Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
4th. and 5th. February 2023.
“Fifth 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 6th. to Sunday 12th. February 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 11th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 12th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 8th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 11th. at 6.30p.m.;
- Monday 6th. Feast of St. Paul Miki and Companions;
- Tuesday 7th. Feast of St. Mel.
- Saturday 11th. Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (World Day of Prayer for the Sick)
- Blessing of Throats will take place after Masses on this weekend.
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
Eddie Walsh, Ennisnag. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 4th. February at 6.30p.m.
Ellen Ryan, late of Kingsmountain
Nellie Dunphy, Kyleva.
Dick, Maggie and Ned Millea, Kyleva. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 5th. February at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Christopher Lodge, Kells: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 11th. at 6.30p.m.
Bernard Cuddihy, Ballinteskin; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 11th. at 8.00p.m
William and Margaret O’Meara, Croan and Julie Morrissey, Croan: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 12th. at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
11th. and 12th. February 2023 . (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan; Sunday 10.00a.m. Marie Ryan.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Bernie Grace
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy; Sunday 10.00a.m. Kay Power.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €545.00. Thank You.
First Penance and First Holy Communion Preparation:
All children and families are invited to attend the weekend Masses during Lent as part of this preparation. Parents will be involved in the Readings and the Communion Reflection while the children will be involved in the Prayers of the Faithful and the Offertory Gifts.
Masses in Stoneyford on Saturdays February 25th. March 4th.; 11th.; 18th.; 25th. at 6.30p.m.
Masses in Hugginstown on Sundays February 26th.; March 5th.; 12th.; 19th.; 26th. at 10.00a.m.
First Penance will be Celebrated in Stoneyford on Wednesday 8th. March at 7.00p.m.
First Penance will be Celebrated in Hugginstown on Monday 13th. March at 7.00p.m.
First Holy Communion in Stoneyford Church on Sunday 14th. May at 11.00a.m.
First Holy Communion in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 21st. May at 11.00a.m.
Ossory Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2023
Lourdes Pilgrimage will take place from May 23rd. to 28th. this year. Accommodation in the Agena, Solitude and Padoue Hotels. Price includes return bus journey to/from Loughboy Shopping Centre Car Park to Dublin Airport. Return flights from Dublin to Lourdes; Transfer to/from Airport to Hotel; Full board and hotel accommodation for the 5 nights.
For further information and bookings contact niamh@jwttravel.ie or Phone 01 685 2244
Newmarket School:
Board of Management Meeting will be held in the School on Wednesday 8th. at 8.00p.m.
The School is now taking enrolments for September 2023 and for After-School Care.
Please contact 089 257 2031 or mbrennan@newmarketns.ie
Monroe School:
Monore School is now taking Enrolments for September 2023. Please phone 056 776 8931 or email school on snmoinruadh@gmail.com for an Enrolment Form.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole
Reflection:
The 31st.World Day of the Sick will be observed on February 11th. the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. This day serves the purpose of reminding us of the healing ministry of the Church.
It reminds us of our Christian obligation to attend to the sick and the suffering around us and to pray for them. This is a day to show our gratitude to all our health care workers: those in administration, the doctors, the nurses, the health care workers, the pastoral ministers and all those who strive to restore the physical and spiritual health to all those who are sick.
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Thus says the Lord:
Share your bread with the hungry,
and shelter the homeless poor,
clothe the man you see to be naked
and do not turn from your own kin.
Then will your light shine like the dawn
and your wound be quickly healed over.
Your integrity will go before you
and the glory of the Lord behind you.
Cry, and the Lord will answer;
call, and he will say, ‘I am here.’
If you do away with the yoke,
the clenched fist, the wicked word,
if you give your bread to the hungry,
and relief to the oppressed,
your light will rise in the darkness,
and your shadows become like noon.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright.
He is a light in the darkness for the upright:
he is generous, merciful and just.
The good man takes pity and lends,
he conducts his affairs with honour.
The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright.
The just man will never waver:
he will be remembered for ever.
He has no fear of evil news;
with a firm heart he trusts in the Lord.
The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright.
With a steadfast heart he will not fear;
open-handed, he gives to the poor.
His justice stands firm for ever.
His head will be raised in glory.
The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
When I came to you, brothers, it was not with any show of oratory or philosophy, but simply to tell you what God had guaranteed. During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ. Far from relying on any power of my own, I came among you in great ‘fear and trembling’ and in my speeches and the sermons that I gave, there were none of the arguments that belong to philosophy; only a demonstration of the power of the Spirit. And I did this so that your faith should not depend on human philosophy but on the power of God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia!