Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Saturday & Sunday, June 6th & 7th, 2009, The Most Holy Trinity
•We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €942, and the Share Collection which amounted to €713.
•Roisin Kelly will be the guest speaker at the 10am Mass on this Monday, June 8th .She will talk about the possibility of starting Eucharistic Adoration in our Parish.
•We welcome Lucy Gallagher, Peter Odlum and Sorsha Mc. Gauran were baptised here on Saturday, into our local Christian community. We also congratulate their parents.
•We wish to offer our condolences to the families of Elizabeth Mc. Dowell and Catherine Riddle. Their funeral Masses took place in our church this week.
•The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is seeking your help in its Annual Clothing Appeal from our parish. The appeal is for clean, good quality clothes, bedclothes, curtains, shoes etc. There are bags available for your use outside of the church.The Society will collect your filled bags next Sunday morning.
•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.
•Congratulations to couples who plan to marry this year. We wish to remind you 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.
A Corpus Christi Procession will take place next of Thursday evening, 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 or if you have room in your car to bring some other parishioner/s.
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 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
