Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford
27th. and 28th. August 2022. – “Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time”
Priests Living within the Parish:
Liam Cassin (Parish Priest) Telephone: 056 776 8693 or Mobile 087 231 2354
Peter Hoyne (Retired) Telephone: 056 776 8678 or Mobile 086 373 8492
Mass Times in Aghaviller Parish:
Monday 29th. August to Sunday 4th. September 2022.
Hugginstown Church:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 3rd. at 8.00p.m.
Sunday 4th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford Church:
Wednesday and Friday at 7.00p.m.
Vigil – Saturday 3rd. at 6.30p.m.
- Monday 29th. Feast of the Passion of St. John the Baptist;
- Tuesday 30th. Feast of St. Fiacre
- Thursday 1st. World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
- Saturday 3rd. Feast of St. Gregory the Great
- Friday 2nd. First Friday:
Visitation with Holy Communion will take place as usual on Friday. Please let us know if you would like to receive Holy Communion in your home for the First Fridays or at any other time.
Pray For:
Packie McBride, Sheepstown;
Bishop Seamus Freeman, Retired Bishop of Ossory
Anniversary Masses:
Josephine Molyneaux, Cherrymount : Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 27th. August at 6.30p.m.
Ned and Stasia Power, Condonstown : Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 27th. August at 8.00p.m.
Mick and Peggy Raggett, Croan: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 28th. August at 10.00a.m.
Pat Carr, Barnadown.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
James and Ellen Duggan, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 4th. September at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
3rd. and 4th. September 2022 (Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time).
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche.
Hugginstown:
Saturday 8.00p.m. Pat Power. Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick. Sunday 10.00a.m. Lillian Carr.
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 22nd. August 2022 Numbers: 28; 07; 14; 21.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- One Jackpot Winner:
€5,300.00 Jackpot Winner: Paddy Hudson, Aghaviller.
€200.00 Seller of Jackpot Ticket: James Irish, Hugginstown.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Trish Power;
- Tommy Hoyne;
- Pat Fitzgerald.
Next Draw on Monday 29th. August 2022. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,000.00. (4 Numbers in any order)
Kilkenny Bereavement Support:
Kilkenny Bereavement Support is running a Training Course for Volunteers commencing on Friday 16th. September and running for 30 hours over a 5 week period. They have 3 places available on this course. The course will take place in Villa Maria, Talbot’s Inch, Kilkenny. If interested, please phone 056 775 6538
or visit their website www.kilkennybereavementsupport.com for an application form. Closing date: Sept 5th.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €550.00. Thank You.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund Draw:
The first draw for St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund 2022/2023 year is due to take place on Wednesday 28th.September 2022. The draw year 2022/20223 will run from September 2022 to August 2023. Draw will be held at 8.00p.m on the last Wednesday of each month. Tickets are available at the Parish House, Hugginstown: Telephone contact 056 776 8693. All Tickets to be entered by Monday 26th. September if you wish to be part of the First Draw on Wednesday 28th. Subscription €10.00 per month: Prize Money €5,000.00 per month.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
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
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“Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time” – 28th. August 2022.
First Reading:
A Reading from the Book Ecclesiasticus:
My son, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver.
The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord;
for great though the power of the Lord is, he accepts the homage of the humble.
There is no cure for the proud man’s malady, since an evil growth has taken root in him.
The heart of a sensible man will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage’s dream.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm:
Response: In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor.
The just shall rejoice at the presence of God, they shall exult and dance for joy.
O sing to the Lord, make music to his name; rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence. R.
Father of the orphan, defender of the widow, such is God in his holy place.
God gives the lonely a home to live in; he leads the prisoners forth into freedom: R.
You poured down, O God, a generous rain: when your people were starved you gave them new life.
It was there that your people found a home, prepared in your goodness, O God, for the poor. R.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews:
What you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or a gloom turning to total darkness, or a storm; or trumpeting thunder or the great voice speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that no more should be said to them. But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, with the whole Church in which everyone is a ‘first-born son’ and a citizen of heaven. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and been placed with spirits of the saints who have been made perfect; and to Jesus, the mediator who brings a new covenant and a blood for purification which pleads more insistently than Abel’s.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke:
On a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this, ‘When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who invited you both may come and say, “Give up your place to this man.” And then, to your embarrassment, you would have to go and take the lowest place. No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your host comes, he may say, “My friend, move up higher.” In that way, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’
Then he said to his host, ‘When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate, because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
Study Theology Online:
The Priory Institute provides Online Theology Courses to degree level. Attend Saturday lectures in Tallaght or from the comfort of your own home. Register before September 13th. Find out more on our website, prioryinstitute.com. Click to see a 2 minute introductory film.
Clothes Collection:
Clothes Collection Supporting Friends of Calcutta (CHY No: 13218) on Thursday September 1st. outside Hugginstown Church. All items of wearable clothing, footwear, curtains most welcome. The collection ends at 4.00p.m. All enquiries to Michael Hopkins 087 907 3074 who will be delighted to arrange a home collection if requested. Sadly we cannot accept duvets, cushions or pillows.
