Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
18th. and 19th. February 2023.
“Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time”- “Temperance Sunday”
‘Temperance Sunday’ is a Day of Prayer for all who live under the shadow of addiction.
We pray also for Counsellors and Staff in Primary Care Centres who help their relations towards recovery.
Mass on RTÉ TV & Radio at 11.00a.m. today will include prayers for all who are in treatment for addiction, for their families and for those who are
in recovery.
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 20th. to Sunday 26th. February 2023
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m. Wednesday at 7.30p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 25th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 26th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 22nd. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 25th. at 6.30p.m.;
- Tuesday 21st. Feast of St. Peter Damian.
- Thursday 23rd. Feast of St. Polycarp.
- Wednesday 22nd. Ash Wednesday. (Day of Fast and Abstinence)
Mass Times: Stoneyford Church at 7.00p.m.
Hugginstown Church at 7.30p.m.
Blessing and Distribution of Ashes will take place during both Masses on Ash Wednesday.
Distribution of Ashes will take place in the Parish Schools also on Wednesday.
Guidelines for Lenten Penance:
- Abstaining from meat or some other food on Fridays;
- Abstaining from alcoholic drink or smoking;
- Making a special effort at involvement in Family Prayer;
- Visit to the Blessed Sacrament;
- Making the Stations of the Cross;
- Helping the poor, the sick, the old or lonely.
Pray For:
Michael Morrissey, Lawcus Fields, Stoneyford
Joan McBride, Sheepstown.
Months Mind Mass:
Maureen Connolly, Stonecarthy: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 18th. at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses:
Alice Murphy, Lismatigue. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 18th. February at 8.00p.m.
Paddy Joe Rohan, Carraigetna. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 19th. February at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Fr. Christy Dwyer, Croan; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 25th. at 8.00p.m
James and Ellie Dalton, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 26th. February at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
25th. and 26th. February 2023 . (First Sunday of Lent)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Parents.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Catherine Dwyer; Sunday 10.00a.m. Parents.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Pat Kenny.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cahill; Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Crowley.
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.
Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 25th. February at 6.30p.m.
Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 26th. February at 10.00a.m.
Parish Pastoral Council:
Meeting will be held in the Parish House Hugginstown on Wednesday 22nd. February at 8.00p.m. All members please attend if possible.
Newmarket School:
The School is now taking enrolments for September 2023 and for After-School Care. Please contact 089 257 2031 or mbrennan@newmarketns.ie
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.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €625.00. Thank You.
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
Online Lenten Retreat.
The Priory Institute is delighted to offer a free of charge Online Retreat ‘Reflecting on the Sunday Gospels of Lent as Stepping Stones on ou
Journey to Easter. Visit the website prioryinstitute.com or click on this link https://bit.ly/3DWrTkx to register/find out more.
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
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by Thursdays at 5.00p.m. please.
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Leviticus
The Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to the whole community of the sons of Israel and say to them:
“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
You must not bear hatred for your brother in your heart. You must openly tell him, your neighbour, of his offence; this way you will
not take a sin upon yourself. You must not exact vengeance, nor must you bear a grudge against the children of your people. You must love your
neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.”
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: The Lord is compassion and love.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord
all my being, bless his holy name.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord
and never forget all his blessings.
The Lord is compassion and love.
It is he who forgives all your guilt,
who heals every one of your ills,
who redeems your life from the grave,
who crowns you with love and compassion.
The Lord is compassion and love.
The Lord is compassion and love,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
He does not treat us according to our sins
nor repay us according to our faults.
The Lord is compassion and love.
As far as the east is from the west
so far does he remove our sins.
As a father has compassion on his sons,
the Lord has pity on those who fear him.
The Lord is compassion and love.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
Didn’t you realise that you were God’s temple and that the Spirit of God was living among you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God
will destroy him, because the temple of God is sacred; and you are that temple.
Make no mistake about it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must learn to be a
fool before he really can be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As scripture says: The Lord knows wise men’s
thoughts: he knows how useless they are; or again: God is not convinced by the arguments of the wise. So there is nothing to boast about in
anything human: Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life and death, the present and the future, are all your servants; but you belong to Christ and
Christ belongs to God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him.
Alleluia!