Sunday 13th April 2008 - Fourth Sunday of Easter

Christ, our Way to new life

"I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." You couldn't get a clearer statement of intent and desire than that from anyone. The practice of our faith is about making that desire of Jesus a reality for one another. That's why he gave us his commandment to love one another. The fulfillment of that longing should be our aim in all that we do. It is the major task for every married couple, to help this other person to come to the greatest fulfillment of her/his potential. And if parents want to know what their parenting is about they have a true statement of it in this word of Christ. Parenting is not about what they give to their children but what they help their children to become as individuals. It is also a word for every parish community this week. We dare not settle for anything less than the best.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

 

 

Parish Priest: Very Rev Joseph McGuinness PP VG, 1 Darling Street : Tel 02866322627
Priest on Duty: Rev Noel McGahan - 028 66322075

MASSES FOR COMING WEEK

Sat, 12th (Vigil 6.00 pm) Catherine Kane, Crest Road

Sun, 13th April (Lisbellaw) Maureen Curran, Aisling Crescent

Mon, 14th April 4th Week of Easter
8.00 am John & Norah Connolly, Erne Drive
10.00 am Joe Scallon, Derrin Road
6.00 pm (Convent) Galligan family, Fortmount and Braeside

Tues 15th April 4th Week of Easter
8.00 am Eva & Seamus McConnell, Kilmacormick Road
10.00 am Peggy Moss, Meadow Lane

Wed, 16th April 4th Week of Easter
8.00 am (Convent) Cissie & Leo and Pat Smyth, Cornagrade Road
10.00 am Mary & Francis Tierney, Beech Hill

Thurs, 17th April 4th Week of Easter
8.00 am Danny Devaney, Derrygore Terrace and England
10.00 am Lena Entwistle, Queen Street

Fri, 18th April 4th Week of Easter
8.00 am (Convent) Patrick & Mai Sheils, Riverside
10.00 am Mary, Mary Jane & Thomas Slevin, Drumgallon
7.30 pm William Murphy, Moyletra Gardens

Sat, 19th April 4th Week of Easter
10.00 am Benny & Margaret Burns, Loughview Drive
10.30 am (Convent) Patrick Jones, Derrin Road

Confessions 11.30 am – 1.30 pm & 5.00 – 5.45 pm

Children’s Liturgy each Sunday at 9.30 am Mass.

Vocations Sunday 13th April 2008 – A Space and Place to Reflect. All are welcome to join in reflection and prayer for vocations at St Macartan’s Cathedral Monaghan from 4.00 – 5.00 pm.

Reflection Year of Vocation – 13th April 2008 – 3rdMay 2009
This Sunday is known as Good Shepherd Sunday or Vocations Sunday, we pray in a special way for vocations. It also sees the start of the Year of Vocation which runs until next Vocations Sunday – 3rd May 2009. During this year we will pray for all vocations: those who are married, those who are single and those living lives of celibacy and we ask for the grace to follow our own vocation. It seeks to renew the fundamental call of every baptised person to follow Christ and his power to renew and transform. The year will seek to teach the meaning of witness in the 21st Century. The year of Vocation calls on all of us to be a community of people who believe in the God of Jesus Christ and who commit themselves to implement in the world the commandment of charity which he left them. An important feature of the year will be the promotion of the priesthood and religious life with the hope that a greater number of young people will reflect more deeply on these important vocations as life choices.

St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society Holy Hour - Prayer for Vocations this Sunday from 6.00-7.00 pm in the Convent Chapel. All are welcome.

Deaths
We pray for the recently deceased:
James Moss, Pettigo;
Bridie Buffrey (née McCaffrey), Mulrod and Wales;
Noelle Mohan, Derry and Newtownbutler. May they rest in peace.

St Michael’s Parish Draw – Week 22
£1,000.00 Tony Gallinagh, 16 The Bawn
Promoter Carmel Potter, 10 The Bawn
£100.00 Roisin Farry, c/o 148 Hillview Road
Promoter Rita Swift, 144 Hillview Road
£100.00 Hanna & Jamie Breen, 4 Derrygore Terrace
Promoter June Muldoon, 1 Derrygore Terrace

Monthly Offering
The priests thank parishioners for the Monthly Offering 06.04.08.

Trócaire 2008 £19,546.00 (to date)
Please put the contents of your Trócaire Box in your Trócaire Envelope and return this Sunday. Do not leave Trócaire Boxes at the back of the Church.

Pyxes Ministers of the Eucharist, we would greatly appreciate the return of pyxes which are no longer in use. Please return them to the Sacristy.

St Michael’s Bookshop, phone 66324771 Wide range of cards and religious goods especially for First Communion and Confirmation.

Macartan 1500+

in association with
Fermanagh Choral Society presents
Haydn’s Nelson Mass
Organist – Ian Keatley former Organ Scholar at Westminster Abbey
Sunday 13th April at 8.00 pm
in St Michael’s Church, Enniskillen
Soloists from the National Chamber Choir, with the Western Sinfonia
Conductor: Don Swain. Accompanist: Irene Kernohan
Admission to this event is free. For further details phone 028 66347879

Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
Meeting this Monday 14th April at 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre. New members especially welcome.

Baptisms

We welcome into the Christian community those baptised during the month of March: Dara Patrick Lunny, Loughview Drive; Luc Conor Burns, Los Angeles; Lily Kate Regan and Lucia Regan, Sandy Lane; Domhnall Christopher O’Connor-Crampsie, Drumgarrow Court; Daniel Joseph Elliott, Mill Court; Corey Alan Gormley, Sligo Road; Conor Murphy, Glebe Park; Ruairí Fintan Leonard, The Limes; Torin Sean Smyth, Hollyhill Crescent; Caolan Rice, Hillview Walk; Aidan Joseph McHugh, Tempo Road; Rhys Martin McGourty, Silverstream Court; Angie Elisa Bernadette Brolly, Drumbeg; Finn Alexander Smyth, Carrigan Park; Leona Wilson, Glebe Park; Caoimhe Maria Convey, Loughview Drive; Oísín Patrick McPhillips, Beech Hill; Bartosz Tomasz Fikiel, Scaffog Avenue.

Dates for your Diary

• Confirmation in St Michael’s Church Sunday 20th April 2008.

* Rehearsal for all candidates for Confirmation in St Michael’s Church
Wednesday, 16th April at 10.30 am. All candidates baptised outside
Enniskillen must have forwarded a Certificate of their Baptism to their
School or to the Parish Centre before the rehearsal.

First Communion in St Michael’s Church, Saturday 17th and Saturday 24th May 2008 at 10.00 am ; Sunday 10th May in St Mary’s Lisbellaw at 10.00 am. “Do this in Memory” for parents and children preparing for First Communion on Sunday 13th April at 9.30 am Mass in St Michael’s and 10.00am Mass in
St Mary’s Lisbellaw.

 

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

Ministers of the Eucharist & Collectors Team (Team D) begin their rota this Saturday/Sunday 5th/6th April.

Community Bingo in St Michael’s Scout Hall each Tuesday at 9.00 pm.

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 3rd – 12th September, 2008, with Spiritual Director. £850.00 fully inclusive. For further information, contact Ann Diamond 17 Derrygarve Road, Castledawson, BT45 8HA, phone 028 79468134.

ACCORD 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 over 6 days and one residential weekend and will be required to provide a minimum of 60 supervised counselling hours per year for 2 years. For further information and application forms please contact: Regional Director ACCORD NI, Cana House, 56 Lisburn Road, Belfast. Phone 9023 3002, email: accordni@tinyworld.co.uk

Accord Marriage Preparation Courses 2008:
Places available for : June 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.

DIOCESE OF CLOGHER
Lourdes Jubilee Pilgrimage 1858 – 2008
led by Most Rev J Duffy DD
Sunday 6th – Friday 11th July, 2008
Price €700 or sterling equivalent at time of payment.
To book invalid places contact Pilgrimage Director: V Rev Canon Joseph Mullin PP, Priest’s House, Lisnaskea, BT92 0JE. Phone 028 67721342.
To book pilgrim places contact Pilgrimage Secretary, Mr P J McGilly, Drumsastry, Newtownbutler, BT92 8ED. Telephone/Fax 028 67737850.

St Michael’s Bookshop Cards for Easter, First Communion, Confirmation and all special occasions. A new CD “Voice of an Angel” by Louise Irvine – available in The Graan and St Michael’s Bookshop.

Medjugorje Pilgrimage 13th June 2008, taking bookings now. Contact Dermot or Jennifer Tierney at 028 66346778.

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

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.

‘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.

Gamblers Anonymous Meets in the Day Centre, Tempo Road each Sunday at 8.00 pm or contact Gamblers Anonymous on 028 71351329.

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 8.30 pm. 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 90682368 for details of your nearest group contact.

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.