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, 23rd Feb(Vigil 6.00pm)(Months
Mind) Gem Flanagan, 2 Drumawill Pk
Sun, 24th Feb (Lisbellaw) Patrick
& Mary McCaffrey, Mulrod
Mon, 25th Feb 3rd Week of Lent
7.15 am Moohan family, Drumlyon
10.00 am Patrick & Margaret McDonnell, Down Street
6.00 pm (Convent)(First Anniversary) Eugene Gilmurray,
Graan Abbey Nursing
Home and Corban Avenue
Tues 26th Feb 3rd Week of Lent
7.15 am Owen McCahery, Millcroft Nursing Home
10.00 am John P O’Reilly, Belmore Street
Wed, 27th Feb 3rd Week of Lent
7.15 am Private Intention
8.00 am (Convent) Sweeney & Molloy families, Lurgan
and Enniskillen
10.00 am Crawford family, Laragh, Culkey
Thurs, 28th Feb 3rd Week of Lent
7.15 am Private Intention
10.00 am Michael & Margaret Flanagan, Barranderry
Heights
Fri, 29th Feb 3rd Week of Lent
7.15 am Private Intention
8.00 am (Convent) Sean Dunbar, Drumcor Hill and deceased
members of the
Campling family
10.00 am Elizabeth & Owen Sheerin, Hillview Park
and Margaret &
Philip Kildea, Hillview Park
7.30 pm Deceased members of the Legion of Mary
8.00 pm(Lisbellaw) James & Alice Bannon, Lisreagh
Sat, 1st March 3rd Week of Lent
10.00 am Phonsie Maguire, Glenwood Gardens
10.30 am (Convent) Love family, Market Street, Riverside
and Drumbawn
Confessions 11.30 – 1.30 pm
& 5.00 – 5.45 pm
Children’s Liturgy each Sunday
at 9.30 am Mass.
Deaths
We pray for the recently deceased:
Jim Mullen, London, Irvinestown and
Enniskillen;
Angela McCarron, Tempo. May
they rest in peace.
St Michael’s Parish Draw - Week 15
£1,000 Mary Boyd, 110 Beech Hill
Promoter Noel Masterson, 14 Beech Hill
£100 Mary McMahon, 54 Beech Hill
Promoter Noel Masterson, 14 Beech Hill
£100 Michael Houston, 64 Derrin Road
Promoter Carol Keaveney, 12E Market Street
Weekly Offering 17.02.08 £4,003.00
Polish Mass in the Convent Chapel
this Saturday 23rd February at 7.00pm. Confessions
from 6.30 pm.
Ministers of the Word for the Sundays of
March
6.00 pm (Vigil) Frank O’Reillly; 8.00 am Dympna
Slowey; 9.30 am Rita McKechnie; 11.00 am Seamus Falconer;
12.30 am Lorraine Irvine.
Ministers of the Eucharist & Collectors
Team (Team C) begin their rota Saturday/Sunday 1st/2nd
March.
St Patrick’s Day, Principal
Patron of Ireland, Celebrated this year on Saturday
15th March. Blessing of Shamrock at all Masses in
St Michael’s; 10.00 am and 12.30 pm.
Last envelope . . . . . in your
Parish Box this Sunday for the year 2007/2008 . .
. . . . . . . . . . an opportunity for you to complete
your contributions for the year. 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.
• New envelopes will be available for distribution
in the Parish Centre from Sunday. We would be most
grateful if the usual volunteer distributors would
call for them.
• When you receive your new Envelopes, please
check your name on the box . . . . . problems arise
later if the wrong box is delivered to you.
• If there are any errors or if you have been
missed out, please let us know in the Parish Office.
• Parishioners with Standing Orders do not receive
a box of envelopes.
• If you would prefer to use a Standing Order
instead of envelopes, please ask for a form at the
Parish Office.
First Communion & Confirmation 2008
• Confirmation in St Michael’s Church
Sunday 20th April 2008. A meeting for Parents in preparation
for Confirmation in Holy Trinity Primary School, Cornagrade
this Tuesday, 26th February at 8.00 pm. Parents are
requested to complete an application form for Confirmation
at the meeting and to bring a baptismal certificate
for children baptised outside Enniskillen.
Those wishing to take the Confirmation Pledge
may do so at the following Masses in St Michael’s
on Sunday 9th March: Vigil Mass 6.00 pm;
9.30 am and 11.00 am.
• 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 in St Michael’s
Church, Tuesday, 11th March at 7.30 pm.
St Michael’s Bookshop Cards
for Mothering Sunday, St Patrick’s Day, Easter,
First Communion, Confirmation and all special occasions.
All welcome to call in and look around.
“Renew your hearts”
– Evenings of reflection and prayer for Lent,
including Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday
evenings at 7.30pm in St Michael’s Church, led
by Fr Joseph McGuinness. All are welcome to join in
prayerful preparation for the celebration of Easter.
Fr Noel Conlon will be in St Michael’s
Scout Hall this Wednesday, 27th February from 10.00
am. To book an appointment, phone 66320520.
Holy Hour in the Convent Chapel
this Wednesday 27th February, 8.00–9.00pm led
by Fr Brendan Shannon.
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 5th and Saturday
8th at 2.30 pm. Graan phone: 028 66 322272.
Women’s World Day of Prayer
in St Michael’s Church, Friday 7th March at
8.00 pm.
Fermanagh Active Living Programme
Are you aged 50+ Do you want to get active? Here’s
your chance! ~ 12 weeks of gentle 50+ Aerobics with
Fiona Nelson in The Bawnacre Leisure Centre, Irvinestown,
Friday 22nd February from 10.30 - 11.30 am. Cost:
£2.00, Refreshments included. Please contact
Jolene 028 8225 1824 or George 028 68621177.
Workshop on Marriage: Renew Your Wedding
Vows
Marriage Encounter is a weekend away (Friday 8.00
pm to Sunday 5.00 pm) for married couples of all ages
with a stable relationship. Couples explore, in complete
privacy, how to come to a deeper mutual understanding
of each other. The dates for the next Marriage Encounter
weekends are 28th-30th March, Dromantine Conference
Centre, Newry. 18th- 20th April, Emmaus Conference
Centre, Swords. Phone 028 90 626503 www.marriageencounterireland.ie
• 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
