This weekend the parish is again hoping to recruit 10 volunteers for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress which will take place in Dublin from the 10th to the 17th June 2012. With this in mind there are 2 parishioners located at the church doors that will take your name and telephone number if you are interesting in registering as a volunteer.
Volunteers urgently needed for the Congress. Between two and three thousand volunteers will be needed during the week of the Congress and also to assist in preparations in the months leading up to the Congress. The Congress is now recruiting volunteers for a wide range of roles such as administration, data entry, stewards, marketing, transport, meet & greet multimedia, pastoral preparation and much more!
The first training session for volunteers will take place on Saturday the 19th November in the RDS, with a repeat session on Monday 28th Nov. at 7.30pm., so a speedy response is required!
Volunteers must be aged over 18 on the 1st of January 2011. Groups of young people over 16 years accompanied by a guardian are also welcome to apply as volunteers. All Congress volunteers must also be resident on the island of Ireland.
Fr. Philip
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,264 and the C.Y.C. Collection which amounted to €2,478.
A special welcome to children and their families to today’s 10am Mass. This liturgy has been arranged with younger parishioners in mind.
Focus Ireland has postponed the outdoor collection which was due to take place this weekend..
Envelopes are available at the back of the Church for those who wish to have their departed family members and friends included on our Altar list of the dead.
Peter McVerry Trust thank parishioners for their generous donations to the Trust’s outdoor collection which was recently held at our church. The collection raised €2,502.17.
The Feast of St. Columbanus is on Tuesday next, Nov. 22nd. The Parish will celebrate this feast next weekend. At next weekend’s Masses children will be invited to participate in a ‘colouring in’ session. Pictures and pencils will be provided!
A copy of the Radharc film on St. Columbanus & Gall is available on loan from the Parish Library.
Parishioners who attend the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in our church are invited to consider taking responsibility for the removal of the Monstrance at the end of the exposition. Please contact Fr. Philip if you are prepared to undertake this ministry.
CLONSKEAGH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
A talk by Genealogist Marie Mac Congall on ‘Tracing Your Family Tree ‘will be held in Milltown Parish Pastoral Centre at 7.30pm on Monday Nov. 21st. All welcome
The parish church will now open at 9.30am and close at Dusk or 6pm on weekdays
This year’s Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair will take place between 10am. & 2pm, on next Sunday, Nov. 27th. Parishioners are invited to bring homemade cakes, sweets, biscuits, scones, preserves, tray bakes etc. to the Fair. Cakes and other home made produce may be left in the Parish Pastoral Centre before and after the 6pm Saturday Mass as well as on the day of the Fair.
Some parishioners have already donated some good quality jewellery, pictures and ornaments. If you have some such items which you no longer require, the Treasures Stall will gladly accept them!
Members of both the Parish Pastoral Council and the Parish Finance Committee are reminded to contact the Parish Office as soon as possible if they are planning to attend the Diocesan Finance Secretariat meeting in Bray on next Thursday Nov. 24th.
A Foroige Volunteer Training session will take place at 7pm on Monday evening. A Youth Club information and registration night will commence at 7pm on Friday evening. Both meeting will be held in the Parish Pastoral Centre.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. , will give a series of 3 talks in our Parish Advent Programme. These talks will commence at 8pm on Monday Nov. 28th and will continue on Monday Dec. 5th & Dec. 11th.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on Monday, November 29th.
Become a C.C.!
Some additional volunteers are required to help with the weekly cleaning of our church. Please contact me if you have an hour to give to this voluntary work which takes place on Thursday morning. This ministry is open to both men and women.
Fr. Philip
Accord is an Irish voluntary Catholic organisation that aims to promote a deeper understanding of Christian marriage and to offer people the means to safeguard and nourish their marriage and family relationships. Accord in Harcourt St. needs the help of a voluntary receptionist who would be available to work in the evening times. Please contact Fr. Philip If you are interested in helping with this request.
Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group
This group have organised an outing to Kildare Village on next Wed. Nov. 23rd. For further details please see the Parish Notice Boards.
The Parish Active Retirement Group will have their Annual Christmas Dinner on Saturday, December 3rd. This event will take place in Milltown Golf Club Bookings can be made in the Parish Pastoral centre.
A Little Lifetime Foundation: will have their Christmas Service of Remembrance in St. Nicholas of Myra Church in Francis St. at 7.30pm on Dec. 4th. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will attend. Each year the church is full to capacity with families who come to remember their deceased children in a unique and meanifull way at Christmas time. Mary Black is a special guest at this year’s ceremony.
Sandford Parish’s Christmas Bazaar will take place in Sandford Parish National School on Saturday 3rd Dec. from 11.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
A special Remembrance Mass for families and friends who have been affected by suicide will be held at the parish church in Kildare Town on 23rd November 2011 at 7.30pm. If you would like to have a loved one who has died this year or any other year remembered at this mass, please contact the parish centre in Kildare with your loved one's name. This special Mass is organised by HOPE(D) Helping Other People Endure Depression.
