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, 16th Feb(Vigil 6.00pm)(Months
Mind)Cathal Morris, Drumclay Road
Sun, 17th Feb (Lisbellaw)
Alice Monaghan, Barranderry Heights
Mon, 18th Feb 2nd Week
of Lent
7.15 am Patrick & Roseanne Melly, Market Street
and John
Andrew Martin, Belfast
10.00 am Mary McManus, Drumcor Hill and O’Reilly
family,
Scaffog
6.00 pm (Convent) (Months Mind) Bridget Traynor, Hillview
Park
Tues 19th Feb 2nd Week
of Lent
7.15 am Heslin family, Leitrim & Fermanagh
10.00 am Margaret Burns, Hillview Park
Wed, 20th Feb 2nd Week
of Lent
7.15 am Private Intention
8.00 am (Convent) Thomas & Nora and Patrick Lehane,
Westport
10.00 am Sean & Mary and Shay Nethercott, Paget
Square;
Angela Nethercott, Chanterhill Road
Thurs, 21st Feb 2nd
Week of Lent
7.15 am Private Intention
10.00 am Mary Feeley, Market Street
Fri, 22nd Feb The Chair
of St Peter, Apostle
7.15 am Catherine Murdock, Derrin Road
8.00 am (Convent) McLouglin family and James Murray,
Hillview Road
10.00 am Bill Preshur and Spillane family, Kilmacormick
& Dame St
7.30 pm Margaret Maguire, Millcroft and Irvinestown
Road
8.00 pm (Lisbellaw) Frank & Regina Byrne, Silverstream
Court, Enniskillen
Sat, 23rd Feb 2nd Week
of Lent
10.00 am Monaghan family, Mulleek, Cornagrade &
Barranderry
Heights
10.30 am (Convent) Phil, Kathleen & Sr Kathleen
Dooris, Cornagrade Road
Confessions 11.30 – 1.30 pm & 7.30 –
8.00 pm
Children’s Liturgy each Sunday
at 9.30 am Mass.
Deaths - We pray for the recently deceased:
Mary Maguire, Cornagrade Road;
Joseph Slevin, Strabane;
Patrick Casey, Garrison;
Angela Stewart, Kilmacormick and
Coventry. May they rest in peace.
St Michael’s Parish Draw - Week 14
£1,000 Damian O’Dolan, Ashwooods House,
Enniskillen
Promoter Chrissie Lunny, 8 Hunter’s Moon, Enniskillen
£100 Mrs K McCullagh, 9 Willoughby Place
Promoter Sheila Gillen, 20 Willoughby Place
£100 Patricia McBrien, Tamlaght
Promoter Oliver Hanley, 53 Hillview Park
Mary’s Meals Thank You: a
sincere thank you from the Mary’s Meals organisational
committee to all parishioners, local businesses and
donators who helped to make the recent ‘Curry
Night’ a great success. A total of £6,934.82
was raised which will go towards the feeding of children
at the Massasa Primary School in the Mzuzu region
of Malawi. A special word of thanks to the cooks on
the night and to the Principal and Staff of Holy Trinity
for the use of the School.
Weekly Offering 10.02.08 £4,722.00
Just two envelopes to go . . . . (after
this Sunday) in your Parish Box for the year 2007/2008.
Many people make great efforts to keep their envelopes
up to date; some will now make a single annual contribution,
to you all, sincere thanks. If you have have missed
some weeks or months, there is no need to fill each
envelope now. Please put your contribution in one
of the last envelopes and this will be recorded opposite
your number.
• As new envelopes are now being prepared, please
let us know if you have arrived recently in the parish
and would like to receive envelopes or if you have
changed your address. Please phone the Parish Office
66322075. Alternatively you may use the ‘Parishioner
registration form’ or ‘Change of address
form’ which may be found at the back of the
church.
First Communion & Confirmation 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.
First Confession meeting this Tuesday, 19th February
at 7.30 pm in Holy
Trinity Primary School, (Site 1, Forthill) for all
parents whose children
are due to receive their First Communion this year.
First Confession in St Michael’s Church, Tuesday,
11th March at
7.30 pm.
• Confirmation in St Michael’s
Church Sunday 20th April 2008. The first meeting for
Parents in preparation for Confirmation will take
place in Holy Trinity Primary School, Cornagrade on
Tuesday, 26th February at 8.00 pm. All parents of
children for Confirmation most welcome.
“Renew your hearts” –
Evenings of reflection and prayer for Lent, including
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday evenings
at 7.30 pm in St Michael’s Church, led by Fr
Joseph McGuinness. All are welcome to join in prayerful
preparation for the celebration of Easter.
Trócaire
The theme of this year’s Lenten Campaign is
‘Climate change affects everyone . . . but not
equally’. If you have not received your Trócaire
Box, please pick up an envelope in the Church which
contains information pack and Lenten Box.
Novena of Hope at the Graan this
year is from Sunday 2nd March (Saturday night Vigil
1st March @ 6.30 pm) to Monday 10th March. Sunday
services are 9.00 am, 10.30 am, 12 noon and 4.00 pm.
Weekdays 12.30 pm and 8.00 pm. In addition there are
services for the sick on Wednesday d5th and Saturday
8th at 2.30 pm. Graan phone: 028 66 322272.
Samaritans Volunteers
– Spring Recruitment Campaign
Information evenings on: Tuesday 19th February at
7.30 pm in the Clinton Centre, Enniskillen; Wednesday
20th February at 7.30 pm in the Silverbirch Hotel,
Omagh. For information/application form, phone 028
82251530 or e-mail omagh.Samaritans@virgin.net
Fr Noel Conlon will be in St Michael’s
Scout Hall on Wednesday, 27th February from 10.00
am. To book an appointment, phone 66320520.
Women’s World Day of Prayer in
St Michael’s Church, Friday 7th March at 8.00
pm.
Songs of Praise BBC
Northern Ireland
Dear Father McGuinness
We very much enjoyed working at St Michael’s
and feel sure the finished programme will reflect
the warmth and enthusiasm of both St Michael’s
Parish and the visiting choirs and congregation from
the surrounding area.
The programmes from St Michael’s will be broadcast
on 2nd March and 1st June respectively.
Roisin Browne, Producer
Lent
Weekday Masses:
St Michael’s: 7.15 am Monday – Friday;
10.00 am Monday – Saturday;
7.30 pm Friday.
Convent Chapel: 6.00 pm Monday; 8.00 am Wednesday
& Friday;
10.30 am Saturday.
St Mary’s Lisbellaw: 8.00 pm Friday.
• 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
Community Bingo in St Michael’s Scout Hall each
Tuesday at 9.00 pm.
Baptism Dates for March: Sunday
9th (3.00 pm), Saturday 29th (4.00 pm). Introductory
session Wednesday 5th March at 8.00 pm in St Michael’s
Church. Parents and godparents are requested to attend.
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.
Annual Subscription of £2.00
for Parish Messenger now due. Please pay the distributor
in your area and maybe say a word of Thanks!
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.
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
Sunday Mass Times: St Michael’s: Vigil Saturday
6.00 pm
Sunday 8.00 am; 9.30 am; 11.00 am; 12.30 pm. Lisbellaw
10.00 am
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
‘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 religi
ous 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.
