2nd Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday

Risen Lord Jesus,
as Mary Magdalene
met you in the garden
on the morning of your
resurrection,
so may we meet you
today and every day.

Speak to us as you spoke to her,
Reveal yourself as the living Lord,
Renew our hope
and kindle our joy.

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Parish Priest: Monsignor Sean Cahill, 1 Darling Street Tel 02866322627

Priest on Duty: Fr Brendan Gallagher, 4 Darling Street Tel 02866322075

Sunday Mass Times

Vigil Saturday 6.00pm
Sunday 8.00am; 9.30am; 11.00am; 12.30pm;
Lisbellaw 10.00am

Parish Missal Readings (Year C) p 805 & Proper p 1036

First Reading Acts of the Apostles 5: 12-16
Tells of the high regard in which the apostles were held by the ordinary people and of cures they worked for the sick.

Second Reading Apocalypse 1:9-13.17-19
John is bidden to write a message – one which has meaning for the Church until the end of time.

Gospel John 20: 19-31
By seeing and touching the wounds of his risen Lord, Thomas, the doubter is cured of his unbelief.

MASSES FOR COMING WEEK
Sat, 14th April (Vigil 6.00 pm) (MonthsMind) Lily McKenna, London
and Hillview Road
Sun, 15th April (Lisbellaw) Mary Catherine & Patrick McQuaid, Derrin
Road and Tempo
Mon, 16th April Easter weekday
8.00 am Margaret & George Whitley, Erne Drive
10.00 am Joe Scallon, Derrin Road
6.00 pm (Convent) (Months Mind) Peter Dolan, Magee Court
Tues, 17th April Easter weekday
8.00 am James & Frances and Seamus Fee, Riverside and Esther Rowley, Hillview
10.00 am Madeline McBrien, Water Street
Wed, 18th April Easter weekday
8.00 am (Convent) Danny Devaney, Derrygore Terrace
10.00 am Michael Jones, Westville Terrace & Gray family
Manchester
Thurs, 19th April Easter weekday
8.00 am Anna & Paddy Kelly, Ferny Rise
10.00 am Lena Entwistle, Queen Street
Fri, 20th April Easter weekday
8.00 am (Convent) Paddy & Mai Shields, Riverside
10.00 am Elizabeth Cryan, Dannysmill Road, Navan and Barking
7.30 pm Rose Mulligan, Corban Avenue
Sat, 21st April Easter weekday
10.00 am McCaffrey family, Cross Street
10.30 am (Convent) Mary McGirr, Underwood Park

Reflection - Easter Faith
Some people are born into a religious faith, and with the passage of years find their faith increasingly strong and sustaining. To possess a faith like that is a tremendous blessing. But for others faith is a constant struggle. Indeed, some people may have to undergo a crisis in order to arrive at a deep and personal faith. Only faith can answer the most important and profound questions of life. But we must not expect faith to clear everything up. First, because we believe does not mean we know all the answers. But we don’t need to know all the answers. Faith is trust, not certainty. The story of doubting Thomas in this Sunday’s Gospel brings home to us how frail is the human container in which the gift of faith is carried. And it also shows us that Christian faith is essentially faith in a person who loves us – and has the wounds to prove it. At the heart of biblical faith is not only the faith we have in God, but the faith God has in us.

Deaths - We pray for the recently deceased:
Cathy McClintock, 7 Tobermore Park;
Patrick Timoney, Killesher;
James McKeogh, Garvary;
Elizabeth McGoldrick, Ballyconnell;
Michael Breen, Tempo. May they rest in peace.

St Michael’s Parish Draw for Week 23 will take place in the Upper Room this Monday, 16th April at 8.30 pm. Promoters please make returns on Monday 7.00 – 8.30 pm. Usual prizes £1,000.00; £200.00 and £100.00.

Trócaire 2007 £19,064.50 (to date).
Please put the contents of your Trócaire Box in your Trócaire envelope and return it this Sunday. Please do not leave your Trócaire Box unattended at the back of the church.

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.

St Michael’s Bookshop, Enniskillen – Tel 66324771
Re-opens this Tuesday, 17th April. Wide range of books, cards and religious goods especially for First communion and Confirmation.

Thanks
We are deeply grateful to all parishioners for their wholehearted response to the Lenten and Holy Week programme in the Parish. And in the name of the parish community we thank all who played a special part: all Parish Choirs, Ministers of the Word, Ministers of the Eucharist, Altar Servers, Collectors, St Michael’s Scouts, Leaders of Lectio Divina, Children and Choir from Holy Trinity Primary School who led the Stations of the Cross and Young Adults who took part in the Good Friday Liturgy. Special thanks to the Liturgy Team who organized and took part in the Liturgy of the Sacred Triduum and to those who prepared St Michael’s and St Mary’s so beautifully for Holy Week and Easter. One final word – if you have any comment or suggestion about the Lenten or Holy Week programme, please let us have it!

Dates for your Diary
• First Holy Communion in St Michael’s Church, Saturday 5th May at
11.00 am; St Mary’s Lisbellaw, Sunday 3rd June at 10.00 am.
* ‘Do this in Memory’ for parents and children preparing for First
Communion 2007, Sunday 22nd April at 9.30 am Mass in St Michael’s;
10.00 am Mass in St Mary’s Lisbellaw.
• Confirmation in St Michael’s Church, Sunday 13th May at 3.00 pm.
* Service of Light – Special Mass for children and parents in preparation for
Confirmation in St Michael’s Church, Wednesday 25th April at 7.30 pm.
* Rehearsal for Confirmation in St Michael’s Church, Wednesday 9th May
at 10.30 am.

Forum 2007
The priests of the Parish will be absent at a seminar in the Manor House, Killadeas this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 16th/17th/18th April. Fr Brendan Shannon will be in residence in the Parish and will very kindly look after emergency calls.

Divine Mercy Devotions at the the Graan Monastery this 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.

Hospice Walk 2007 Saturday 21st April ~ Walks throughout Northern
Ireland including Enniskillen. Support a walk or make a donation to help
Hospice Care. Call 90777123 or www.hospicewalk.com

Special Olympics Ireland Support an Athlete * Olympic Bike Out Sunday 22nd April from Ardhowen Theatre @ 3.00 pm to Castle Coole and back! Sponsorship forms in the Lakeland Forum or online from www.fermanagh.gov.uk or pay £5.00 on the day. Kids go free – for moral support! * Company Challenge Killyhevlin Hotel, Thursday 26th April at 8.00 pm. Great prizes, entertainment, Auction of Business Services, Excellent networking opportunity. Tables £50.00 for 5. Booking via office 66 326388 or fermanagh@specialolympics or at the Bank of Ireland, High Steet, Enniskillen.

* May Ball Killyhevlin Hotel, Friday 11th May. Champagne reception from 7.30 pm, Black Tie. Tickets £35.00 available from Support an Athlete Office

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.

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 or other Accord Centres. 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

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.

Baptisms
We welcome in to the Christian community children baptised in
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 Wednesday 4th April at 8.00 pm St Michael’s Church.

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.

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

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.

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.