Aghaviller Parish Newsletter

Priests Living within the Parish:

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

Pray For:     

Anniversary Masses:

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.

Nora and Kathleen Sadlier, Sheepstown.  

Michael Maher, Hugginstown.

Anniversary Mass next weekend:

Paddy Farrell, Kyleva;  Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 30^th. April at 8.00p.m.

Annual Remembrance Ceremony: 

St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny  will hold the Annual Remembrance Ceremony for families who have been bereaved by the death of their child through miscarriage, still-birth, in early infancy or childhood years. This Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 26^th. in St Fiacre’s Church, Loughboy, Kilkenny at 7.30p.m.  While we issue a special invitation to families who have been bereaved during the past year; this ceremony is for all families who have been bereaved, regardless of how long ago. Refreshments will be available for everyone after the ceremony in the Parish Centre adjacent to St Fiacre’s Church.

Trócaire Collection:

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

The “Trócaire” Collection to date amounted to €1,365.00.  Thank You

Stoneyford Active Retirement Group:

Lotto:     

Pilates: Mind-body exercise: 

St. Brigid’s College, Callan:

Parish Contributions:   

The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €545.00.  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.

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.

“Second Sunday of Easter”  –  24^th. April 2022.

First Reading:

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:

The faithful all used to meet by common consent in the Portico of Solomon. No one else ever dared to join them, but the people were loud in their praise and the numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily. So many signs and wonders were worked among the people at the hands of the apostles that the sick were even taken out into the streets and laid on beds and sleeping-mats in the hope that at least the shadow of Peter might fall across some of them as he went past. People even came crowding in from the towns round about Jerusalem, bringing with them their sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were cured.                              

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm:  

Response:      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.’ Let the sons of Aaron say: ‘His love has no end.’

Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love has no end.’                                                                                R.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord;                            A marvel in our eyes. This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad.                                      R.

O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant success. Blessed in the name of the Lord is he who comes.

We bless you from the house of the Lord; the Lord God is our light.                                                            R.

Second Reading:

A Reading from the Book of the Apocalypse:

My name is John, and through our union in Jesus I am your brother and share your sufferings, your kingdom, and all you endure. I was on the island of Patmos for having preached God’s word and witnessed for Jesus; it was the Lord’s day and the Spirit possessed me, and I heard a voice behind me, shouting like a trumpet, ‘Write down all that you see in a book.’ I turned round to see who had spoken to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands and, surrounded by them, a figure like a Son of man, dressed in a long robe tied at the waist with a golden girdle.

When I saw him, I fell in a dead faint at his feet, but he touched me with his right hand and said, ‘Do not be afraid; it is I, the First and the Last; I am the Living One, I was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of the underworld. Now write down all that you see of present happenings and things that are still to come.’                                                                                                                                

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia!

Jesus said: ‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’

Alleluia!

Gospel

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John:

In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. ‘As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.’ After saying this he breathed on them and said:  ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’

Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. When the disciples said, ‘We have seen the Lord’, he answered, ‘Unless I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.’ Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look,  here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him: ‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’

There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the disciples saw, but they are not recorded in this book. These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his name.                                                                                                       

The Gospel of the Lord.

Easter Message (Bishop Denis Nulty)

Our Bishops welcomed the full return to public worship at their spring meeting in Maynooth recently. They said, “As the remaining Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted, it is encouraging to see a return to full public worship in our parishes, and the resumption of all aspects of Church and community life. At the heart of the life of our parish communities is the Sunday Mass. When we gather for the Eucharist on the Lord’s Day, we do so to express our joy in the Risen Lord and to unite with our brothers and sisters in the Church in thanksgiving and praise to God. This is a communal celebration which shapes us as a community of faith, life and charity. “We encourage everyone to return to Sunday and weekday Mass in our churches, welcoming each other back as we gather once more together. From Easter Sunday, 17^th. April, this will once again be deemed an essential expression of faith for all in our Church throughout Ireland. As always, those whose health is vulnerable or who are unwell will not be under any obligation to attend Mass and should keep themselves safe and pray at home until they are better.”