Friday, May 28, 2010

Weekly Bulletin May 29th & 30th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 29th & 30th 2010, – Most Holy Trinity


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,053 and the Share Collection which amounted to €761.

Next weekend’s Share Collection will be replaced by a collection for the Eucharistic Congress which will take place in Dublin in 2012.

We offer our condolences to the family and friends of the late Margot Shenahan whose funeral Mass took place in our church last week.

The annual Diocesan Eucharistic Procession, led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will take place in Clonliffe College at 7.30pm on Thursday next June 3rd. Please leave your name in the Parish Office if you would like to travel to this diocesan gathering with a Milltown group.

There will be a meeting of the Milltown Branch of the I.C. A. in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Thursday next June 3rd.

The 11.30am Mass on Sunday next, June 6th, will be offered for those who are sitting exams this summer. Please invite any exam students you know to attend this liturgy.

The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has arranged a guided tour of Enniscorthy and Mount Usher on Wednesday June 9th. Further details of this outing are on the notice boards.

A One Day Interior Design Workshop will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday June 19th. For further details please contact Clare at 0872843521 or designcourse@eircom.net .

For parishioners who wish to receive the Eucharist from the chalice only, please note that there will be a chalice placed on a table beside the lectern for your use at Communion time.

Please contact the parish office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

The Parish Library is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre. A range of books and DVD’s are available for borrowing. The library is open on weekday mornings and on Sunday morning.

The parish requires additional Altar Servers. Please contact one of the priests if your child is interested in joining this ministry. Children must have received their First Holy communion before becoming an altar server.

Any person who has a talent for singing or playing a musical instrument may be interested in joining a group who could participate in the 5.30pm Mass on Sunday evening. Please contact the Parish office if you would like to be a member of this musical group.

A group of parishioners are making a booking to attend ‘A Celebration of Bill Whelan with the RTE Concert Orchestra’ which takes place in the National Concert hall on Friday August 27. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to join with this group.

The Parish Pastoral Council has proposed a Parish Open Day to be held on Sunday, October 3rd. If you are interested in helping to organise this event please contact Grace (086, 8354484) or Threase (087, 7658424).

A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Weekly Bulletin May 22nd & 23rd

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 22nd & 23rd 2010, – Pentecost Sunday


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,217 and the Share Collection which amounted to €933.

For parishioners who wish to receive the Eucharist from the chalice only, please note that there will be a chalice placed on a table beside the lectern for your use at Communion time.

The 11.30am Mass on Sunday June 6th will be offered for those who are sitting exams this summer. Please invite any exam students you know to attend this liturgy.

Parents of children receiving their First Holy Communion may be interested in a booklet called “My Child’s First Communion” which is available on the church bookrack.

Please contact the parish office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

The Parish Library is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre. A range of books and DVD’s are available for borrowing. The library is open on weekday mornings and on Sunday morning.

The parish requires additional Altar Servers. Please contact one of the priests if your child is interested in joining this ministry. Children must have received their First Holy communion before becoming an altar server.

Any person who has a talent for singing or playing a musical instrument may be interested in joining a group who could participate in the 5.30pm Mass on Sunday evening. Please contact the Parish office if you would like to be a member of this musical group.

The annual Diocesan Eucharistic Procession, led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will take place in the grounds of Clonliffe College at 7.30pm on Thursday June 3rd. Please leave your name in the Parish Office if you would like to travel to this diocesan gathering with a Milltown group.

A group of parishioners are making a booking to attend ‘A Celebration of Bill Whelan with the RTE Concert Orchestra’ which takes place in the National Concert hall on Friday August 27. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to join with this group.

The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has arranged a guided tour of Enniscorthy and Mount Usher on Wednesday June 9th. Further details of this outing are on the notice boards.

The Parish Pastoral Council has proposed a Parish Open Day to be held on a Sunday in September. If you are interested in helping to organise this event please contact Grace (086, 8354484) or Threase (087, 7658424).

A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.


There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Weekly Bulletin May 15th & 16th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 15th & 16th 2010, – Ascension of the Lord - World Communications Day


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,220 and the Share Collection which amounted to €878.

We have received a thank you note from the Holy Rosary Sisters who had a church gate collection last weekend. Your contributions amounted to €1,282.

Children who have received their First Holy Communion this year are invited, with their families,
into the Parish Pastoral Centre for refreshments after 10am on this Sunday morning.

We congratulate the girls from the Junior School Alexandra College who were confirmed in our church during the week.

We offer our condolences to the families of the late Maura Short, Doris Coady and Edward Tonge whose funerals took place in our church during the week.

An assembly for Ministers of the Eucharist and Ministers of the Word will take place at 8pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre on next Monday May 17th. All Ministers are invited to attend.

The parish requires additional Altar Servers. Please contact one of the priests if your child is interested in joining this ministry. Children must have received their First Holy communion before becoming an altar server.

For parishioners who wish to receive the Eucharist from the chalice only, please note that there will be a chalice placed on a table beside the lectern for your use at Communion time.

The Milltown Parish Book Club will meet at 10.30 am in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Wednesday next May, 19th.

A group of parishioners are making a booking to attend ‘A Celebration of Bill Whelan with the RTE Concert Orchestra’ which takes place in the National Concert hall on Friday August 27. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to join with this group.

Parents of children receiving their First Holy Communion may be interested in a booklet called “My Child’s First Communion” which is available on the church bookrack.

The annual Diocesan Eucharistic Procession, led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will take place in the grounds of Clonliffe College at 7.30pm on Thursday June 3rd. Please leave your name in the Parish Office if you would like to travel with a group from this parish who will be participating in this diocesan gathering.

The 11.30am Mass on Sunday June 6th will be offered for those who are sitting exams this summer. We would appreciate if you would invite any exam students you know to attend this liturgy.

The Parish Pastoral Council has proposed a Parish Open Day to be held on a Sunday in September . If you are interested in helping to organise this event please contact Grace (086, 8354484) or Threase (087, 7658424).

A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.

Please contact the parish office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

Weekly Bulletin May 8th & 9th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 8th & 9th 2010, – 6th Sunday of Easter


• We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,031. The annual collection for the support of Dublin diocesan students preparing for Ordination to the Priesthood amounted to €1548.

• We congratulate the children from the Junior School Alexandra College who have received their First Holy Communion in our church this weekend.

• This weekend there will be a church gate collection for the Holy Rosary Missionaries – Killeshandra Sisters.

• The Milltown Active Retirement Group is going on their annual summer break this weekend. This year they are going to Killarney, we hope all goes well for them.

• The Annual General Meeting of the Milltown Residence Association will take place at 8pm on next Monday May 10th in the Parish Pastoral Centre.

• A meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Tuesday May 11th.

• A Confirmation ceremony will take place in our church on next Thursday May 13th. Students from Alexandra College will be confirmed by Mgr. Enda Lloyd.

• The A.G.M. of the Milltown Branch of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 8pm on Thursday next, May 13th. All members welcome to attend.

• An assembly for Ministers of the Eucharist and Ministers of the Word will take place at 8pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre on Monday May 18th. All Ministers are invited to attend.

• Parents of children receiving their First Holy Communion may be interested in a booklet called “My Child’s First Communion” which is available on the church bookrack.

• There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

• Please contact the parish office if you know of any parishioner who is housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home.

• We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.

Weekly Bulletin May 1st & 2nd

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
May 1st & 2nd 2010, – 5th Sunday of Easter



• We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,223 and the Share Collection which amounted to €895.

• The Share collection at all Masses this weekend will be replaced by the annual collection for the support of Dublin diocesan students preparing for Ordination to the Priesthood.

• There will be a church gate collection for the Holy Rosary Missionaries – Killeshandra Sisters, after all Masses next weekend, May 8th & 9th.

• We offer our condolences to the family of Denise Dowling whose funeral Mass took place here during the week.

• Cillian Degraeve, Elizabeth Allen and Dylan O’Sullivan were baptised in our church this weekend. We welcome them into our Christian community and congratulate their parents.

• Parents of children receiving their First Holy Communion may be interested in a booklet called “My Child’s First Communion” which is available on the church bookrack.

• The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group will be having their ‘Gentle Activity to Music’ session in the Parish Pastoral Centre after 10am mass on Tuesday next May 4th.

• There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

• We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

• Details of the Dublin Diocesan Young Adult Pilgrimage to Taize (July 11–18) are on the Church notice boards. Please contact the Parish Office if you are interested in travelling with this group. The Parish is offering financial assistance to a parishioner who wishes to participate in this Diocesan Pilgrimage.

• The Parish Library, which is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre, is now open from 10am to 1pm on weekday mornings and also on Sunday mornings. Other times on request.

• The Adult and Toddler group continue to meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am, on Fri. mornings.


A Milltown Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from October 13th – October 22nd. Flight will go direct from Dublin. Further details of this Pilgrimage are on the Parish Notice Boards. If you are interested in this visit to the Holy land please call:
2196600 or contact the Parish Office at 2196740.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Weekly Bulletin April 24th & 25th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
APRIL 24th & 25th, 2010 – 4th Sunday of Easter


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,207 and the Share Collection which amounted to €1029.

We offer our condolences to the family and friends of the late Joan Beattie whose funeral took place in our parish church last week.

We wish to remind parishioners to return their Trocaire boxes to the Sacristy or Parish Office.

A meeting of the Parish Liturgy Group will take place at 8pm on next Thursday, April 29th.

There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

Letters acknowledging financial contributions to the Parish in 2009 have been posted out. Please contact the Parish office if you do not receive your acknowledgment. We thank you for this financial support and also thank parishioners who have handed in their Easter Dues.

Please let one of the Priests, Sacristans or Parish Office know of any parishioners who may wish to receive Holy Communion in their home.

The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has arranged a guided tour to Glasnevin Cemetery on Wednesday next April 28th. The tour takes one and a half hours. Please meet at the main entrance to the cemetery at 3pm. Further details are on the Parish notice boards.

Details of a Spring Concert which will be held in Sandford Parish Church on Thursday next at 7.30pm is on the Church Notice Board. Admission to this concert is free. The proceeds of a collection which will take place at the concert will be donated to the Dublin Simon Community.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

Details of the Dublin Diocesan Young Adult Pilgrimage to Taize (July 11–18) are on the Church notice boards. Please contact the Parish Office if you are interesting in travelling with this group. The Parish is offering financial assistance to a parishioner who wishes to participate in this Diocesan Pilgrimage.

The Parish Library, which is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre, is now open from 10am to 1pm on weekday mornings and also on Sunday mornings. Other times on request.

The Adult and Toddler group continue to meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am, on Fri. mornings.

Weekly Bulletin April 17th & 18th

Parish of Saints Columbanus and Gall - Weekly Bulletin
APRIL 17th & 18th 2010 – 3rd Sunday of Easter


We thank you for last Sunday’s Offertory Collection of €1,431 and the Share Collection which amounted to €973.

The organisers of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul’s Sunshine Fund from would like to thank the parishioners of Milltown for the generous contribution of €1593.51 to their annual Palm Sunday collection.

We wish to remind parishioners to return their Trocaire boxes to the Sacristy or Parish Office.

There are Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards for sale in the Parish Centre.

Letters acknowledging financial contributions to the Parish in 2009 have been posted out. Please contact the Parish office if you do not receive your acknowledgment. We thank you for this financial support and also thank parishioners who have handed in their Easter Dues.

Please let one of the Priests, Sacristans or Parish Office know of any parishioners who may wish to receive Holy Communion in their home.

This weekend there will be an outdoor collection for the Suas Volunteer Programme. Suas volunteers will be helping in community run projects in India and Kenya this summer.

The Milltown Branch of the I.C.A. has invited Garda Olwyn Murphy from Terenure Garda Station to speak on ‘Personal Safety and Safety in the Home’. This talk will take place in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 7.30 pm on next Monday, April 19th. All are welcome to attend.

The Milltown Parish Book Club will have their April meeting on next Wednesday , April 21st, at 10.30 am in the Parish Pastoral Centre. This group meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.

The Milltown Parish Active Retirement Group has arranged a guided tour to Glasnevin Cemetery on Wednesday April 28th. The tour takes one and a half hours. Please meet at the main entrance to the cemetery at 3pm. Further details are on the Parish notice boards.

We wish to remind parishioners that the Parish Pastoral Centre is open for Tea/Coffee every weekday and Sunday morning. Do drop in to meet some of your fellow parishioners.

Details of the Dublin Diocesan Young Adult Pilgrimage to Taize (July 11–18) are on the Church notice boards. Please contact the Parish Office if you are interesting in travelling with this group. The Parish is offering financial assistance to a parishioner who wishes to participate in this Diocesan Pilgrimage.

The Parish Library, which is located in the Parish Pastoral Centre, is now open from 10am to 1pm on weekday mornings and also on Sunday mornings. Other times on request.

The Adult and Toddler group continue to meet in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.30am, on Fri. mornings.