Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,185 and the Share Collection which amounted to €853.
Welcome to the Cor Na Nog choir who are singing at today’s 11.30am Mass.
Today’s Share collection will be replaced by a collection to support the Dublin diocesan students who are preparing for Ordination to the priesthood.
Claire Hutchison from Foroige, (who addressed the congregation at Masses last weekend) will facilitate an open meeting in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 7.30pm on this Tuesday, May 24th. The purpose of this meeting is to asses the needs of teenagers within this parish.
Foroige is the National Youth Development Organisation which is a voluntary organisation that engages members of the community in youth development and education. Foróige believes that each person is unique and creative and can contribute to improving the world in which they live. It enables young people to involve themselves consciously and actively in their own development and in the development of society.
Condolences to the families and friends of the late Liam Donlon and Betty Harding. Their Funeral Masses took place here during the past week.
Congratulations to the twenty girls from the Junior School in Alexander College were confirmed by Rev. Ciaran O’ Carroll at 11am on Friday morning.
Communion arrangements for coeliac sufferers: If you would like to receive from the chalice you should call into the sacristy before Mass. A chalice will be placed on a table at the side of the altar. You may process to the altar with the congregation to receive Holy Communion.
Mass for those sitting exams: The 11.30am Mass on next Sunday morning, May 29th, will be offered for students who are doing exams this June.
COMMUNION IN THE HOME
We invite parishioners to inform the priests if any members of their families or neighbours who may be housebound and would wish the Eucharist to be taken to them periodically.
In response to the interest and concerns of their parishioners, the Rathgar Parish Pastoral Council is holding an information / discussion event on the New Missal on Thursday May 31st. Fr. Damien McNiece and Fr. Padraig Mc Carthy have agreed to be present at this meeting. Time and venue of this event are still to be confirmed and will be included in next week’s bulletin.
The Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.
Fr. Philip is living in Apt. 5 while refurbishment of No. 67 Ramleh Park is under way. His phone number is: 2680055.
The Parish Bethany Bereavement Support Group has invited Maeve Douglas who is a psychotherapist and Bereavement Counsellor, to speak in the Parish Pastoral Centre on this Monday May 23rd at 8pm. All are welcome to attend.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is seeking your help in its Annual Clothing Appeal in this parish. The appeal is for clean, good quality clothes, bedclothes, curtains, shoes etc. This weekend there are bags available for collection at the back of the church. The Society will collect bags from outside of the church on next Sunday morning. The Society is very conscious of the tremendous support given by the Milltown Parishioners for their charitable works over the years. They would like to thank you all most sincerely on behalf of all those you have helped.
The walking Club from the Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group will meet after Mass on Tuesday morning for a 30min. walk along the Dodder. All are welcome to join this outing!
There will be a Summer Fair in the Milltown Mosque on the June Bank Holiday Monday. People are invited to take a stall for €20. For more information please contact Nasreen at 087, 2463335
Aware’s first ever Volunteer Open Day takes place on Wednesday 1st June next, between 1-7pm at No. 5 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2 (part of the National Gallery, entrance to the right of the Clare St gallery entrance).Anyone who is interested in giving their time to help Aware with its work is encouraged to attend. Aware have a huge variety of opportunities for volunteers and anyone who would like to donate some of their time or skills to a very important cause can be facilitated.
The Parish Adult & Toddler Group meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am on Friday mornings
The Holy Rosary Missionaries, Killeshandra Sisters, will be having their annual Church Gate Collection here at Milltown next weekend.
Dublin International Eucharistic Congress Preparations and Resources: The Diocesan committee charged with planning and preparing with Dublin parishes in the lead up to the Eucharistic Congress in June next year have published a number of resources and confirmed a number of events for the coming weeks. The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) will be celebrated on Sunday 26 June 2011. Every parish in the Archdiocese of Dublin will mark this day in communion with parishes throughout the island of Ireland as another highpoint on the journey to the 50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012.
You are invited to take part in a Triduum of Prayer on 23/24 and 25 June leading up to the celebration of Corpus Christi 2011. On the Vigil of the feast of John the Baptist on 24th June, Dublin’s three Cathedral Choirs, the Palestrina and choirs of St. Patrick’s and Christchurch will join together in an ecumenical vespers service in St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral at 7pm. Full details on these and other resources are available on the Dublin Diocesan Liturgical Resource Centre website www.litmus.dublindiocese.ie
Marriage Enrichment Day: Offered to any married couple who would like to deepen their love for one another and refresh their marriage. This is a one day non-residential retreat held in a relaxed setting with time for discussion together as a couple as well as time for personal prayer and reflection. It will take place on Sunday 29th May from 9-6pm at the Faith and Family Centre, Dal Riada, Avoca Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. For more information, please contact (01) 2889317 or email faithandfamilycentre@arcol.org
