Weekly Bulletin June 26th & 27th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
June 26th & 27th 2010, – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of € 1103 and the Share Collection which amounted to €654.

Ministers of the Word are reminded to collect their copies of the July – September issue of “Guide for Readers” from the Sacristy.

The Share collection at Masses next weekend, (July 4th & 5th) will be replaced by the annual Collection for the Pope and Pontifical Charities (Peter’s Pence).

The Society of Saint Vincent De Paul would like to thank parishioners for their generous response to their annual Church Gate Clothing Appeal.

On Monday night, June 28th, the Parish Baptism Team will meet with parents whose children are to be baptised in our church next weekend.

Milltown Parish Pastoral Council has invited the members of the Clonskeagh Parish Pastoral Council to an informal gathering in our Parish Pastoral Centre on Monday June 28th.

An hour of Meditative Prayer through Scripture (Lectio Devino) will take place on next Thursday evening, June 24th at 8.30 pm in the upstairs room of the Parish Pastoral 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.

The Parish Library is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre. A range of books and DVD’s are available for borrowing. The library is open on weekday mornings and on Sunday morning.

The parish requires additional Altar Servers. Please contact one of the priests if your child is interested in joining this ministry. Children must have received their First Holy communion before becoming an altar server.

The Knights of St. Columbanus Order of Catholic Lay Men are looking for members to carry out charity Catholic work in the Dublin area. If you would like to be involved with this work please contact John O’Brien at 086,8612066 or Des O’Loughlan at 086,3066838.

Any person who has a talent for singing or playing a musical instrument may be interested in joining a group who could participate in the 5.30pm Mass on Sunday evening. Please contact the Parish office if you would like to be a member of this musical group.

A group of parishioners are making a booking to attend ‘A Celebration of Bill Whelan with the RTE Concert Orchestra’ which takes place in the National Concert hall on Friday August 27. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to join with this group.

The Parish Pastoral Council has proposed a Parish Open Day to be held on Sunday, October 3rd. If you are interested in helping to organise this event please contact Grace (086, 8354484) or Threase (087, 7658424).

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.