Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
15th. and 16th. July 2023.
“Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
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 17th. to Sunday 23rd. July 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 22nd. at 8.00p.m.;
Sunday 23rd. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
Wednesday 19th. at 7.00p.m.
Vigil – Saturday 22nd. at 6.30p.m.
Saturday 22nd. Feast of St. Mary Magdalene.
Cemetery Mass:
Mass in Stonecarthy Cemetery on Friday 4th. August at 8.00p.m.
Mass in Sheepstown Cemetery on Friday 11th. August at 7.30p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
22nd.and 23rd. July. (Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche..
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m Catherine Dwyer. Sunday 10.00a.m. Noreen Kenneally.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Kitty Wallace.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cahill. Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power
Pray for:
Anniversary Masses:
Maura Roche, Lawcus. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 15th. July at 6.30p.m.
Ellen Doyle, Hugginstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 15th. July at 8.00p.m.
Kathleen Tennyson, Mabbistown: Remembrance Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 16th. at 10.00a.m.
Months Mind Mass:
Patricia Sheehan, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 22nd. July at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Mary and Richard Aylward, Boolyglass; Mass in Hugginstown on Saturday 22nd. July at 8.00p.m.
Johnny and Kathleen Maher, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 23rd. July at 10.00a.m.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €535.00. Thank You.
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. Many thanks to those who have already contributed.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole.
Stoneyford Cemetery Committee;
The Committee would like to thank all who contributed to the collection for the upkeep and maintenance of the Cemetery at the recent Cemetery Mass. The amount collected was €400.00
Pilgrimage to Knock:
The Annual Pioneer Pilgrimage to Knock will take place this Sunday 16th. July.
Mass at 3.00p.m. with Anointing of the Sick beforehand at 2.30p.m.
Emblems and Newsletters available at P.T.A.A. Stand in St John’s Rest & Care Centre or via www.pioneers.ie
Youth 2000 Summer Festival:
Join young people between 16 and 35 this August at the Youth 2000 Summer Festival. The festival takes place in Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare. from Thursday 10th. August to Sunday 13th. August 2023. The festival includes inspiring talks, music, prayer, concert, workshops, dramas, share groups, reconciliation and healing service and Mass. Donation only and we have buses going from all over Ireland. For more information and to book your place go to www.youth2000.ie
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 10th. July 2023 Numbers: 18; 28; 12; 21.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: \
- One Jackpot Winner:
€7,100.00. Winner:
Bridget Fennelly, Mullinahone.
€200.00 Seller of Jackpot Ticket:
Pat Dwyer, Croan.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Eilish Rohan;
- Tommy Murphy;
- Anne Power.
Next Draw on Monday 17th. July. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,000.00. (4 Numbers)
Diocese of Ossory Safeguarding Audit:
The 2022 Diocesan Safeguarding Audit was carried out to reflect the period between
November 2021 and November 2022. The audit is completed as part of our compliance with Standard 7 (Quality Assuring Compliance with the Standards) as set out in the Safeguarding Children Policy and Standards for the Catholic Church in Ireland 2016 developed by the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI). Audit forms were distributed to every parish in October 2022. There was full compliance in return of the audit forms with all 42 parishes returning their completed forms. Overall, there appears to be a strong awareness and compliance with the requirements of safeguarding in all parishes.
Newsletter:
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The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every week.(www.stoneyford.ie) All notices for the Newsletter to be left in before 5.00p.m. on Thursdays please.
Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Thus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
You care for the earth, give it water,
you fill it with riches.
Your river in heaven brims over
to provide its grain.
Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
And thus you provide for the earth;
you drench its furrows;
you level it, soften it with showers;
you bless its growth.
Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
You crown the year with your goodness.
Abundance flows in your steps,
in the pastures of the wilderness it flows.
Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
The hills are girded with joy,
the meadows covered with flocks,
the valleys are decked with wheat.
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower;
whoever finds this seed will remain for ever.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!’
The Gospel of the Lord.
