Aghaviller Parish Newsletter

Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.

Naomh Chiaráin

4th. and 5th. March 2023.     

“Second Sunday of Lent”

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. March 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:

Vigil – Saturday 11th. at 6.30p.m.;


  • Monday 6th. Feast of St. Kieran. (Patron of Ossory) 
  • Tuesday 7th.  Feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity.  
  • Wednesday 8th. Feast of St. John of God.   

First Penance:

First Penance will be celebrated for Stoneyford School Pupils on Wednesday 8th. March in Stoneyford Church at 7.00p.m. No Evening Mass in Stoneyford on Wednesday.        

Pray For:  

May Cuddihy (nee Walsh), Kilree, Stoneyford and  late of Newmarket.  

Anne Greene (nee Foskin) Mullinavat.     Both who died during the week.

Anniversary Masses:    

David Kenneally, Catstown.   Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 4th. March at 8.00p.m.  

Mattie O’Shea, Mary, Kitty, Betty and John O’Shea,  Boolyglass.  Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 5th. March at 10.00a.m.    

Anniversary Masses next weekend:

Bridget and Betty McCarthy, Knockdrinna;  Mass in Stoneyford on Saturday 11th. at 6.30p.m

Statia and Patrick Fitzpatrick, Coolmore;   Mass in Hugginstown on Saturday 11th. at 8.00p.m

Maggie and Pat Cleary, Hugginstown.    Mass in Hugginstown on Sunday 12th. at 10.00a.m.

Rota for next week-end: 

11th. and 12th. March 2023 . (Third Sunday of Lent)

Readers:

  • Stoneyford:     Saturday 6.30p.m. Parents.
  • Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Pat Power;    Sunday 10.00a.m. Parents.

Eucharistic Ministers:

  • Stoneyford:      Saturday 6.30p.m. Barbara Smolen.    
  • Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy;  Sunday 10.00a.m. Kay Power.

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 4th.  March  at 6.30p.m. 

Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 5th. March  at 10.00a.m.


Parish Contributions:

The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €590.00.  Thank You.                                                                                                                                            

Lenten Station Collection:

Envelopes for the Lenten Station Contribution are available in the Church. Your contribution is for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese.

(To donate directly.) Use IBAN:  IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).

All Parish Property and Accounts are registered under the (Diocese of Ossory, Reg. Charity No. 20015831)

Safeguarding Contacts:   

Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:  Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.

Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:  Teresa Broderick  and Carmel O’Toole 

Trócaire:

Every year during Lent, Trócaire asks for your help to fund lifesaving programmes around the world. Please collect a Trócaire Box which is available in Church Porch.You can contribute Online at www.trocaire.org  or By Phone: 1850 408 408.   The contents of each and every Trócaire Box, no matter how small, come together to make a significant difference. 

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 our Journey to Easter. 

Visit the website:  prioryinstitute.com or click on this link https://bit.ly/3DWrTkx to register/find out more.

Ossory Adult Faith Development – Lenten Programme:

“St. Patrick  –  How would he speak to a modern Ireland?”  Join with Rev. Dr. Billy Swan, Diocese of Ferns, for a reflection on what our Patron Saint of our country might say to us today. This reflection will take place in St. Kieran’s College on Tuesday 7th. March at 7.30p.m.


Stoneyford Active Retirement: 

Stoneyford Active Retirement Group is planning a 5 day/4 night holiday to Dundalk from 11th. September 2023.  Bus to/from Stoneyford;  Tours every day; Nice relaxing Itinerary. For further information visit www.stoneyford.ie

Lotto: –

Mobile Library:

Kilkenny County Council Mobile Library will visit Hugginstown on Tuesday 7th. March  from 2.20p.m. to 3.00p.m.


Newsletter:

If you wish to receive the weekly Newsletter by email, please drop your email address to

liamcassin@ossory.ie    or Telephone: 056 776 8693

The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every week.(Stoneyford.ie.News)    All notices for the Newsletter to be left in by Thursdays at 5.00p.m. please.


First Reading

A Reading from the Book of Genesis:

The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.

‘I will bless those who bless you:

I will curse those who slight you.

All the tribes of the earth

shall bless themselves by you.’

So Abram went as the Lord told him.

The Word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm

Response: May your love be upon us, O Lord, 

as we place all our hope in you.

The word of the Lord is faithful

and all his works to be trusted.

The Lord loves justice and right

and fills the earth with his love.

May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

The Lord looks on those who revere him,

on those who hope in his love,

to rescue their souls from death,

to keep them alive in famine.

May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.

The Lord is our help and our shield.

May your love be upon us, O Lord,

as we place all our hope in you.

May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

Second Reading:

A Reading from St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy:

With me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God who has saved us and called us to be holy – not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time, but it has only been revealed by the Appearing of our saviour Christ Jesus. He abolished death, and he has proclaimed life and immortality through the Good News.

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation   (Please stand)

Glory and praise to you, O Christ!

From the bright cloud the Father’s voice was heard:

‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’

Glory and praise to you, O Christ!



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