Bits n Pieces
Two weeks ago I wrote about meetings that were held in the 5 areas of the Diocese re the Mission/Evangelisation hopes, and the financial situation of the diocese. The Archbishop said that the details would be put on the Diocesan Website. The good news is that they are up on the site now; this was picked up in an article in Wed’s Irish Times too. Google: Archdiocese of Dublin, then go to ‘Finance Area meetings’ and you’re there. It makes for good reading. At the end of ‘info’ there are 9 questions for consideration.
These questions are for consideration by Parish Finance Committees and Parish Pastoral Councils. Both Parish groups will meet shortly to discuss these issues. We are interested in your opinion too. Do have a look and let us know what you think.
Cloyne Report: I’m half way through. It’s not difficult to read, but it’s 421 pages! As ever, nothing is simple. If you Google ‘Cloyne Report’ it will come up and you/one can download it, then you can read it at your leisure. I could use bits of it out of context and say virtually anything. I’ll write more when I’ve read the whole report, Also there is a further report on the Dublin Report, however it’s only 2 pages.
Preparation continues for the International Eucharist Congress (IEC 2012) some of our volunteers have been for training, we could always do with more (June 10-18th 2012). You may remember that at the National Congress last June that a Candle was blessed at Knock, two parishioners went with our candle, as delegates. We have decided to place it beside the IEC 2012 Notice Board in the Church and to light it during all Masses. This is a sort of link from the National Congress at Knock this year and the Parish and, the IEC 2012.
The Timetables for Christmas are available at the Church; do please help with the distribution if you can!
Fr. Philip Adm. (Making bits of myself!)
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,259 and the Diocesan Collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which has to date, amounted to €20,410. The Offertory Collection on the 8th December was €465 and the Share Collection amounted to €240.
This Sunday’s 10am Mass is part of the ‘Do this in Memory of Me’ programme for children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion in May. We welcome the children their parents and families
Volunteers from the Volunteer Missionary Movement will address the congregation at this weekend’s Masses. They will speak about their experiences on the missions and the work of the V.M M. Envelopes will be made available to parishioners who would like to make a donation to this registered charity.
The Parish Christmas card, Calendar and Dues envelopes need to be distributed to all homes in the next number of days. We ask parishioners to call into the sacristy after Mass and collect a bundle of these items to distribute on their own roads. Your help in this mater is very much appreciated.
Also, some additional stewards are required for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Masses. Please contact the Parish Office if you are available to help out.
The loss of music at our Saturday evening Mass has been noted by many. With this in mind we are appealing to any parishioner who can play the organ or help in anyway to contact Fr. Philip re the possibility of playing at our evening Masses.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
A Penitential Service will take place in Milltown Church at 8pm on this Wednesday December 21st and in Bird Ave. Church at 8pm on Thursday, December 22nd.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word are asked to collect envelopes in the Sacristy which contain copies of the Rota for the coming weeks and also contact details of fellow ministers.
Softlight Photography DSLR Beginners Photography course.
A photography training course will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre from 10-12 am on Saturday January. This two hour course teaches you the basic principals of SLR photography. This is a hands on course with lots of practical experience. The course costs €45 per person. For further details call 087 6866026 or log onto www.softlight.ie/courses to register.
PARISH CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24th December
Morning Mass: 10am
Children’s Mass / Vigil Mass: 6pm
Night Mass: 9pm
Christmas Day
Sunday 25th December
Morning Mass: 10am & 11.30am
No evening Mass on Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Monday 26th December
Morning Mass: 11am
Feast of the Epiphany
Friday 6th January
Vigil Mass: Thursday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will close on Friday December 23rd.
Tea & Coffee will be available between 10.30 – 11.30 am on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th.
The Centre will open for tea / coffee after morning Masses on Sunday January 1st.
The Centre will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.
THE OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2012
This Octave of Prayer will be observed as usual from the 18th to 25th January. Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an Interdenominational Service here in our Parish Church at 8pm on Wednesday January 18th. The Church of Ireland’s Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Michael Jackson will be homilist. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin will preside. Priests and people of the diocese are welcome to attend.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Weekly Bulletin 10th & 11th December 2011
What’s that twig on the Altar??!!
You may have noticed that there is a rather dull/withered sort of a tree at the back of the Sanctuary. It’s called a ‘Jesse Tree’. The idea of a Jesse Tree comes from a line in Scripture “a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse” (just at the moment I can’t actually remember the reference).
Often when a tree is cut down we presume that it’s dead and that’s that. However, after some time a shoot sprouts from the stump. “Ah ha, it’s NOT dead at all!” So we use this image for our own salvation. We thought that after Adam and Eve things were gone/dead, and we were shut out from God. But God the Father sent his Son and ‘that which we thought was lost and gone is now the source of new life’. ‘That twig’ is supposed to look dead and withered but it springs to new life!
Jesus’ family tree is portrayed as the Jesse tree and all the happenings that lead to his coming on the earth. Here is where all the symbols come in. You may have seen/noticed some of them on the tree already. We add more as the weeks of Advent go by. The tree could be filled with symbols of Creation: Sun, Moon, Stars, Animals, fish and bird. Keeping the running order from Scripture, we move on to Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob etc. The symbols of the Holy Family and Jesus, and the four Evangelists are put up last.
So have a good look at ‘that twig’ to date we have Joseph’s coat, a hammer (Joseph the Carpenter), the ten commandments, Jacob’s ladder. More are due to be put on this weekend. It all leads to the Incarnation of Jesus at Christmas.
And speaking of Christmas: the Christmas Timetable will be available shortly. We’ll need help to deliver it to parishioners. We kick off with a Carol Service on Sun 18th at 3.pm; it was a super event last year. Our Penitential Service takes place on Wed 21st Milltown and Clonskeagh is Thur 22nd both at 8pm.
Fr. Philip Adm
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,338 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1,053.
Sean O’ Mahoney and Lucy Clinch were recently baptised. We welcome them into our Christian community and congratulate their parents.
We offer our condolences to the O’ Nolan family on the death of Maev.
Diocesan Collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
This collection will replace the Share collection at all Masses this weekend. It is probably unnecessary to say that a successful Christmas Church Collection is vital in enabling the Society to expand their programme of assistance to those in needs throughout the Dioceses in 2011. This year they have spent over €17 million in the Dublin Dioceses. Please be s generous as you can.
Parish Advent Programme.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. will present the final talk of her three weeks series in our Parish Advent Programme on this Monday evening at 8pm.. It is not necessary to have attended the previous talks as each presentation is complete in itself. The title of the course is: The Bible and Ecology. These sessions are a dialogue with the Scriptures to see what they might say to us about present-day ecological concerns
The Parish’s Carol Service will take place at 3pm on Sunday Dec. 18th. Refreshments will be served after this Service. A meeting to plan this reception will take place after the 10am Mass on this Monday morning. If you are available to help out at the reception please come along to Monday morning’s meeting.
A copy of the Radharc film on St. Columbanus & Gall is available on loan from the Parish Library.
Volunteers from the Volunteer Missionary Movement will address the congregation at next weekend’s Masses. They will speak about their experiences on the missions and the work of the V.M.N. Envelopes will be made available to parishioners who would like to make a donation to this registered charity.
MILLTOWN PARISH CHAMBER CHOIR
For many years our Parish was blessed to have a Chamber Choir who sang at the Saturday evening Mass and at main Liturgical gatherings throughout the year. The cost ‘.in the main’ of this professional choir was covered by a very generous sponsor. However our ‘Sponsor’ is no longer in a position to sponsor the Choir.
We thank Him for his most generous contribution and also the Choir for their part in enhancing our Liturgies.
The loss of music at our Saturday evening Mass has been noted by many. With this in mind we are appealing to any parishioner who can play the organ or help in anyway to contact Fr. Philip re the possibility of playing at our evening Masses.
Ecumenical Community Carol Singing: will take place in front of the Mansion House, Dawson Street, on Saturday 17th December at 3.30pm. All are welcome to attend.
Liam Lawton will be in concert in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Nutgrove Avenue, Churchtown, Dublin 14 on Tuesday 20th December at 8pm. Tickets are €20 and are available from the parish office, phone: 01 298 4642 Mobile: Jackie 086 608 6088 www.goodshepherdchurchtown.ie.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on this Tuesday, December 13th
The Adult & Toddler Group meets in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am on Friday morning
The following items were discussed at the December meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council.
Eucharistic Congress: A discussion took place about the Parish’s preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress which will take place in June 2012.
Diocesan Pastoral & Financial Planning meetings: very positive comments and feedback were received from members of the Council who attended these meetings.
Sacramental Preparation: The Council was updated on the preparation that is underway for pupils in Alexandra College who will receive their First Holy Communion in this Parish on May 13th 2012.
Milltown Parish / Foroige Youth Club
This club will re-commence in January. New members are welcome. Please leave your name and contact details in the Parish Office if your children would like to join this group.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word are asked to collect envelopes in the Sacristy which contain copies of the Rota for the coming weeks and also contact details of fellow ministers.
Next Sunday’s 10am Mass is part of the ‘Do this in Memory of Me’ programme for children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion in May. We welcome the children their parents and families.
THE OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2012
This Octave of Prayer will be observed as usual from the 18th to 25th January. Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an Interdenominational Service here in our Parish Church at 8pm on Wednesday January 18th. The Church of Ireland’s Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Michael Jackson will be homilist. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin will preside. Priests and people of the diocese are welcome to attend.
The theme, “We will be changed” was chosen by Christian leaders in Poland. Change is at the heart of human life. Change is also the heart of the ecumenical movement. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony in the Parish Pastoral Centre
PARISH CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
A Penitential Service will take place in Milltown Church at 8pm on Wednesday December 21st and in Bird Ave. Church at 8pm on Thursday, December 22nd.
Advent Carol Service
An Advent carol Service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 18th December.
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24th December
Morning Mass: 10am
Children’s Mass / Vigil Mass: 6pm
Night Mass: 9pm
Christmas Day
Sunday 25th December
Morning Mass: 10am & 11.30am
No evening Mass on Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Monday 26th December
Morning Mass: 11am
Feast of the Epiphany
Friday 6th January
Vigil Mass: Thursday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will close on Friday December 23rd. Tea & Coffee will be available between 10.30 – 11.30 am on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th. The Centre will be open as usual, after morning Masses on Sunday January 1st. The Centre will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.
You may have noticed that there is a rather dull/withered sort of a tree at the back of the Sanctuary. It’s called a ‘Jesse Tree’. The idea of a Jesse Tree comes from a line in Scripture “a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse” (just at the moment I can’t actually remember the reference).
Often when a tree is cut down we presume that it’s dead and that’s that. However, after some time a shoot sprouts from the stump. “Ah ha, it’s NOT dead at all!” So we use this image for our own salvation. We thought that after Adam and Eve things were gone/dead, and we were shut out from God. But God the Father sent his Son and ‘that which we thought was lost and gone is now the source of new life’. ‘That twig’ is supposed to look dead and withered but it springs to new life!
Jesus’ family tree is portrayed as the Jesse tree and all the happenings that lead to his coming on the earth. Here is where all the symbols come in. You may have seen/noticed some of them on the tree already. We add more as the weeks of Advent go by. The tree could be filled with symbols of Creation: Sun, Moon, Stars, Animals, fish and bird. Keeping the running order from Scripture, we move on to Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob etc. The symbols of the Holy Family and Jesus, and the four Evangelists are put up last.
So have a good look at ‘that twig’ to date we have Joseph’s coat, a hammer (Joseph the Carpenter), the ten commandments, Jacob’s ladder. More are due to be put on this weekend. It all leads to the Incarnation of Jesus at Christmas.
And speaking of Christmas: the Christmas Timetable will be available shortly. We’ll need help to deliver it to parishioners. We kick off with a Carol Service on Sun 18th at 3.pm; it was a super event last year. Our Penitential Service takes place on Wed 21st Milltown and Clonskeagh is Thur 22nd both at 8pm.
Fr. Philip Adm
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,338 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1,053.
Sean O’ Mahoney and Lucy Clinch were recently baptised. We welcome them into our Christian community and congratulate their parents.
We offer our condolences to the O’ Nolan family on the death of Maev.
Diocesan Collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
This collection will replace the Share collection at all Masses this weekend. It is probably unnecessary to say that a successful Christmas Church Collection is vital in enabling the Society to expand their programme of assistance to those in needs throughout the Dioceses in 2011. This year they have spent over €17 million in the Dublin Dioceses. Please be s generous as you can.
Parish Advent Programme.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. will present the final talk of her three weeks series in our Parish Advent Programme on this Monday evening at 8pm.. It is not necessary to have attended the previous talks as each presentation is complete in itself. The title of the course is: The Bible and Ecology. These sessions are a dialogue with the Scriptures to see what they might say to us about present-day ecological concerns
The Parish’s Carol Service will take place at 3pm on Sunday Dec. 18th. Refreshments will be served after this Service. A meeting to plan this reception will take place after the 10am Mass on this Monday morning. If you are available to help out at the reception please come along to Monday morning’s meeting.
A copy of the Radharc film on St. Columbanus & Gall is available on loan from the Parish Library.
Volunteers from the Volunteer Missionary Movement will address the congregation at next weekend’s Masses. They will speak about their experiences on the missions and the work of the V.M.N. Envelopes will be made available to parishioners who would like to make a donation to this registered charity.
MILLTOWN PARISH CHAMBER CHOIR
For many years our Parish was blessed to have a Chamber Choir who sang at the Saturday evening Mass and at main Liturgical gatherings throughout the year. The cost ‘.in the main’ of this professional choir was covered by a very generous sponsor. However our ‘Sponsor’ is no longer in a position to sponsor the Choir.
We thank Him for his most generous contribution and also the Choir for their part in enhancing our Liturgies.
The loss of music at our Saturday evening Mass has been noted by many. With this in mind we are appealing to any parishioner who can play the organ or help in anyway to contact Fr. Philip re the possibility of playing at our evening Masses.
Ecumenical Community Carol Singing: will take place in front of the Mansion House, Dawson Street, on Saturday 17th December at 3.30pm. All are welcome to attend.
Liam Lawton will be in concert in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Nutgrove Avenue, Churchtown, Dublin 14 on Tuesday 20th December at 8pm. Tickets are €20 and are available from the parish office, phone: 01 298 4642 Mobile: Jackie 086 608 6088 www.goodshepherdchurchtown.ie.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on this Tuesday, December 13th
The Adult & Toddler Group meets in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am on Friday morning
The following items were discussed at the December meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council.
Eucharistic Congress: A discussion took place about the Parish’s preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress which will take place in June 2012.
Diocesan Pastoral & Financial Planning meetings: very positive comments and feedback were received from members of the Council who attended these meetings.
Sacramental Preparation: The Council was updated on the preparation that is underway for pupils in Alexandra College who will receive their First Holy Communion in this Parish on May 13th 2012.
Milltown Parish / Foroige Youth Club
This club will re-commence in January. New members are welcome. Please leave your name and contact details in the Parish Office if your children would like to join this group.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word are asked to collect envelopes in the Sacristy which contain copies of the Rota for the coming weeks and also contact details of fellow ministers.
Next Sunday’s 10am Mass is part of the ‘Do this in Memory of Me’ programme for children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion in May. We welcome the children their parents and families.
THE OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2012
This Octave of Prayer will be observed as usual from the 18th to 25th January. Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an Interdenominational Service here in our Parish Church at 8pm on Wednesday January 18th. The Church of Ireland’s Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Michael Jackson will be homilist. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin will preside. Priests and people of the diocese are welcome to attend.
The theme, “We will be changed” was chosen by Christian leaders in Poland. Change is at the heart of human life. Change is also the heart of the ecumenical movement. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony in the Parish Pastoral Centre
PARISH CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
A Penitential Service will take place in Milltown Church at 8pm on Wednesday December 21st and in Bird Ave. Church at 8pm on Thursday, December 22nd.
Advent Carol Service
An Advent carol Service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 18th December.
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24th December
Morning Mass: 10am
Children’s Mass / Vigil Mass: 6pm
Night Mass: 9pm
Christmas Day
Sunday 25th December
Morning Mass: 10am & 11.30am
No evening Mass on Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Monday 26th December
Morning Mass: 11am
Feast of the Epiphany
Friday 6th January
Vigil Mass: Thursday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will close on Friday December 23rd. Tea & Coffee will be available between 10.30 – 11.30 am on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th. The Centre will be open as usual, after morning Masses on Sunday January 1st. The Centre will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Weekly Bulletin 3rd & 4th December 2011
Keep you in the Loop
Milltown Parish is in the Donnybrook Deanery. The Priests’ Council is made up of representatives of all the Deaneries in the Diocese, plus a number of priests appointed by the Archbishop. So, I’m the Donnybrook Deanery Rep on the Priests’ Council. The first issue that the Archbishop brought to the Council to address was the issue of how to fund the employment of Parish Pastoral Workers and the general position of Finances of the Diocese.
So, the Financial Secretariat of the Diocese gave a presentation on the Finances to the Council of Priests. The presentation is quite interesting and certainly opened up the whole finances of the Diocese. The advice of the Priests’ Council was that this presentation should be made to all the Priests of the Diocese. This happened over the summer and the issues were discussed at the Oct Deanery meeting. The general response of the Priests was that the people of the Diocese should be brought in on the whole situation. Thus members of the Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Committees were invited to a meeting as reps of the Parishes.
On Thursday 24th Nov Mgr Enda Lloyd’s area meeting took place in Bray. Most of the Milltown contingent went on the 24th, we were addressed by the Archbishop and the Finances of the Diocese were explained by Kieran O Farrell Diocesan Financial Administrator. There was a question and answer session in the second half. The presentation took about 1 ½ hrs. The Archbishop said that the detail of the presentation would go onto the Diocesan website as soon as possible (I don’t think that it’s on yet) we’ll let you know when its there.
Two new sections have been added to the Diocesan offices, and Office for Child Protection, and Human Resources. These offices are at the disposal of the Parishes of the Diocese.
There’s also a property surveyor. He was the one who organised the tender for the work done to the Presbytery in Ramleh Pk where I live. Thank god he was there, I’d have been lost!
Back to the immediate question of how to pay the 33 Parish Pastoral Workers who are at various stages of their training. They are employees at the moment and normal Labour Law applies. The hope was that there would be one in each of the 55 clusters of parishes around the Diocese. These are changing times for our Church.
Fr. Philip Adm (Watch this space!)
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,397 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1017.
Parish Advent Programme.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. will present the second talk of her three weeks series in our Parish Advent Programme. This talk will take place at 8pm on Monday evening, Dec. 5th. The final talk will take place on the following Monday, Dec. 11. . It is not necessary to attend the three talks as each presentation is complete in itself. The title of the course is: The Bible and Ecology. These sessions are a dialogue with the Scriptures to see what they might say to us about present-day ecological concerns.
A copy of the Radharc film on St. Columbanus & Gall is available on loan from the Parish Library.
Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair
Thanks to all who supported our Annual Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair last weekend. Particular thanks to our parishioners who donated home made cakes and produce. To date the fair has raised €2,849. There is a sales table in the Parish pastoral Centre that has some craft items for sale. Do drop in and have a look!
Milltown Parish / Foroige Youth Club
This club commenced last Friday in the Parish Pastoral Centre. New members are welcome to join. Please leave your name and contact details in the Parish Office if your children would like to join this group.
Next Thursday, December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mass on Wednesday evening will be at 6pm. Mass times on Thursday are 10am, 11.30 am & 5.30pm.
Diocesan Church Collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
This collection will replace the Share collection at all Masses next weekend. It is probably unnecessary to say that a successful Christmas Church Collection is vital in enabling the Society to expand their programme of assistance to those in need throughout the Dioceses in 2011. This year they have spent over €17 million in the Dublin Dioceses. Please be s generous as you can.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on Tuesday, December 13th
Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
There will be an outdoor collection after all Masses this weekend for the Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word are asked to collect envelopes in the Sacristy which contain copies of the Rota for the coming weeks and also contact details of fellow ministers.
Being Confident of our Place in the World is the theme of the DAY FOR YOURSELF in Orlagh,on Saturday , December 10th. 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; Email: info@orlagh.ie, Website: www.orlagh.ie
Church of the Good Shepard
This year the Church of the Good Shepherd Nutgrove Ave, Churchtown, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. They are having a concert in the church at 8pm on Tuesday December 20th . Tickets cost f €20 and are available from the Churchtown Parish Office / Sacristy / Parish Centre. Liam Lawton will sing at this concert. Tickets may also be bought on line at www.ticketsireland.com
PARISH CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
A Penitential Service will take place in Milltown Church at 8pm on Wednesday December 21st and in Bird Ave. Church at 8pm on Thursday, December 22nd.
Advent Carol Service
An Advent carol Service will take place during the afternoon of Sunday 18th December. The exact time of this Service will be confirmed in next week’s notices.
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24th December
Morning Mass: 10am
Children’s Mass / Vigil Mass: 6pm
Night Mass: 9pm
Christmas Day
Sunday 25th December
Morning Mass: 10am & 11.30am
No evening Mass on Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Monday 26th December
Morning Mass: 11am
Feast of the Epiphany
Friday 6th January
Vigil Mass: Thursday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will close on Friday December 23rd. Tea & Coffee will be available between 10.30 – 11.30 am on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th. The Centre will be open as usual, after morning Masses on Sunday January 1st. The Centre will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.
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.
The Parish Adult & Toddler Group meets in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10am on Friday morning.
MILLTOWN PARISH / FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB have started meeting in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Friday nights. Please contact the Parish Office if you require further information on this club’s activities
Milltown Parish is in the Donnybrook Deanery. The Priests’ Council is made up of representatives of all the Deaneries in the Diocese, plus a number of priests appointed by the Archbishop. So, I’m the Donnybrook Deanery Rep on the Priests’ Council. The first issue that the Archbishop brought to the Council to address was the issue of how to fund the employment of Parish Pastoral Workers and the general position of Finances of the Diocese.
So, the Financial Secretariat of the Diocese gave a presentation on the Finances to the Council of Priests. The presentation is quite interesting and certainly opened up the whole finances of the Diocese. The advice of the Priests’ Council was that this presentation should be made to all the Priests of the Diocese. This happened over the summer and the issues were discussed at the Oct Deanery meeting. The general response of the Priests was that the people of the Diocese should be brought in on the whole situation. Thus members of the Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Committees were invited to a meeting as reps of the Parishes.
On Thursday 24th Nov Mgr Enda Lloyd’s area meeting took place in Bray. Most of the Milltown contingent went on the 24th, we were addressed by the Archbishop and the Finances of the Diocese were explained by Kieran O Farrell Diocesan Financial Administrator. There was a question and answer session in the second half. The presentation took about 1 ½ hrs. The Archbishop said that the detail of the presentation would go onto the Diocesan website as soon as possible (I don’t think that it’s on yet) we’ll let you know when its there.
Two new sections have been added to the Diocesan offices, and Office for Child Protection, and Human Resources. These offices are at the disposal of the Parishes of the Diocese.
There’s also a property surveyor. He was the one who organised the tender for the work done to the Presbytery in Ramleh Pk where I live. Thank god he was there, I’d have been lost!
Back to the immediate question of how to pay the 33 Parish Pastoral Workers who are at various stages of their training. They are employees at the moment and normal Labour Law applies. The hope was that there would be one in each of the 55 clusters of parishes around the Diocese. These are changing times for our Church.
Fr. Philip Adm (Watch this space!)
Thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,397 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1017.
Parish Advent Programme.
Sr. Celine Mangan O.P. will present the second talk of her three weeks series in our Parish Advent Programme. This talk will take place at 8pm on Monday evening, Dec. 5th. The final talk will take place on the following Monday, Dec. 11. . It is not necessary to attend the three talks as each presentation is complete in itself. The title of the course is: The Bible and Ecology. These sessions are a dialogue with the Scriptures to see what they might say to us about present-day ecological concerns.
A copy of the Radharc film on St. Columbanus & Gall is available on loan from the Parish Library.
Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair
Thanks to all who supported our Annual Christmas Craft & Home Produce Fair last weekend. Particular thanks to our parishioners who donated home made cakes and produce. To date the fair has raised €2,849. There is a sales table in the Parish pastoral Centre that has some craft items for sale. Do drop in and have a look!
Milltown Parish / Foroige Youth Club
This club commenced last Friday in the Parish Pastoral Centre. New members are welcome to join. Please leave your name and contact details in the Parish Office if your children would like to join this group.
Next Thursday, December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mass on Wednesday evening will be at 6pm. Mass times on Thursday are 10am, 11.30 am & 5.30pm.
Diocesan Church Collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
This collection will replace the Share collection at all Masses next weekend. It is probably unnecessary to say that a successful Christmas Church Collection is vital in enabling the Society to expand their programme of assistance to those in need throughout the Dioceses in 2011. This year they have spent over €17 million in the Dublin Dioceses. Please be s generous as you can.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet at 8pm on Tuesday, December 13th
Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
There will be an outdoor collection after all Masses this weekend for the Dublin Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word are asked to collect envelopes in the Sacristy which contain copies of the Rota for the coming weeks and also contact details of fellow ministers.
Being Confident of our Place in the World is the theme of the DAY FOR YOURSELF in Orlagh,on Saturday , December 10th. 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; Email: info@orlagh.ie, Website: www.orlagh.ie
Church of the Good Shepard
This year the Church of the Good Shepherd Nutgrove Ave, Churchtown, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. They are having a concert in the church at 8pm on Tuesday December 20th . Tickets cost f €20 and are available from the Churchtown Parish Office / Sacristy / Parish Centre. Liam Lawton will sing at this concert. Tickets may also be bought on line at www.ticketsireland.com
PARISH CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
A Penitential Service will take place in Milltown Church at 8pm on Wednesday December 21st and in Bird Ave. Church at 8pm on Thursday, December 22nd.
Advent Carol Service
An Advent carol Service will take place during the afternoon of Sunday 18th December. The exact time of this Service will be confirmed in next week’s notices.
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24th December
Morning Mass: 10am
Children’s Mass / Vigil Mass: 6pm
Night Mass: 9pm
Christmas Day
Sunday 25th December
Morning Mass: 10am & 11.30am
No evening Mass on Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Monday 26th December
Morning Mass: 11am
Feast of the Epiphany
Friday 6th January
Vigil Mass: Thursday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will close on Friday December 23rd. Tea & Coffee will be available between 10.30 – 11.30 am on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th. The Centre will be open as usual, after morning Masses on Sunday January 1st. The Centre will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.
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.
The Parish Adult & Toddler Group meets in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10am on Friday morning.
MILLTOWN PARISH / FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB have started meeting in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Friday nights. Please contact the Parish Office if you require further information on this club’s activities
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