Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
Saturday & Sunday, October 10th & 11th, 2009 - Twenty Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time
We thank you for last weeks Offertory Collection which amounted to €1,283 and the Share Collection which amounted to €828.
We also thank all who supported last weekend’s annual outdoor collection for the Parish Pastoral Centre. This collection amounted to €1,300.
We wish to thank Valerie Alexandra for the excellent tour of the National Gallery which she gave to parish group on Wednesday last. We look forward to another visit in the spring!
An outdoor collection for St. Michaels House will take place after all Masses this weekend. This organisation caters for people with an intellectual disability. Their headquarters are in Goatstown and they cater for 1,500 people in the greater Dublin area.
Sunday next, October 18th is Mission Sunday. The usual Share collection will be replaced by the annual Mission Sunday collection. This collection provides financial assistance to young churches and missionaries, allowing them to meet the spiritual and human needs of some of the world’s poorest nations.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place in our Parish for one hour after 10 am Mass on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
Please let one of the Priests, Sacristans or Parish Office know of any parishioners who may wish to receive Holy Communion in their home.
Milltown Parish Active Retirement Association are hosting a free ‘Afternoon Tea’ in the Parish Centre at 2.30 pm, on this Monday afternoon, October 12th. All members are welcome to attend.
Also on this Monday at 8pm, the Milltown Parish Historical Group has arranged a lecture on ‘Cathal Brugha, Irish Revolutionary and Politician’. It will be presented by his grandson and namesake, Cathal Brugha, at 8pm. All are welcome to attend.
The next meeting of the Milltown Branch of the I. C. A. will take place in the Parish Centre at 8pm, on this Tuesday , October 13th. New members are welcome to attend.
The Art Group continues to meet in the Parish Centre at 7.30pm on Tuesday evening. New members are always welcome to attend.
An additional Callanetics Class (exercise based on ballet and yoga) has commenced on Thursday evening at 8pm in the Parish Centre. For further details please contact Harriet at 087-9242438.
The Adult and Toddler group continue to meet in the Parish Centre at 10.30am, on Fri. mornings.
An Irish Conversation Class takes place each Friday morning at 10.30am in the Parish Centre. New members are welcome to attend this informal gathering. All levels of Irish are catered for.
Young parishioners are invited to help the Parish Social Justice Group organise their November fundraising project. This project is a Bring and Buy Cake Sale, the proceeds of which go to assist a mission project in Nigeria. Please contact the Parish Office if you would like to be involved with this project.
It is proposed to host a Parish Christmas Craft Fair on November 29th. A meeting to arrange this event will take pace in the Parish Centre on Thursday October 22nd at 7.30pm. Please attend this meeting if you wish to become involved with the organisation of this project.
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