Dates for your Diary!!!
Each year during Lent and Advent we have a series of lectures. And we hope to do the same this year, but with a difference! This Lent (Ash Wed is Feb 22nd) we are running the Enneagram.
So what’s the Enneagram? Well it’s a study of 9 personality types. There are different names given to the different types e.g. Perfectionist, Status seeker, Loyalist, Carer etc. So, it’s a way of getting to know yourself better, getting to know what makes you tick, what gives you energy or robs the energy/passion from you. It also shows how different types might clash and the negative side of the Personality Types. It is Lent after all! So we can learn about our Negative side and transform it.
It is, however, not designed to help you decide of other people’s type: the only one we can change is ourselves. Now, the important thing is that it’s a course, so if you sign up you’ll need to be able to go to the entire course. It’s over four Monday nights; one night builds on what was done the previous night.
It’s a bit of a change from our usual lectures but, let’s see how it goes. Ask around and see have any your friends done it; bring them along even if they have. The Dates for your Diary are: Feb 27th, March 5th, 12th (19th March is a Bank holiday) and 26th.
Fr. Philip
Thank you for the €1288 which you donated to last Sunday’s collection for the Support of Priests of the Dioceses and for the Share Collection which amounted to €1013.
Baptisms
Charles Reynolds, Sarah Odlum, Gavin Mulvihill and Catherine Kearney were baptised in our church last weekend. We welcome them into our Christian community and congratulate their parents and grandparents. There will be no Baptisms during Lent.
This Sunday’s 11.30 am Mass will be dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Fr. Philip’s Ordination to the Priesthood. A reception will follow in the Parish Pastoral Centre. All welcome to attend. Michael Barry, Chairman Parish Pastoral Council.
This week’s Share Collection will be replaced by the annual collection for Accord. Accord is an Irish voluntary Catholic organisation that aims to promote a deeper understanding of Christian marriage. It also provides:
- Marriage Preparation Courses,
- Counselling for couples and individuals experiencing difficulties in their relationships,
- Marital Sexual Therapy and
- A Relationship and Sexuality Programme in Schools.
ACCORD Dublin needs your support. Please give generously.
Milltown Parish Pastoral Council
will have their February meeting at 8pm on Tuesday, 14th February.
Condolences to the family and friends of the late Eilish Daly whose Funeral mass took place here last week.
Thank you to those who have returned their Christmas Dues. There are some additional Christmas Dues envelopes available at the back of the church.
The Parish Liturgy Group will meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 8pm on next Thursday, February 16th.
Next Sunday’s 10am Mass will be sung by Lassus Scholars and Piccolo Lasso. Copies of this group’s C.D. are available for sale in the parish Pastoral Centre. This Mass is also part of the ‘Do this in Memory of Me’ Program for children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion this year.
Parish / Foroige Youth Club
If you would like to join this Youth Club please come along on Fri., Feb. 17th, to the Parish Pastoral Centre where registration will take place between 7 – 8 pm. First year secondary school students are particularly welcome. Do come along!
The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group invites members to Afternoon Tea at 2.00 pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Tues. Feb. 14th. A special visiting guest will be providing some entertainment.
Fr. Peter McVerry S.J. will give a lecture in St. Mary’s Haddington Road, Dublin 4 on Thursday 16th February 2012 at 8.00 p.m. The lecture is entitled “Eucharist: A Call to Action”. Admission is free and all are welcome.
A Mid-term Animation Camp will take place from 9.30am – 3pm on Thurs. 16th and Fri. 17th Feb. in the Opus Dei residence at Nullamore, Richmond Ave. Avenue South (opposite Milltown Luas) .This club is for boys in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class and it costs €45 For more information see www.nullamore.com or call 01 4971239
A mixed day retreat under the auspices of the Lay Retreat Association and with Jesuit Spiritual Directors will be held in Milltown Park, Dublin on Sunday 19th February. Arrival time for registration is 10.00a.m. The first lecture is at 10.30.a.m. There is an inclusive programme for the day with Mass at 5.15P.M. Meals include tea/coffee, a four course dinner and a cold meat supper. Offering for the day is E30.00. For further details contact Jim Langan at. 01 4934429.
Renew that sparkle in your Marriage You are married and love each other dearly; but do you sometimes wonder if the sparkle may have lost some of its lustre? Marriage Encounter is a residential weekend experience with a difference. It helps spouses rediscover the joys of communicating at a deeper more intimate level and thereby enrich their mutual understanding and love. It can benefit couples be they a few or many years married. For dates, details, costs, bookings and lots more info. visit: www.marriageencounter.ie or phone (01) 832 4429 or 845 3517.
Clonskeagh Residents Association have organised an Evening Seminar on Neighbour Nuisance. This Seminar will take place at 7.30 pm in our Parish Pastoral Centre on Monday 20th February. Further details of this evening event are on the Parish Notice Boards.
CURA: Crisis Pregnancy Support Services are currently recruiting new Crisis Pregnancy Counsellors to work on a voluntary basis in their three Dublin Centres. If you would like to find out more about this service please contact 01-6710598.
