•Please let one of the Priests, Sacristans or Parish Office know of any parishioners who may wish to have Holy Communion brought to them in their home.
•The local Focolaire Community hope 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.
•The Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from September 7th – 12th. Map Travel has full board accommodation available on this pilgrimage in the Agena Hotel for €725. For further information contact the Parish Office.
•A Callanetics class (exercise based on ballet and yoga) has commenced on Wednesday mornings in the Parish Centre. This is the only Callanetics Evolution class in Ireland and is renowned for the fast results it gives. Please contact: 087-9242438 or callaneticsireland@hotmail.com.
•The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has arranged an outing to the site of the Battle of the Boyne and Knowth from the New Grange Centre on Wednesday June 10th. The bus will depart at 9.30am from Milltown Parish Centre and costs €20 per person. Bookings for this outing can be made in the Parish Centre.
•We wish to remind engaged couples that a minimum of three months notice of your wedding is required by the parish in which each of you reside. This can be separate from the booking of the church of your wedding and the engaging of the presiding priest who is not of your residing parish.
The Parish Cake Sale held last Sunday was a great success. €1,250 was raised for Cara Malawi’s project in Kaphuca Malawi (www.caramalawi.com). Cara Malawi would like to thank all who supported this first cake sale in our Parish Centre. A special word of thanks goes to both Paula Jennings from the Parish Social Justice Group, and the Parish Centre’s Hospitality Group who arranged and facilitated this successful event.
Orla Cleary won the raffle prize of two tickets to Women of Malawi Concert Celtic tenors and special Guests which will be held in the R.D.S. on June 13th.
Future fundraising events for both the Parish and external charities are being considered. Please contact the Parish centre if you would like to become involved in these events.
•We are currently endeavouring to introduce some new classes/activities in the Parish Centre. If you are interested in attending any of the Courses set out below lease complete the form and return it to the Parish Office. A new activity can only commence if there is a sufficient number of people interested. Please let us know of any new activity that you would like to see on offer in the parish Centre.
COURSE Your Name Tel. No. What time/day?
Book Club
Creative Writing
Enjoying English
Spanish for Fun
Wine Club
