Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,128 and the Share Collection which amounted to €968.
Condolences to the family and friends of the late Ann Armstrong. Her Funeral Mass took place in Carrick on Shannon during the past week.
The collection for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress takes place at all Masses next weekend . All large celebrations require a great deal of materials and preparation. This Congress is an event expected to be attended by 100,000. Your donation to this fund will help transform the RDS and Croke Park where the main events of the Congress will take place. It will also finance the printing of posters and welcome signs for pilgrims which will be posted all around the city. Further details on the Congress can be found on www.iec2012.ie .
Thank you to the parents who attended last Friday’s meeting which discussed the Bar B Q which was suggested for June 25th. Due to the short length of time available to plan this event, this group of volunteers decided to postpone planning a parish youth event until a later date. With this in mind additional information from Foroige will be included in the Parish Open Day which is to take place on September 25th. Additional parents will be required to help get an autumn parish youth initiative underway.
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. You may also bring a low gluten host into the sacristy before Mass.
We remember in our prayers all students who are sitting state exams during these few weeks.
There will be an outdoor collection this weekend for Vita which is an Irish charity working in Africa to fight hunger, poverty and the effects of climate change. For further details on this organisation visit
www.vita.ie
The annual Diocesan Eucharistic Procession will take place in the grounds of Clonliffe College on Thursday 23rd June at 7.30pm. Bishop Eamonn Field, Chairperson of the Dublin Diocesan Eucharistic Congress preparatory committee will lead the procession. First communicants are very welcome and parish groups are invited to attend with their banners.
Annabella Greer was baptised at the 11.30am Mass on Sunday last. We welcome her into our Christian community and congratulate her parents.
The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has invited Sheena from Milltown Pharmacy to give a talk on “Know Your Medicines”. This presentation will commence at 2pm on Tuesday next, June 21st. It will be followed by an information session from Ramon Massey which will address the cost of funerals. All welcome to attend.
The Carer’s Association thanks Milltown Parish for its donation of €665 which was raised at Maureen Mc. Donald’s recent Art exhibition in the Parish Pastoral Centre.
There will be an outdoor collection for the Pro Life Trust after all Masses next weekend
Fr. Philip is living in Apt. 5 while refurbishment of No. 67 Ramleh Park is under way. His phone number is: 2680055
NATIONAL EUCHARIST CONGRESS 2011
Milltown and Clonskeagh Parish’s have jointly arranged a Triduum of Prayer which will take place from Thursday June 23rd, to Sunday June 26th. This Triduum will be followed by a Eucharistic Procession on Sunday June 26th .Details of this Triduum and Eucharistic Procession are available in a handout at the back of the church.
Knock, Saturday June 25th
Parishioners from the parishes of Milltown and Clonskeagh are invited to travel together to this National Eucharistic Congress. A schedule for the day is also included in the handout at the back of the church. There are 25 seats on the coach reserved for Milltown parishioners. If you wish to travel with this group please leave your name and €40 into the Sacristy or the Parish Office. Places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Procession – Sun. June 26th
On next Sunday morning, Mass in Milltown Church will be celebrated at 10am & 11am. The 11am mass will replace our usual 11.30am Mass. Following the 11am Mass, parishioners are invited to join in a Procession. Parishioners from Clonskeagh will process from Bird Ave. church to Mount St. Mary’s, parishioners from Milltown will walk from our church (directly after the 11am Mass) and meet up with the Clonskeagh parishioners at Mount St. Mary’s. Clonskeagh Parish will process with the Blessed Sacrament in a Monstrance; simultaneously Milltown Parish will carry a Lectionary (recognising the presence of God in the Word). The joint procession will conclude with Benediction.
Weather permitting we will continue our celebrations by having a light picnic where parishioners from Milltown and Clonskeagh will break bread together.
We particularly welcome to our procession those who have received their First Holy communion or who have been confirmed during this year.
A separate handout containing details of the National Eucharistic Congress is available at the back of the church.
Milltown Parish Pastoral Council
The following items were discussed at the Parish Pastoral Council meeting which was held last Tuesday.
Eucharistic Congress: Details of this Congress were discussed.
New Missal: a report was received from those who attended the talk in Rathgar parish on the Introduction of the New Missal.
Membership of the Parish Pastoral Council; the need for new members of the Council was discussed..
Parish Open Day: This event will take place on September 25th.
Parish 5 year Plan: the need to formulate a 5 year plan for the parish was discussed.
Review of Parish Liturgy: A Review of recent parish Liturgies took place.
The next meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council will take place on Tuesday September 13th.
A selection of C.D’s from the Lassus Scholars and & Piccolo Lasso are available for sale in the Parish Pastoral Centre.
Age Action Care & Repair Programme: Are you 60+ years of age? Have you a small repair job which you would like to have done for you? The Care and Repair programme (run by Age Action Ireland) uses a pool of trustworthy volunteers and handypersons to carry out minor repairs for older people. All volunteers are vetted and carry official Care and Repair identification cards. The service is free; you only pay for the materials used. For your bigger jobs, we maintain a register of reliable and honest tradespersons. We are also accepting requests for small gardening jobs. You can arrange to have a job done for you by phoning the Age Action Care and Repair number which is 1890 369 369 or 01-4756989.
