The Parish is 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. Pleas leave your name and telephone number in the Sacristy or Parish Office 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!
A training session for volunteers will take place in the R.D.S. 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 €1,324 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1,036.
The Parish Church opens at 9.30am and close at Dusk or 6pm on weekdays
Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
There will be an outdoor collection after all Masses next weekend for the Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes. For the last 36 years the DDCP have brought a group of 45 children from the Dublin Diocese to Lourdes during Easter Week. These children are all ill and have special needs. All funds raised will go towards paying for the children who will travel to Lourdes.
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.
The Parish Baptism Team will meet on next Tuesday night with parents whose children are to be baptised here next weekend.
The Feast of St. Columbanus was on Tuesday last, Nov. 22nd. The Parish is celebrating this Feast Day at this Sunday ‘s morning Masses. Children are 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.
First Friday
Next Friday, December 2nd is the First Friday of the month. The 10am Mass on the day will be offered for all who are recently deceased and those whose names are on the Parish Altar list of the Dead
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
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.
Our Annual Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair will take place today between 10am. & 2pm. Homemade cakes, sweets, biscuits, scones, preserves, tray bakes etc. are for sale today. Some parishioners have donated some good quality jewellery, pictures and ornaments. There will also be a raffle. Please drop in and support this parish fund raising activity.
Parish Pastoral Council
The next meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council will take place at 8pm on Thursday next, Dec. 1stth
The Milltown Branch of the I.C.A. will have their December meeting next Thursday evening, December 1st at 7.30pm
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on next Tuesday, November 29th.
Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group
The Parish Active Retirement Group will have their Annual Christmas Dinner at 8pm on Saturday, December 3rd. This event will take place in Milltown Golf Club Bookings can be made in the Parish Pastoral Centre.
The Parish Adult & Toddler Group meets in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10am on Friday morning.
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.
Parish Advent Programme.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. will present a series of 3 talks in our Parish Advent Programme. These talks will commence at 8pm on next Monday evening, Nov. 28th, and will continue on Monday Dec. 5th & Dec. 11th. The title of the course is: The Bible and Ecology. This will be a dialogue with the Scriptures to see what they might say to us about present-day ecological concerns.
Sandford Parish’s Christmas Bazaar
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.
Being Confident of our Place in the World is the theme of the DAY FOR YOURSELF in Orlagh,on Saturday , December 10th. There is great peace of mind when you are comfortable in your own skin, content to be yourself without exaggerating your gifts or denying your limitations. What better gift to give yourself for Christmas than this opportunity to appreciate yourself and your place in the world.
The day will be led by John Byrne and Dr. Bernadette Toal and will run from 10.00am to 4.30pm with the option of staying on for Mass at 4.30. Cost €50 (including a full lunch). For further information and booking, contact Fr. John Byrne OSA, Orlagh, Old Court Road, Dublin 16. Tel (01) 495 8193;
Hoping to make sense of Christmas this year? On each Tuesday evening of Advent from 7.30pm to 9.00pm, Manresa invites you to a time of quiet Advent prayer and reflection (29 November, 6, 13 and 20 December). No need to book - just come along. You can also book into our weekend retreat for lay people, beginning on Friday 2 December and ending with lunch on the Sunday, 4 December.
Contact Eileen or Valerie at (01) 833 1352 or or visit [Manresa, Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, 426 Clontarf Road, Dollymount, Dublin 3.]
