Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
22nd. and 23rd. April 2023.
“Third Sunday of Easter”
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 24th. to Sunday 30th. April 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 29th. at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 30th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Wednesday 26th at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 29th. at 6.30p.m.
Pray For:
Months Mind Mass:
Catherine Barron, Catstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 23rd. April at 10.00am
Anniversary Mass:
Neddie and Kitty Fitzpatrick, Lismatigue. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 22nd. April at 8.00p.m.
Michael Maher, Hugginstown;
Nora and Kathleen Sadlier, Baysrath.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Seamus Connolly, Stonecarthy, Mass in Stoneyford on Saturday 29th. April at 6.30p.m.
Paddy Farrell, Kyleva, Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 29th. April at 8.00p.m.
Kathleen and John O’Neill, Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 30th. April at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
29th. and 30th. April 2023 . (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
Readers
- Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Tom King
- Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. John Barron; Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Carroll
Eucharistic Ministers
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cuddihy; Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power.
Aghaviller Parish Pastoral Council:
Meeting will be held in the Parish House, Hugginstown on Wednesday 26th. April at 8.00p.m.
Ossory Diocesan 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
Eucharistic Ministers:
New Eucharistic Ministers needed in both Hugginstown and Stoneyford Churches for weekend Masses. Preparation Training can be done on-line in your own home with just a meeting in the local church for practical help. Please let me know if you can help.
It is also recommended that Present Eucharistic Ministers be involved in this training.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole.
Easter Offerings:
Many thanks for your Easter Offerings during the past few weeks. This offering is for the support of the priests of the Parish and Diocese. Thank You.
Dates to Remember for 2023:
First Holy Communion:
For Stoneyford School on Sunday 14th. May at 11.00a.m. in Stoneyford Church.
For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Sunday 21st. May at 11.00a.m. in Hugginstown.
Cemetery Masses:
Calvary Cemetery on Friday 2nd. June at 8.00p.m.;
Stoneyford Cemetery on Friday 7th. July at 8.00p.m.
Hugginstown Cemetery on Saturday 1st. July at 8.00p.m.
‘Conversations with Women in the Bible’:
This Conference to be held on 13th. May 2023 in the Pembroke Hotel, Patrick Street, Kilkenny has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €565.00. Thank You.
Aghaviller Parish Finance Committee:
Finance Committee Meeting will be held in the Parish House, Hugginstown on Thursday 4th. May at 8.00p.m.
Anam Cara:
The Organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding it’s monthly Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 3rd. May at 7:15pm in the Clayton Hotel, Briarhill. This event is free and open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not. We also offer a free online service.
For further information call: 01 404 5378
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
The Stoneyford Development Association:
Newsletter:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:
On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified by men outside the Law. You killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power since, as David says of him:
I saw the Lord before me always, for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me. So my heart was glad and my tongue cried out with joy;
my body, too, will rest in the hope that you will not abandon my soul toHades nor allow your holy one to experience corruption. You have made known the way of life to me, you will fill me with gladness through your presence.
‘Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himself is dead and buried: his tomb is still with us. But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn him an oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on the throne, what he foresaw and spoke about was the resurrection of the Christ: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whose body did not experience corruption. God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God’s right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Show us, Lord, the path of life.
Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you.
I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God.
O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup;
it is you yourself who are my prize.’ R.Show us, Lord, the path of life.
I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel,
who even at night directs my heart.
I keep the Lord ever in my sight:
since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm. R. Show us, Lord, the path of life.
And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad;
even my body shall rest in safety.
For you will not leave my soul among the dead,
nor let your beloved know decay. R. Show us, Lord, the path of life.
You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand happiness for ever. R. Show us, Lord, the path of life.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the First Letter of St. Peter
If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has no favourites and judges everyone according to what he has done, you must be scrupulously careful as long as you are living away from your home. Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesus, explain the Scriptures to us.
Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us.
Alleluia!