Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
19th. and 20th. November 2022.
“Feast of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe”
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 21st. to Sunday 27th. November 2022.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 26th. at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 27th. @ 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 23rd. at 7.00p.m
- Vigil – Saturday 26th. at 6.30p.m.
- Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. :
- Tuesday 22nd. Feast of St. Cecilia:
- Wednesday 23rd. Feast of St. Columban.
- Thursday 24th. Feast of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Vietnamese)
Pray for:
Fr. Tom Murphy, Retired Parish Priest of Ballyraggett.
Fr. Pat Comerford, Retired Parish Priest of Freshford.
Ronan Murphy, Mount Juliet and Foxrock, Dublin.
Anniversary Mass:
Mary and Richard Aylward: Boolyglass. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 19th. November at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Mick Murphy, Stoneyford. In Stoneyford Church on Saturday 26th. November at 6.30p.m
Pat Crowley, Aghaviller. In Hugginstown Church on Sunday 27th. November at 10.00a.m
Rota for next week-end:
27th. and 28th. November 2022 . (First Sunday of Advent)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Tom King.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Pat Power; Sunday 10.00a.m. Deirdre O’Shea.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Kitty Wallace;
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick; Sunday 10.00a.m.Lillian Carr.
Note: New rota until June 2023available is Hugginstown Sacristy. Please collect.
November Offerings:
November Offerings Envelopes 2022 are available at the Church Porch. Your contribution
can be left into the Collection Boxes at the Churches or you may donate directly –
Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D). Thank You.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
ALHomecare:
Affordable Live-in Homecare provides live-in carers for the elderly in your area. If you are
looking for a live-in carer for your relative, please call Eileen or Tom today on 087 991 6791
or 087 744 0729. Our website is www.alhomecare.ie
Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will make a much welcome return having been suspended
during the pandemic. The dates for the 2023 Pilgrimage are Tuesday 23rd. May to Sunday
28th. May 2023. Further information available later.
Ordination:
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Niall Coll, a priest of the Diocese of Raphoe, to be the next
Bishop of Ossory. He will be ordained as Bishop on Sunday 22nd. January 2023 at 3.00p.m.
in St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny.
School Board of Management Meetings:
Meeting in Newmarket School on Wednesday 23rd. November at 8.00p.m.
Meeting in Monroe School on Thursday 24th. November at 8.00p.m.
Online Advent Retreat.
The Priory Institute is delighted to offer an online retreat ‘Word becomes Flesh’: an Advent
Retreat. Visit our website prioryinstitute.com to register or for more information.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €520.00. Thank You.
Lotto: – Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 14th. November October 2022 Numbers: 11; 04; 22; 08.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: One Jackpot Winner:
€6,100.00 Jackpot Winner: Angela and Sadie Barron, Romans Valley
€200.00 Seller of Jackpot: Teresa Fitzgerald
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): Deirdre Rohan; Mary Raggett; James Irish;
Next Draw on Monday 21st. November. 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)
Safeguarding Sunday:
This weekend we celebrate Safeguarding Sunday where we remind our communities and parish personnel that inclusion and protection of children and vulnerable people is at the heart of the Christian message. Safeguarding in our parish could not happen without the commitment and work of those who take on the responsibilities for children’s activities and create opportunities for children to minister in our parishes and we take this opportunity to thank them.
We also remember those who have experienced abuse in our Diocese and remind people of the Towards Healing free and confidential counselling service who provide a range of counselling services. And Towards Peace who can provide spiritual support, where people who have been affected by abuse in a Church context can be accompanied as they seek their own experience of spiritual peace, one step at a time. The Safeguarding Committee has produced a Newsletter available at the back of the Church or on our diocesan website www.ossory.ie.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry, Telephone: 087 100 0232 or
email: dlp@ossory.ie . Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and
Carmel O’Toole
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
A Lecture will be given on Thursday November 24th. by Mr. Patrick Mannix on sport healing the Civil War wounds: ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears – Sport and the Irish Civil War’.
Venue: Mullinavat Parish Hall: Time: 8.00p.m.
“Waterboys”:
Equinox Theatre Group announces the premier of “Waterboys -The Movie”, a short film written by and starring Jim Rohan and Gary Comerford, on Sunday December 18th. at 5.00p.m. Tickets from www.watergatetheatre.ie
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Second Book of Samuel:
All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. ‘Look’ they said ‘we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you, “You are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you shall be the leader of Israel.”’ So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them at Hebron in the presence of the Lord, and they anointed David king of Israel.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
‘Let us go to God’s house.’
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
‘Let us go to God’s house.’
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’
Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’
For Israel’s law it is,
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of judgement
of the house of David.
I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’
Second Reading
A Reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Colossians:
We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light. Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.
He is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation
for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth:
everything visible and everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –
all things were created through him and for him.
Before anything was created, he existed,
and he holds all things in unity.
Now the Church is his body, he is its head.
As he is the Beginning, he was first to be born from the dead,
so that he should be first in every way;
because God wanted all perfection to be found in him
and all things to be reconciled through him and for him,
everything in heaven and everything on earth,
when he made peace by his death on the cross.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David!
Alleluia!
