Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
September 4th & 5th, 2010, 23rd Sunday Ordinary time
Fr. Philip Bradley will today commence his new appointment with us here in Milltown. To mark this occasion there will be a welcoming reception in the Parish Pastoral Centre for Fr. Philip after the 10am and 11.30 am Mass. All welcome to attend.
We offer our condolences to the family and friends of the late Marie Keating whose funeral Mass took place in our parish church during the week.
We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,220 and the Share Collection which amounted to €981.
We congratulate Mary and Dick O’Flaherty on their 50th Wedding Anniversary which was celebrated at the 10am Mass on Wednesday last.
The Milltown Parish Autumn Programme for 2010 will be circulated over the coming days. Please contact the parish office if you have not received your copy of this parish publication.
The Milltown Parish Active Retirements Group will recommence their ‘Gentle Activity to Music’ sessions in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.45 on next Tuesday, September 2nd.
The Milltown Guild of the I.C.A. will commence their Thursday morning ‘Craft Morning’ at 10am in the Parish Pastoral Centre. This gathering will provide an opportunity for craft workers to share their creative talents. The Crochet Group will also meet at this time.
The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group will visit Mellifont Abbey and Carlingford on Wednesday September 15th. If you would like to go on this outing please give your name into the Parish Pastoral Centre before September 8th. The cost for this outing is €20.
The Milltown Parish Book Club will meet in the Parish pastoral centre at 10.30am on Wednesday Sept. 15th. New members are welcome to join this group.
There will be a Coffee Morning in the Parish Pastoral Centre On Thursday week, September 16th. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross.
Please contact the Parish Office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.
Please contact the Parish Office if you have a couple of hours in the month to be friends with a person with special needs, who is a resident of St. Michael’s House.
Details of a forthcoming ‘Residential Weekend for the Bereaved’ are on the Parish Notice Boards. Please contact the Parish Office if you would like to attend this weekend which explores the loss of our loved ones and the meaning of death from a Christian perspective through prayer, meditation, discussion, videos and sharing.
Planning for the Milltown Parish Fun Day is ell under way. However additional volunteers are urgently required to help on the day.
Please contact the Parish Office if you are willing to help with this event.
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.
