Parish Priest: Very
Rev Joseph McGuinness PP VG, 1 Darling Street : Tel
02866322627
Priest on Duty: Very
Rev Joseph McGuinness - Tel 028 66322627
MASSES FOR COMING WEEK
Sat, 2nd Feb(Vigil 6.00pm)(Months
Mind) Kathleen O’Connor, Whaley Tce
Sun, 3rd Feb (Lisbellaw)Mary Catherine
& Patrick McQuaid, Tempo and
Derrin Road
Mon, 4th Feb 4th Week in Ordinary Time
8.00 am Annie & Charlie Tapster and Maeve McQuaid,
Paget Square and Derrygore Terrace
10.00 am Alice & Jack Smith, Market Street &
Corrigan family, Shore Rd
6.00 pm (Convent)(Months Mind) Kathleen Maxwell, Innishmore
Tues 5th Feb 4th Week in Ordinary Time
8.00 am Rachel & John McCluskey and Marie McCluskey,
Nugents Entry
10.00 am Redmond & Marius McBrien and Cassidy
family
Hillview Park and Teemore
Wed, 6th Feb Ash Wednesday (Day of Fast and
Abstinence)
7.15 am Michael & Maisie Kelly, Hillview Road
7.45 am (Convent) Peter Drumm, Beechill
10.00 am Anne O’Donnell and Elsie Scollan,Water
Street
12.30 pm Private Intention
7.30 pm Vera Kavanagh, Moneynoe Park
8.00 pm (Lisbellaw) Margaret & Patrick Shannon,
Carrickaheenan
Thurs, 7th Feb Lenten Weekday
7.15 am Susan Gunn, Hugh & John Fivey, Erne Drive
10.00 am Patrick McKervey, Lackaboy Park
Fri, 8th Feb Lenten Weekday
8.00 am (Convent) May Boyd, Riverside
10.00 am Tommy Maguire, Moyletra Gdns & Gabriel
Maguire, Derrin Pk
7.30 pm Teresa Love, Floraville
8.00 pm (Lisbellaw) Angela Blake, Mullaghlevin
Sat, 9th Feb Lenten Weekday
10.00 am Angela & Aisling Concannon, Killynure
Park
10.30 am (Convent) Tommy & Esther Rogers, Hillview
Road; George & Lofty
Rogers, Floraville
Confessions 11.30 – 1.30 pm
& 7.30 – 8.00 pm
Deaths - We pray for the recently deceased:
Billy McVitty, late of Hillview Road;
Mary Ellen Corrigan, Millcroft and
Boho;
Lena Culver, 3 The Bawn;
Gertie Monaghan, Lisnarick Road,
Irvinestown. May they rest in peace.
St Michael’s Parish Draw - Week 12
£1,000 Sinead McAdam, 46 Sycamore Drive
Promoter Seamus Flanagan, 74 Sycamore Drive
£100 Carmel Potter, 10 The Bawn
Promoter Carmel Potter, 10 The Bawn
£100 Sisters of Mercy, Convent, Belmore Street
Promoter Jerry Elliott, c/o 4 Darling Street
Weekly Offering 27.01.08 £3,710.00
January Red Envelope (Renovations)
£1,690.00
Children’s Liturgy each Sunday
at 9.30 am Mass.
Ministers of the Word for the Sundays of
February:
6.00 pm Sat (Vigil) Petronilla O’Connor; 8.00
am Kevin McKenna; 9.30 am Seamus Cox; 11.00 am Kevin
Slowey; 12.30 pm Maura Hegarty.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Collectors
(Team B) begin their rota this Saturday/Sunday
2nd/3rd February.
Blessing of St Blaise Throats will
be blessed after all Masses this Sunday.
Annual Subscription of £2.00
for Parish Messenger now due. Please pay the distributor
in your area and maybe say a word of Thanks!
St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society
Meeting this Monday, 4th February at 7.30
pm in the Parish Centre. Everyone welcome.
Ecumenical Day ~ Lough Derg this
Wednesday 6th February at 11.30 am Guest Speaker:
Rev Dr Ruth Patterson, Restoration Ministries, Belfast.
Most Reverend Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Clogher, Mgr
Richard Mohan & other clergy will be in attendance.
To Register – Call: 028 6863 2391, email: manager@loughderg.org
Boats from 10.30 am and lunch will be served.
Members of all churches are warmly invited to attend.
Lent begins this Wednesday,
6th February, ASH WEDNESDAY
An invitation to climb the holy mountain
of Easter:
• Come to weekday Mass in St Michael’s
or the Convent, especially the early Mass and make
the Eucharist the centre of your journey.
• Think seriously about moderation in relation
to food, drink, smoking, tv.
• Confession The ideal preparation for Lent
is a good confession.
• Lenten Reading: ‘Lent Extra’;
‘Bible Alive’ - £1.00 each and many
more booklets for Lent available at the back of the
Church or in St Michael’s bookshop.
The National Medjugorje Council of Ireland
National Day of Prayer this Sunday 3rd February in
the Convent Chapel, 3.00 – 6.00 pm, led by Fr
Owen Gorman.
Enniskillen Pioneer T.A.A. Coffee/Tea
Morning in the Parish Centre on Saturday 2nd February,
after 10.00am Mass. All welcome.
Mary’s Meals ‘Curry Night’!!
this Tuesday 5th February at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity
. A curry dinner will be served. Tickets £8,
available from Parish Centre or Holy Trinity Derrin
Road. All proceeds go to Mary’s Meals fundraising
efforts for the feeding and education of children
in Malawi.
Community Bingo in St Michael’s
Scout Hall each Tuesday at 9.00 pm.
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.
Youth 2000 Calendar for 2008 Available
in the Parish Centre and St Michael’s Bookshop.
Price £3.50, proceeds towards Youth 2000, a
movement dedicated to the evangelisation of young
people.
New Parish Envelopes will be issued
at the beginning of March 2008. Parishioners who are
either new to the parish or would like to be supplied
with a box for the first time or have changed their
address since last year are asked to give their new
address in the Parish Office (66322075).
Parishioner Registration or Change of Address
forms available at the back of the Church or in the
Parish Office.
ACCORD offers marriage and relationship
counselling. Fully trained counsellors, there to listen
in complete confidence and to help you find your solutions
to your problems. Phone 028 66325696 for an appointment.
Accord Marriage Preparation
Courses 2008:
Places available for : May 9/10; June 6/7 &13/14;
September 12/13; October 10/11;
November 7/8 & 14/15.
Marriage Preparation Course should be completed at
least 4 months before marriage. Phone 66325696
Dates for your Diary 2008
• Ash Wednesday 6th February 2008.
• Easter Sunday 23rd March, 2008.
• Confirmation in St Michael’s Church
Sunday 20th April 2008.
• First Communion in St Michael’s Church,
Saturday 17th and Saturday 24th May 2008; Sunday 10th
May in St Mary’s Lisbellaw at 10.00 am.
‘Do this in Memory’
in preparation for First Communion 2008, this Sunday
27th January at 9.30 am Mass in St Michael’s
and St Mary’s Lisbellaw, 10.00 am Mass.
Annual Subscription of £2.00
for Parish Messenger now due. Please pay the distributor
in your area and maybe say a word of Thanks!
‘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.
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.
Study Theology from Home
Spend time learning more about the Faith, take up
the study of theology through distance learning, either
for its own sake or for a degree. The Priory Institute,
under the care of the Dominicans, is offering a programme
of theology especially for lay people, with a network
of student support services spread all around the
country. If you would like to know further, send for
details to: The Priory Institute, Tallaght Village,
Dublin 24 00353 1 4048127 or 00353 1 404 8124. email:
enquiries@prioryinstiute.com
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 90682368 for details of your nearest group contact.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
