Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
20th. and 21st. May 2023.
Priests in 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 22nd. to Sunday 28th. May 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 27th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 28st. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 24th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 27th. at 6.30p.m
Tuesday 16th. Feast of St. Brendan.
First Holy Communion:
Congratulations to the Pupils from Monroe and Newmarket Schools who will receive their First Holy Communion on this Sunday 21st. Also to Teachers and Parents who helped in the preparation.
Pray For:
Peter Culleton, Mullinavat who died recently.
Months Mind Mass:
Joan Foran, Monroe; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 28th. May at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Mass:
Maura Farrell, Glenmore House, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 27th. May at 6.30p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
27th. and 28th. May 2023. (Feast of Pentecost)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Sheila Raggett.
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 Cuddihy; Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power.
Novena for Vocations
On Saturday 20th. May (Vigil of the Ascension) we begin a Diocesan Novena for Vocations to Diocesan Priesthood. As the Irish Church has now begun a special year of prayer for Vocations, please join in praying for the needs of our own Diocese. You can pray the Novena at home and we will pray it at our daily Masses here in the Parish. Copies of the Novena prayers are available here in the Church. You can also access the Novena on the Diocesan Website or on the following social media platforms.
Ossory Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2023
Lourdes Pilgrimage will take place this week from May 23rd. to 28th. We pray for the safety and wellbeing of all pilgrims and the success of the Pilgrimage.
Cemetery Masses: for 2023:
- Mass in Calvary Cemetery on Friday 2nd. June at 8.00p.m.;
- Mass in Kilcasey Cemetery on Friday 16th. June at 8.00p.m.
- Mass in Hugginstown Cemetery on Saturday 1st. July at 8.00p.m.
- Mass in Stoneyford Cemetery on Friday 7th. July at 8.00p.m.
Padre Pio National Pilgrimage:
Pilgrimage to Holy Cross Abbey, Thurles on Sunday next 28th. May. Ceremonies will begin at 1.30p.m. If interested in travelling please contact: Kay Power 086 168 7073 or Lily Burke 056 776 8008
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €585.00. Thank You.
“The Letter” – A Screening
“The Letter” tells the story of a journey to Rome of Frontline Leaders to discuss the Encyclical Letter ‘Laudato Si’ with Pope Francis. The exclusive dialogue with the Pope, included in the film, offers a revealing insight into the personal history of Pope Francis and stories never seen since he became the Bishop of Rome. A Screening will take place on Tuesday, 23rd. May at 7.00p.m. in St Kieran’s College; College Chapel. All are welcome.
After School Facility:
A kind, enthusiastic, patient, reliable person wanted to work in, or run, an After School Facility in Newmarket School from 1.30p.m. to 5.00 p.m. from Monday to Friday on school days. For further information please call 056 776 8919
Newmarket School;
Meeting of the School Board of Management will be held in the school on Wednesday 24th. May at 8.00p.m.
Concert in St Mary’s Cathedral:
Stoneyford 5k and 10k Challenge:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:
In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When he had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’
Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with shouts of joy!
For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear, great king over all the earth.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Sing praise for God, sing praise, sing praise to our king, sing praise.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
God is king of all the earth, sing praise with all your skill.
God is king over the nations; God reigns on his holy throne.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians:
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations.
I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!