Aghaviller Parish Newsletter

Priests Living within the Parish:

Liam Cassin (Parish Priest)            Telephone:    056 776 8693    or     Mobile 087 231 2354

Pray For:     

Gerard McBride, Sheepstown;  Funeral Mass took place during the week.

Anniversary:

Ellen Corcoran, Danesfort

Anniversary Masses next weekend:

Neddy and Kitty Fitzpatrick, Lismatigue: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 23rd. April at 8.00p.m.

Nellie Cassin, Ballygerdra: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 24^th. April at 10.00a.m.

Dates to Remember for 2022:

First Holy Communion:     

For Stoneyford School on Sunday 8^th. May at 11.00a.m. in Stoneyford Church. 

For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Sunday 15^th. May at 11.00a.m. in Hugginstown Church. 

Cemetery Masses:   

1. Calvary Cemetery on Friday 3^rd. June at 8.00p.m.; 
2. Stoneyford Cemetery on Friday 1^st. July at 8.00p.m. 
3. Hugginstown Cemetery on Saturday 2^nd. July at 8.00p.m.;  

Trócaire Collection:

We ask that all Trócaire Contributions be returned as soon as possible please. 

Parish Contributions:   

The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €535.00.  Thank You.                                                                       

Easter Offerings:

Envelopes for the Easter Offering Collection are available at the Church Porch.  Please take one and return it with your offering during the Easter Season.  This offering is for the support of the priests of the Parish and Diocese.

Rosary at the Grottos:

The Rosary will be prayed each day during the month of May at hundreds of grottos around the Island of Ireland. To see a list of locations, or to register a grotto, simply visit www.coastalrosaryireland.ie  You can also register by texting 087 278 6552.  We are praying for Ireland and for peace in the world.

Many Thanks:

Thanks to all who prepared and attended the Masses and Ceremonies during Holy Week.  Special thanks to all the Readers; and especially to those who organised the Readers in both Churches;  thanks to Eucharistic Ministers;  Musicians; Choirs; Cleaners etc.

Lotto 

Live-In Homecare:

A Spirituality of our Times:

The Conference will be held on 14^th. May 2022 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. in St. Patricks Parish Centre, Loughboy, Kilkenny.  The speaker will be Jane Mellett.  Booking is essential:   For further information please contact Sara at 056 772 2870  between 9.00a.m to 5.00 p.m. or e-mail sara.bulfin@ssjg.ie  before May 6^th

Safeguarding Contacts:  

Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: 

Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232  or  email: dlp@ossory.ie. 

Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: 

Teresa Broderick  and Carmel O’Toole

Newsletter:

If you wish to receive the weekly Newsletter by email, please drop your email address to liamcassin@ossory.ie.

The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every weekend. (Stoneyford.ie:) News.

All notices for the Newsletter to be left in by Thursdays at 5.00p.m. please.

“Easter Sunday”  –  17^th. April 2022.

First Reading:

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:

Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses – we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.’

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm:  

Response:         This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad.

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’                               R.

The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up.

I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds.                                R.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone.

This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes.                            R.

Second Reading:

A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians:

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.   

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia!

Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed: let us celebrate the feast then, in the Lord.

Alleluia!

Gospel

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John:

It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’  So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

The Gospel of the Lord.

A     Very      Happy     Easter    To    All.