PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION

Parish Priest: Monsignor Sean Cahill, 1 Darling Street Tel 028-66-322627
Priest on Duty: Fr Noel McGahan, 4 Darling Street Tel 028-66-322075

Sunday Mass Times

Vigil
Saturday 6.00pm

Sunday
8.00am; 9.30am; 11.00am; 12.30pm;

Lisbellaw
10.00am

MASSES FOR COMING WEEK
Sat, 31st March Vigil (6.00pm)
(Month’s Mind)Margaret Maguire,
Irvinestown Road and Millcroft

Sun, 1st April(Lisbellaw)
John Vesey, Drumlin Heights

Mon, 2nd April Monday in Holy Week
7.15 am Leo & Cissie and Pat Smyth, Cornagrade Road
10.00 am Bernard & Rebecca Keenan and William,
Agnes and Colin Smyth, Eden Street
6.00 pm (Convent)(Month’s Mind)Mary Judge, Windmill Heights

Tues, 3rd April Tuesday in Holy Week
7.15 am Private Intention
8.00 am (Convent) Christine & Kofia Frempong, London
10.00 am Phil Gunn, Drumcor Hill

Wed, 4th April Wednesday in Holy Week
7.15 am Morris family, Derrin Road
8.00 am (Convent) Private Intention
10.00 am Thomas & Margaret Maguire, Drumlyon

No morning Masses on Holy Thursday or Holy Saturday

Mass in the Convent Chapel for the Lithuanian Community
this Friday 30th March at 7.00 pm.

Mass in the Convent Chapel for the Polish Community this Saturday 31st March 7.00pm;
Confessions 6.00pm; Hymns rehearsal at 6.30pm.

Ministers of the Eucharist will bring Holy Communion to the sick and
housebound on Easter Sunday after 9.30 am Mass. Volunteer Ministers contact
Fr Brendan 028 66322075.

Ministers of the Word for the Sundays of April 6.00 pm Sat (Vigil) Patrick Maguire; 8.00 am ; 9.30 am Ann Carney; 11.00 am John McCann; 12.30 pm Betsy McDonnell.

Ministers of the Eucharist & Collectors
Team D begin their rota this Saturday/Sunday, 31st March/1st April. Please check your rota.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament this Tuesday 10.30am – 6.00pm

Reflection This is Holy Week
The Church invites us to leave all else aside and enter the tragedy of Christ’s passion and death. Attend the Church’s Liturgy this week. Only here will we learn what perfect love is and does. Only here will we see true freedom. Only here will we see tragedy transformed, death overthrown and evil overcome by pure, unflinching love. This is truly Holy Week. Here is the source of holiness. Jesus will pour into our hearts all we need to make our lives holy.

Baptisms ~
We welcome in to the Christian community children baptised in February: Aoifé Anne Gallagher-Scott, Beech Hill; Eilish Mary Kelly, Chanterhill Park; Keiran Ashleigh Ivan Hugh Smith, Lissan Lane, Garvary; Adam Scott Leonard, Willowvale; Cillian Seán Murphy, Swanlinbar Road; Jasmine Mary Veronica Swift, Derrin Road; Ethan Shane John Rogers, Kilmacormick Avenue; Rory Sean Kevin Morris, Drumcor Hill; Katie Leigh McGovern, Scaffog Avenue; Shea David Johnston, Celtic Park; Caitlin Mary Dillon, Kilmacormick Road; Ethan Francis Patrick McPhillips, Sycamore Drive.

Preparing for Baptism ~
Parish Baptism dates for April: Sunday 15th at 3.00 pm and Saturday 28th April at 4.00 pm. Please book Baptisms at the beginning of the month at the Parish Office, Phone 66322075.

Call at the Parish Office for a Baptism Pack.

Next session for parents and godparents to prepare for Baptisms in April is this Wednesday 4th April at 8.00 pm St Michael’s Church.

Deaths
We pray for the recently deceased:
Michael Alan Potter, 10 The Bawn;
Danny McCafferty, Ballyshannon. May they rest in peace.

St Michael’s Parish Draw ~ Week 20
£1,000 Grainne Mulhern, 107 Riverside
Promoter Josie Magill, 72 Derrin Park
£200 Roisin O’Connell, 18 Coole Drive
Promoter Seamus O’Connell, 18 Coole Drive
£100 Mary Herbert, 21 Darling Street
Promoter Theresa O’Reilly, 17 Algeo Drive

Double Draw for Weeks 21 and 22, as well as the special prize of a trip to Lourdes for two will take place this Monday 2nd April at 8.30 pm. Promoters please make returns from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm.

Weekly Offering 25.03.07 £3,703.00

March Red Envelope (Renovations) £2,218.00

Holy Week Service of Penance in St Michael’s Church this Tuesday 3rd
April 8.00pm introduced by Fr Martin O’Reilly, Chaplain, St Michael’s College

St Michael’s Bookshop
Easter Cards, prayers, reading materials for Holy
Week and Easter, missalettes for the Triduum and Easter Vigil Candles available

Macartan 1500 in association with Fermanagh Choral Society
presents Bruchner’s Requiem in D minor, Soloists from the National Chamber
Choir with the Western Sinfonia in St Michael’s Church
this Sunday, 1st April (Palm Sunday) at 8.00 pm. Admission free.

Holy Week – An Invitation
We hear it said that “Christmas is for children”. If that is so, then Holy Week and Easter are “the grown up” feasts of the year. Being ‘grown up’ , means that we have responsibilities, worries, cares. We have questions about pain, sorrow, love and life that look for an answer.

Jesus didn’t come to give handy answers to our questions but to give a meaning to our lives. He knows the dark areas of our lives because he was there before us. At Easter he shines the light of his Resurrection on that dark.

His story of pain, sorrow, loss and death is our story. His resurrection is our hope. So we ask you to bring your troubles, your hopes, sadness and joy to the ceremonies of Holy Week.

Together we will walk the road to Calvary with him. Together we will listen as he gives his word of love, his promise of happiness. Together we will renew our own promises to love him and each other.

Holy Week is a special week for you personally and for all of us as a community in St Michael’s Parish. We look forward to sharing it with you.

With this week’s Messenger we include an insert giving details of all the ceremonies.

Holy Saturday Night (7th April)
A Bus will run through Cornagrade (8.15pm) Kilmacormick and Hillview to arrive at St Michael’s for 9.00pm ceremonies and bring people home afterwards.

Easter Flowers
If you would like to contribute towards the cost of decorating the Church for Easter, please make donations in the Renovations Box at the back of the Church. Many thanks.

St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society monthly meeting this Monday 2nd April at 8.00 pm in Parish Centre. Everyone welcome.

Pioneers Total Abstinence Association meeting this Tuesday 3rd April 7.30pm St Michael’s Parish Centre. Everyone welcome.

Divine Mercy Sunday 15th April Public Veneration of the Divine Mercy Image and Devotions at the Graan at 6.00 pm.

St Michael’s Youth Club now open every Tuesday 7.00 – 9.30 pm. Young people 11 yrs + welcome to come along with your parent for registration.

DIOCESE OF CLOGHER
Lourdes Pilgrimage 2007
led by Most Rev Joseph Duffy DD
Friday 6th – Wednesday 11th July 2007
Total Price ?685.00 or sterling equivalent at time of payment.
Pilgrim Booking Forms: contact Clogher Diocesan Pilgrimage Office, Secretary: P J McGilly, Drumsastry, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh BT92 8ED
Telephone/Fax: 028 677 37850.

Invalids contact Pilgrimage Director:
V Rev Canon Joseph Mullin, PP,
Priest’s House,
Lisnaskea,
Co Fermanagh
BT92 OJE.
Phone 028 677 21342.

ACCORD
Catholic Marriage Care Service is seeking to recruit Counsellors who have completed or who are working towards completion of an Accredited Counselling Training Course and who have counselling experience with supervision for placement in its Enniskillen Centre. Counsellors who are selected will undertake training and will be required to provide a minimum of 60 supervised counselling hours per year for two years. A Selection Conference is scheduled for 16th June. Please contact Regional Director, Accord NI, Cana House, 56 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF. Tel 028 90233002.
email: info@accordni.com

The Community Safety Advisors Project aims to reduce the fear of crime among elderly and vulnerable adults in Co Fermanagh. Volunteers visit individuals in their own homes on a regular basis. They often spend some time having a cup of tea and a chat and can offer practical safety advice and reassurance. We support volunteers on a on-going basis by providing specific training for this project, travel expenses and other assistance. Would you like to become a volunteer and help someone in your area. (Even half an hour a week of y our time can improve the quality of a person’s life.) Are you already providing this service and would like some support? Are you feeling vulnerable and would like someone to visit you? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then we would like to hear from you. For more information please contact Martina at Fermanagh Volunteer Centre, Tel 66328438.

Envelopes Old and New . . . . . .
Sincere thanks to parishioners who have now completed their contributions to the Parish or made an ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION in the last old envelope for 2006/2007. For 2007/2008, please use your new envelopes.
• If you have not received envelopes or if there is any error, please let us know or call to the Parish Office: 66322075 Monday-Friday, 10.30 am – 2.30 pm. Remember that your envelope number changes each year.
• If parishioners prefer to use a Banker’s Order instead of envelopes, please ask for a Form at the Parish Office.

Aware Defeat Depression – Enniskillen Support Group for all those affected by depression meets in the Aisling Centre, Darling Street on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30 pm. New members welcome


World Youth Day, Sydney, July 2008
World Youth Day is the opportunity for young people to come together with other young Catholics from around the world to celebrate their faith, to have fun, and to make new friends, to pray and to share. If you would like to know more about World Youth Day and you are aged between 18 – 30 contact your local Priest or the Clogher don Óige office, or email info@clogherdonoige.com or telephone +353 (0)47 72784.

Counselling for survivors of Sexual Abuse Nexus offers support to anyone who has been sexually abused, assaulted or raped at any time in their life and are now 17 years old and over. Counselling provides an opportunity for survivors to deal with the effects of sexual abuse, assault or rape. It can help in the process of recovery and enable survivors to create a more positive future. Contact Nexus in confidence at 028 66320046.

Accord Marriage Preparation Courses 2007
Venue: ACCORD Centre, Ros Erne House,8 Darling Street, Enniskillen
Fee: £80.00 per couple
Courses: (Friday 8.00 pm – 10.30 pm and Saturday 10.00 am – 5.30 pm)
May 11th/12th; (all booked); June 1st/2nd & 15th/16th; September 14th/15th; October 12th/13th; November 9th/10th & 16th/17th.
Couples should have completed their Marriage Preparation Course at least
4 months before their wedding. Application forms available now at Priests’ House or from ACCORD Secretary, St Michael’s Parish Centre, 28 Church Street, Enniskillen, phone 66325696.

Parents Advice Centre provides a telephone helpline and face-to-face support and guidance service for families. Helpline Freephone 0808 801 722. Helpline Email parents@pachelp.org

Gamblers Anonymous
Meets in the Day Centre, Tempo Road each Sunday at 8.00 pm.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Enniskillen Meetings:
Monday – Nurses’ Sitting Room, Erne Hospital
Thursday and Saturday – Day Centre, Tempo Road
All meetings at 8.30pm. For further information contact 028 90434848

CURA
Free and confidential crisis pregnancy counselling.
Monaghan Centre – 00353 47 836000. Open: Monday 11.00 am – 1.00 pm; Thursday 7.00 – 9.00 pm; Saturday 11.00 am – 1.00 pm.

St Vincent de Paul Thrift Centre 48 Forthill Street welcomes good quality clothes and household items. Please leave items at the Thrift Centre, phone 028 66329893. Open Monday – Saturday 10.00 am – 4.00 pm. Closed for lunch 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm. Closed Wednesdays.

NEXUS offers Workshops for survivors of sexual abuse on various topics including anger management, stress management, self-awareness and assertiveness. Family Education and Support Groups are offered for family members, parents and partners of survivors. Nexus provides an opportunity for those close to the survivor to learn more about the impact of sexual abuse and ways to support both the survivor and themselves. Contact Nexus in confidence 028 66320046.