THE GRAAN WEEKLY BULLETIN

29th June - 5th July 2008  (028 66322272) (www.thegraan.com)

Mass Times: Vigil @ 6.30pm  10.30am, 12noon & 4pm.

 

Sunday Collection: Sincere thanks as always for your generosity. The collection came to £1590. The Development Collection came to £640.

 

Feast: Today we celebrate the feast of the two most famous disciples of Jesus – St Peter and St Paul. According to early tradition both of them were martyred in Rome and this has been honoured from the very beginning of Christianity. Peter a Galilean, was married and a fisherman chosen by Jesus to be his disciple. After Simon confessed that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter and told him that it was on this rock that he would build his church. After the Ascension Peter was referred to as, “Chief of the Apostles.” Paul was born in Tarsus 2000 years ago. He was a Roman citizen who was educated as a Pharisee. When he experienced the risen Jesus he converted from a zealous persecutor of Christians, to be an equally dedicated Apostle. Paul called himself the Apostle to the Gentiles. This month is the beginning of a special Jubilee year to celebrate the 2000th Anniversary of St Paul’s birth.

 

Friday is the First Friday of the month.  Confessions are 1.30 and 5.30pm. Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament will be from 10am – 7.30pm.

 

Bishop Duffy - on Thursday last celebrated his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood. He was ordained in 1958. Monsignor Noel Treanor, a priest of this diocese, will be ordained Bishop of Down and Conor today in St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast.

 

Fermanagh Team: Congratulations to Fermanagh and please give the team and management all the support you can, but don’t put unnecessary pressure on them or distract them from their task.

 

Duty for the Week:   Sunday: NO DUTY.                                                                         Monday: NO DUTY. Mass Brian.  

                                    Tuesday: Brian;                                                                                  Wednesday: Casimir.

Thursday: –Ailbe / Michael, Mass: Ailbe                                         Friday: Anthony / Michael. Mass: Anthony: 

                                    Saturday: Anthony;  

                                    Sunday Masses – 5th & 6th July: Vigil @ 6.30pm – Anthony, 10.30am – Brian. 12noon – Brian & 4pm  – Ailbe.

                                    (Celebrants may change as circumstances dictate.)

 

New Altar Servers: We are delighted that so many new Altar Servers have come to join us. We will have a special blessing to introduce our new Servers today @ 10.30am Mass.  We appreciate all our regular Altar Servers and we are delighted that so many of them will stay on to help introduce the new servers. The new servers are Aoife Leonard-Maguire, Alannah Leonard, Sophie Hughes, Nessa Brennan, Anna Mc Cool, Emily Keane, Ciara Parkinson, Liam Rafferty, Ronan Cummins, Eugene Jones and Ryan Mc Granaghan.

 

July Rota:      Eucharistic Ministers: (Saturday) 6.30pm –  M Burns,  A Magee, I Maguire I Meehan.  (Sunday) 10.30am – T Graham-Taggart, M & P Mc Aloon,  F Mc Gowan. & M O Neill. (Nursing Home) M Love & F Mc Murray.  12noon –.C Crawford, M Elliott, D Greene, M Greene & N Ledwith.  4pm – M Cassidy,  J Flanagan, C & A Irvine & E Lilly. 

 

Readers: (Saturday) 6.30pm –I Meehan, 10.30am – M Jackson & P Thirgood; 12noon – R Mc Caughey & P Hanley;  4pm – D Drumm.   

 

Church Cleaning: Thank you to July’s church cleaning group.  After a lifetime of cleaning our church, Eileen and Paddy Farmer are retiring from their group. They have given magnificent service and on your behalf we say a sincere thanks to Paddy and Eileen. We are looking for new volunteers for our cleaning groups. If you would like to help – once every three months leave your name, address and phone number @ reception or phone 028 66322272 during office hours.

 

Feasts of the Week:   Tuesday - St Oliver Plunkett bishop and martyr. Oliver was from Irish nobility and his family supported King Charles 1. He was ordained in Rome in 1654 and appointed Archbishop of Armagh in 1669. It was a difficult time politically and priests were not allowed to minister. So Oliver secretly practiced as a priest and bishop. He was found guilty of high treason and was martyred on the 1st July 1681 at Tyburn where he was hung, drawn and quartered. His head is in St Peters Church Drogheda. Most of his body is at Downside Abbey in England.

Thursday - St Thomas, Apostle. He is said to have preached the Gospel in India where he was martyred. The faith that led him to know Jesus Christ in his wounds also sent him to the farthest places to preach Christ. 

Friday – St Elizabeth of Portugal.

Saturday – St Anthony Zaccaria

 

Cathal Bui 08: Blacklion Community, Arts and Heritage Festival concludes this weekend.  Tonight Mick Lally and Mary Mc Evoy will perform J B Keane’s, Match Maker @ 8.30pm.

 

The Shop is open from Monday to Friday 9.30am – 8.30pm. Sat – 9.30am – 7pm and Sunday from 9.30am – 5.30pm.

 

Bulletin: Please take a bulletin home with you. They are free of charge.

 

Recently deceased

Anniversaries

Nan Lee, Graan Abbey N.H &  Enniskillen

Josie Mc Grath, Cashel

John O Keefe, Newtownbulter 

Br Isidore Quinn, C.P. Botswana & Brougderg, Omagh 

Sean Mc Goldrick, Pettigo

Patrick & Teresa Brannigan, Tempo

Bridgeen Reilly, Breagho, Enniskillen

Patrick & Margaret Mc Nulty, Sligo Rd, Enniskillen

Jim Gray, Belcoo

John Mc Hugh, Swanlinbar

Benny & Pat Donnelly, Fintona

Barney & Annie Mc Hugh, Drumaa, Boho

Denis & Mary Maguire, Letterbreen

Patrick Travers, Omagh