Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 8th & 9th 2010, – 6th Sunday of Easter
• We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,031. The annual collection for the support of Dublin diocesan students preparing for Ordination to the Priesthood amounted to €1548.
• We congratulate the children from the Junior School Alexandra College who have received their First Holy Communion in our church this weekend.
• This weekend there will be a church gate collection for the Holy Rosary Missionaries – Killeshandra Sisters.
• The Milltown Active Retirement Group is going on their annual summer break this weekend. This year they are going to Killarney, we hope all goes well for them.
• The Annual General Meeting of the Milltown Residence Association will take place at 8pm on next Monday May 10th in the Parish Pastoral Centre.
• A meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Tuesday May 11th.
• A Confirmation ceremony will take place in our church on next Thursday May 13th. Students from Alexandra College will be confirmed by Mgr. Enda Lloyd.
• The A.G.M. of the Milltown Branch of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 8pm on Thursday next, May 13th. All members welcome to attend.
• An assembly for Ministers of the Eucharist and Ministers of the Word will take place at 8pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Monday May 18th. All Ministers are invited to attend.
• Parents of children receiving their First Holy Communion may be interested in a booklet called “My Child’s First Communion” which is available on the church bookrack.
• There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.
• Please contact the parish office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.
• 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.
A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.
