Friday, April 2, 2010

Weekly Bulletin Easter Sunday 4th April

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH 2010


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,329 and the Share Collection which amounted to €893.

Please contact the Parish Office if you have not yet received your copy of Easter Newsletter.

Henry Mc. Cafferty and Alexandra Brophy will be baptised in our church during this Easter weekend. We welcome them into our Christian community and congratulate their parents.

On Tuesday next, April 6th, the Parish Baptism Preparation Team will meet with parents of children who will be baptised on Saturday April 10th.

We offer our condolences to the family of the late Kathleen Hogan whose funeral took place in our parish church last week.

The Parish’s Active Retirement Group will recommence their ‘Gentle Activity to Music’ session in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Tuesday morning next, April 6th at 10.30am.

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’s Historical Society has invited Hugh Lynch to present a talk on the “Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust”. This trust constructed the ‘soldier houses’ on Lower Churchtown Rd. The talk will take at 8pm on April 12th in the Parish Pastoral Centre.

There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

Details of the Dublin Diocesan Young Adult Pilgrimage to Taize (July 11–18) are on the Church notice boards. Please contact the Parish Office if you are interesting in travelling with this group. The Parish is offering financial assistance to a parishioner who wishes to participate in this Diocesan Pilgrimage.

The Parish Library, which is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre, is now open from 10am to 1pm on weekday mornings and also on Sunday mornings. Other times on request.

The Adult and Toddler group continue to meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am, on Fri. mornings.