Parish Priest: Very Rev Joseph McGuinness
PP VG, 1 Darling Street : Tel 02866322627
Priest on Duty: Rev Noel McGahan,
4 Darling Street Tel 028 66322075
MASSES FOR COMING WEEK
Sat, 1st Dec (Vigil 6.00pm) (Months Mind)
May Keenan, Millcroft
Nursing Home and Hillview Road
Sun, 2nd Dec (Lisbellaw) Shane O’Neill,
Drumbeg
Mon, 3rd Dec 1st Week of Advent St Francis
Xavier
8.00 am Slevin & Flanagan families, Drumcor Hill
10.00 am Jacqueline Cullen, Hillview Park and Sarah
& John
McGirr, Cavanacarragh
6.00 pm (Convent) Private Intention
Tues, 4th Dec 1st Week of Advent
8.00 am Kathleen & Bartley McCarney, Cornagrade
10.00 am Tommy Kelly, College Gardens
Wed, 5th Dec 1st Week of Advent
8.00 am (Convent) Anna McConnell, Rossorry Church
Road
10.00 am Brian & Margaret McGandy, Riverside
Thurs, 6th Dec 1st Week of Advent
8.00 am Lunny family, Corban Avenue and Dame Street
10.00 am James McQuaid, Cooneen
Confessions 11.30 am – 1.30 pm
Fri, 7th Dec 1st Week of Advent St Ambrose
(First Friday)
8.00 am (Convent) Margaret & Murty Cornyn, Rossorry
Church Road
10.00 am Kathleen McCrossan, Hillview Park and Dermot
Smyth, Strabane
7.00 pm (Vigil Mass of Holyday)(Months Mind) Angela
McTeggart,
Cornagrade and Copenhagen
8.00 pm (Vigil Mass of Holyday)(Lisbellaw) Bernie
Carson, Barbour Court
Sat, 8th Dec Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary (Holyday)
8.00 am Private Intention
10.00 am Eugene Corrigan, Belmore Street and Helen
Lynam, Cooper Crescent
12.30 pm John Presley (Sen), Market Street
Confessions 6.00 pm – 6.45
pm
Deaths
We pray for the recently deceased:
Albert Doherty, late of Forthill
and Birmingham. May he rest in peace
Weekly Offering 25.11.07 £3,634.00
Education & Training Collection
01.11.07 £2,570.00 (complete).
St Michael’s Parish Draw – Week
3
£1,000 John Martin, Aisling Crescent
Promoter Teresa O’Reilly, 17 Algeo
Drive
£100 Grainne Mulhern, 107 Riverside
Promoter Josie Magill, 72 Derrin Road
£100 Adrian Hopkins, 8C Market Street
Promoter Peter Watson, 129 Derrin Road
Retired Priests
Please use your Green Envelope on 8th December to
support the Retired Priests’ Fund.
Tattygar Annual Bazaar this Saturday
1st December at 7.30 pm.
Ministers of the Word for the Sundays of December:
6.00 pm Sat (Vigil) Bernie Keenan;
8.00 am John J Treacy;
9.30 am Tom Palmer;
11.00 am Kevin Maguire;
12.30 pm Eamon P Hoy.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Collectors
(Team D) begin their rota this Saturday/Sunday 1st/2nd
December.
Children’s Liturgy each Sunday
at 9.30 am Mass.
We thank the Columban Fathers who
visited our parish last weekend and spoke at our Sunday
Masses. We wish them every blessing in their ministry.
Please return envelopes for the Far East to the box
at the back of the church this weekend.
Preparing for Baptism
• Parish Baptism Dates for December: Sunday
9th (3.00 pm), Saturday 22nd (4.00 pm). January dates:
Sunday 13th & Saturday 26th.
• Next introductory session for Baptisms in
December is this Wednesday 5th December at 8.00 pm.
Parents and godparents are requested to attend.
We welcome into the Christian community children baptized
in November:
Lucy Heather Dorrian, Drumbawn Close; Conor Thomas
McCaffrey, The Four Oaks, Ballycassidy; Aoran James
Rice, Willow Vale; Eibhleann Catherine McGinn, College
Park Lane; Lucy-Jo Freeman, Coleshill Park; Daisy
Grace O’Hare, Chanterhill Road; Aaron Michael
Walmsley, Carron Close; Niamh Elizabeth King, London;
Zoe Byrne, Warrenpoint; Hannah Ivy Rose Smith, Tempo.
Important dates for your diary
Advent Reconciliation Service: Wednesday 19th December.
Christmas Carol Service: Thursday 20th December.
Confirmation: Sunday 20th April 2008.
First Communion: Saturday 17th & Saturday 24th
May 2008 in St Michael’s Church and Sunday 10th
May in St Mary’s Lisbellaw at 10.00 am.
Christmas Fair in St Joseph’s College
this Friday 30th November 7.00-9.00 pm. Lots of lovely
gifts to choose from. Santa will be there! Admission:
Adults £1.00.
St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society Meeting
this Monday 3rd December at 7.30 pm in the Parish
Centre. Everyone welcome.
Aware Defeat Depression
Enniskillen Support Group for all those affected by
depression meets in the Aisling Centre, Darling Street
on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 7.30 –
9.00 pm. Next meeting Tuesday, 4th December. New members
welcome.
“Waiting in joyful hope”
– a short time of prayer and reflection for
our parish community on the meaning of Advent, led
by Fr Joseph McGuinness, in St Michael’s Church
on Thursday 6 and Thursday 13 December at 7.30 pm.
Concluding each evening with Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
For reflection and prayer in Advent
Bible Alive and Advent Extra available in St Michael’s
Church and Bookshop.
The Sick and Elderly will be attended
by the priests for Christmas and the New Year in the
week beginning Monday 10th December.
Mary’s Meals
Coffee Morning and Cake Sale Saturday 8th December,
in the Parish Centre, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm. Proceeds
in aid of children in Malawi.
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
Next meeting will be on Monday 10th December at 7.30
pm in the Parish Centre. All welcome.
Trócaire Global Gift One Action can change
the World
This year make someone’s Christmas special with
a Trócaire Global Gift. Pick up a leaflet in
the Church or buy online at www.trocaire.org or phone
1850408 408.
Traditional Music Weekend in Belleek 7th-9th December
– commencing Friday at 8.00 pm in Hotel Carlton.
Enquiries to CCE Club Chairperson Bernie McNulty 68659081.
St Michael’s Bookshop, Halls
Lane, Phone 66324771
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10.30 am –
5.00 pm;
Saturday 10.30 am – 1.00 pm; closed Wednesday.
For all your special Christmas Gifts – call
in and look around ~
* Books for Advent * Candles and wreaths * Calendars
& Diaries
* Tapes and CDs * Beautiful religious gifts * Cribs
* Religious Christmas Cards in English and Irish
Do this in Memory: all the children
of the parish who are due to receive their first confession
and first Holy Communion in the coming year are welcome,
together with their parents and other family members,
to the 9.30 am Mass in St Michael’s Church Sunday
16th December for our ‘Do this in Memory’
Mass; St Mary’s Lisbellaw, Mass 10.00 am.
Fair Trade in Enniskillen: Traidcraft
is a distinctive Christian response to poverty, helping
to build better lives through fair trade. Products
available at Crystal Bard Gogreen, Unit 12, Enniskillen
Business Centre, Tempo Road. Phone Tanya 66320122.
Big Bingo each Tuesday in Scout Hall
at 9.00 pm. £2,000 + in Prizes. Please support.
St Vincent de Paul Thrift Centre
48 Forthill Street welcomes good quality clothes and
household items. Please leave items at the Thrift
Centre, or phone 028 66329893 to arrange collection.
Open Monday – Saturday 10.00 am – 4.00
pm. Closed for lunch 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm. Closed
Wednesdays.
Holy Hour of Adoration in the Convent Chapel
this Wednesday 28th November from 8.00 –
9.00 pm, led by Fr Brendan Shannon.
‘Partnership in Lay Spirituality: Religious
and Laity New Ways’ by Maureen Dolan,
Enniskillen, published by the Columba Press 2007 is
available in St Michael’s Bookshop. The first
part seeks an understanding of lay spirituality and
its development. The latter part develops what lay
associate membership of a religious congregation is
and its value. Price £9.50.
‘Jesus of Nazareth’ by
Pope Benedict XVI: In the Bookshop/ On the Bookstand
– the most readable book Pope Benedict has written;
this book will be most helpful to anyone who wishes
to deepen their knowledge of Christ and their understanding
of the faith. Price £13.60.
Devenish Partnership Forum Youth Club
Every Monday night 6.30 – 7.30 pm for 8-12 years
and 7.30 – 8.30 for 13 - 17 years. Internet,
pool, computer games, table football, tuck shop, DVD’s,
air hockey, day trips/activities and much more . .
. . entry fee £1.00. Limited places available.
Please contact Ryan, Gerry or Leigh on 66327808 or
at 26 Yoan Road, Kilmacormick to book a place.
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
Drugwiser Family Support Group
Do you have a family member or friend affected by
drug or alcohol misuse? Could you use some safe, free,
confidential information? Ring 07749699243 or 028
66328352.
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.
Al-anon
Does someone in your family drink too much? Is it
making you
lonely and unhappy – causing money problems
– creating stress? It might be your partner,
child or your mother or father. If you want help –
if you would like to share your worries with people
who understand because they have had them too –
why not get in touch with Al-anon Family Groups. Phone
028 9068368 for details of your nearest group contact.
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
Gamblers Anonymous
Meets in the Day Centre, Tempo Road each Sunday at
8.00 pm or contact Gamblers Anonymous on 028 71351329.
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.
World Youth Day, Sydney, July 2008
Office Address: Clogher don Óige, St Macartan’s
College, Monaghan.
Phone:003534772784.E-mailaddress:infor@clogherdonoige.com
www.clogherdonoige.com
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.
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.
Ciorcal comhrá: Bíonn
ciorcal comhrá Gaeilge ar siúl gach
dara Céadaoin in Blake’s of the Hollow,
Inis Ceithleann ar 8 i.n. Beidh muid ag bualadh arís
ar Céadoin 7ú Samhain Fáilte
roimh chách. Irish conversation group meets
in Blakes of the Hollow at 8.00 pm fortnightly.
