Easter Vigil

9.00 pm

Parish Missal p195

The Readings for the vigil are

First Reading – Genesis 1:1-2:2 p201

Third Reading–Exodus 14:15-15:1 p209

Fifth Reading-Isaiah 54:15-11 p215

Vigil Candles available free at the Church door.
Easter Water available after the Vigil. Please bring a Holy Water bottle with you.


Easter Sunday: Parish Missal p239 and Proper p1034

First Reading Acts 10:34.37-43
We have eaten and drunk with him after his Resurrection.

Second Reading Colossians 3:1-4
You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.

Gospel John 20:1-9
He must rise from the dead.

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

MASSES FOR COMING WEEK
Mon, 9th April Easter Monday
10.00 am Mae McConway Old Rossorry Road and McConway family, Glasgow.
6.00 pm (Convent) Maureen Curran, Aisling Crescent
Tues, 10th April Easter Tuesday
10.00 am Patrick & Helen Collins, Townhall Street
Wed, 11th April Easter Wednesday
10.00 am Charles Burns, Church Street and Moyglass
Thurs, 12th March Easter Thursday
10.00 am Matt McBride, Willoughby Place
Fri, 13th April Easter Friday
10.00 am Peggy Moss, Meadow Lane
7.30 pm Gerald & Mabel Burns and Dessie Burns, Derrin Road and Wellington Place
Sat, 14th April Easter Saturday
10.00 am Jack & Julie Slevin, Drumcor Hill
10.30 am (Convent) Patrick Jones, Derrin Road

Ministers of the Eucharist will bring Holy Communion to the sick and
housebound on Easter Sunday, after 9.30 am Mass.

A Bus will run to the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night, beginning in
Cornagrade (8.15 pm) through Kilmacormick and Hillview to arrive at St
Michael’s at 9.00 pm and bring people home again afterwards.

St Michael’s Bookshop, Enniskillen – Tel 66324771
* Beautiful cards, prayers, reading materials for Holy Week and Easter
* Easter Vigil Candles available free; * Enniskillen Parish Missal £2.00;
* Missalettes for the Triduum available at Bookshop or Church door 50p;
We close Good Friday 3.00 pm. Open Holy Saturday 10.30 am – 1.00 pm.
Closed Easter week, Monday – Saturday. Re-opening Monday 16th April.

Reflection
‘On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realized the new wonder; but even they hardly realized that the world had died in the night. What they were looking at was the first new day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in the semblance of the gardener God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the evening but the dawn.’
- G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man.

Deaths - We pray for the recently deceased:
Sr Nuala Gormley, Convent of Mercy, Clogher;
Kieran Brazil, Trasna Way, Lisnaskea and Erne Drive;
John Keown, Lisburn and Ely Lodge;
Bernadette Mullan, Limavady;
Gerry O’Donnell, Crossmaglen;
Laura McConnell, Breandrum Park and Scotland. May they rest in peace.

St Michael’s Parish Draw ~ Weeks 21 and 22
£1,000 St Michaels’ Guides, Enniskillen
Promoter Liz Entwistle, 43 Windmill Heights
£200 Martina McCaughey, 21B Old Henry Street
Promoter Eamon Tierney, 9 Galliagh Terrace
£100 David Cinnamon, c/o 6 Floraville
Promoter Jerry Elliott, c/o Priests’ House
£1,000 Joseph Sharkey, 21 Flaxfield Park
Promoter Nora Sheridan, 25 Killynure Crescent
£200 Nicola &Reece Cunningham,c/o17 Ross Close
Promoter Marian Haggins, 75 Corban Avenue
£100 Mary McManus, 37 Brackvede Park
Promoter Ciaran Maguire, 5 Brackvede Park
Trip to Lourdes for 2 Emmett Burns, 17 Galliagh Park
Promoter Conal O’Donnell, 38 Galliagh Park

Monthly Offering
The priests thank parishioners for the Monthly Offering

Vocations Collection 17.03.07 £3,450.00 (complete)

Thanks
Sincere thanks to parishioners who have completed their contributions for 2006/2007 (in the last of your old envelopes). In May you will receive an acknowledgement of your contributions for last year as well as details of your Covenant/Gift Aid.

Trócaire
Remember to share the fruits of your Lenten penance with the deprived people of the Third World. You can help them. Please return your Trócaire Envelope as soon as possible. Do not leave Tr?caire Boxes unattended at the back of the Church.

World Youth Day, Sydney 2008
An information evening has been organized for this Thursday 12 April at 8.00 pm in Scoil Chrói Ró Naofa, Clones (Clones Primary School). We would hope to answer any questions people may have on WYD and inform you of what WYD is about. If you need directions to the school or have any other questions please phone the Clogher don Óige office, 00353 47 72784.

Easter Sunday Masses
Vigil Holy Saturday – 9.00 pm (No Mass at 6.00 pm)
St Michael’s 8.00 am, 9.30 am
11.00 am and 12.30 pm
Convent Chapel 10.00 am
St Mary’s Lisbellaw 10.00 am

GREETINGS
A warm welcome to parishioners, young and old who have come home for Easter and to visitors who are joining us for the Easter ceremonies. We hope you will have a pleasant and happy stay in Enniskillen. We wish all families a blessed and joyful Easter. After making the Lenten journey so faithfully, may you all experience the hope and peace of the Risen Lord.

A special Easter Greeting to all who join us on the Parish Website, especially to natives of Enniskillen wherever they may be.

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.

Divine Mercy Devotions at the Graan Monastery,Sunday 15th April,
at 6.00 pm. Veneration of Divine Mercy Image, Blessing with Relic of St
Faustina, Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Chaplet, Exposition and Talk,
Quiet Prayer and Reflection.

Soroptimist International of Enniskillen & District invite you to a Fashion Show with a Difference ~ costumes from 1840 – 1919 presented by Ladies from Lisburn War on Want on Friday 13th April, at 7.30 pm in Cathedral Hall, Enniskillen. Tickets: £7.00 including refreshments, available from Liz Sheridan 66325780. Proceeds to: Home Start (Fermanagh); Mums for Mums (Ethiopia) and War on Want.

Hospice Walk Saturday 21st April
11 Walks throughout Northern Ireland including Enniskillen. Support a walk or make a donation to help Hospice Care. Call 90777123 or www.hospicewalk.com.

Parish Website
The Parish Messenger is published each week on the Parish Website www.st-michaels.net. We would be interested in your comments on the website from at home and abroad.

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.