Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
17th. and 18th. June 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 19th. to Sunday 25th. June 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 24th. at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 25th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 21st at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 24th. at 6.30p.m.
Tuesday 20th. Feast of the Irish Martyrs.
Wednesday 21st. Feast of St. Aloysius.
Saturday 24th. Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Thank You:
Many thanks to the people of our Parish and beyond who came to celebrate with me last weekend my Golden Jubilee to the Priesthood. Thanks for your support, kindness and generosity to me on this occasion and always over the past twenty one years. I would like to thank the Parish Council for organising the Con-Celebrated Mass of Thanksgiving and to all those who helped them with the refreshments after Mass in the Community Centre. Thanks to Bishop Niall, my family and colleagues who came to celebrate with us. I will always remember this celebration and may the Lord continue to protect and bless us all. ( Liam Cassin)
Pray for:
Martin Cleary, Hugginstown; who died during the week.
Anniversary Masses:
Patricia Neville, Norelands. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 17th. June at 6.30p.m.
Michael Brennan, Keatingstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 17th. June at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Oliver Roche, Lawcus. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 24th. June at 6.30p.m.
Dick O’Gorman, Hugginstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 24th. June at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
24th. and 25th. June. (Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Margaret Ryan.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m Tommy Murphy. Sunday 10.00am Deirdre O’Shea
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Barbara Smolen.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cuddihy. Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power.
Cemetery Masses for 2023:
Mass in Hugginstown Cemetery on Saturday 1st. July at 8.00p.m.
Mass in Stoneyford Cemetery on Friday 7th. July at 8.00p.m.
Hugginstown Cemetery:
Tremendous work was done on the clean-up needed around the boundary walls of the old cemetery. Up to twenty volunteers worked on Thursday and Saturday last week to remove all of the rubble. Thanks to Larry Fitzpatrick who took the initiative to begin this work and provided machinery; to Doyle’s Concrete for providing machinery; to John Fitzgerald for arranging volunteers and to many others who provided tractors and trailers and managed the machinery to great effect, thanks also to those who provided refreshments. A Special Thank You to all involved.
June Collection:
The “June Collection 2023” for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese will be taken up during the months of June/July. Envelopes for this collection are available at the back of the Church.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €505.00. Thank You.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole.
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary:
Sr. Mary Shanahan of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary will speak about their Mission Work during all Masses in our parish on next weekend 24th./25th. June.
Monroe School:
Meeting of the Board of Management will be held on Tuesday 20th. June at 8.00p.m.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land:
Pilgrimage will be led by Ossory Adult Faith Development:
- Visit the places we hear of each time we read the Scriptures: Bethlehem, Nazareth, Garden of Gethsemane, Calvary, the River Jordan, Mount of Temptation, Jericho, Cana, the Mount of Beatitudes, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum and so much more…
- Pilgrimage leaders are Fr. Dermot Ryan and Fr. Kieran O’Shea, (Priests of the Ossory Diocese) They will help to deepen our understanding of the Scriptures and the life of Jesus Christ.
- Travelling on 19th. February and return 26th. February 2024.
- For all further information and bookings please contact Kieran and Laura Troy on 057 935 5050 or email info@myriam.ie
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 12th. June 2023 Numbers: 11; 15; 19; 32.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
5 x €30.00. Winners: James and Conor Walsh, Coolmore; Kitty Dwyer, Danesrath;
Anna Birch, c/o W. Walshe; James Phelan, Ballinteskin; Liam Cassin, Hugginstown.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): Jimmy Sheehan; Eilis Rohan; James Irish;
Next Draw on Monday 19th. June. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,800.00. (4 Numbers)
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Exodus:
From Rephidim the sons of Israel set out again; and when they reached the wilderness of Sinai, there in the wilderness they pitched their camp; there facing the mountain Israel pitched camp.
Moses then went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Say this to the House of Jacob, declare this to the sons of Israel, “You yourselves have seen what I did with the Egyptians, how I carried you on eagle’s wings and brought you to myself. From this you know that now, if you obey my voice and hold fast to my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own for all the earth is mine. I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation.”’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Know that he, the Lord, is God.
He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep of his flock.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans
We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God’s anger? When we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, we were still enemies; now that we have been reconciled, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son? Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord,
I know them and they follow me.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
When Jesus saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’ He summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the one who was to betray him. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: ‘Do not turn your steps to pagan territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town; go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
