Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
22nd. and 23rd. July 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 24th. to Sunday 30th. July 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:
- Wednesday 26st at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 29th. at 6.30p.m.
Monday 24th. Feast of St. Declan;
Tuesday 25th. Feast of St James (Apostle)
Wednesday 26th. Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne (Parents of Blessed Virgin Mary)
Saturday 29th. Feast of Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus.
Pray for:
Months Mind Mass:
Patricia Sheehan, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 22nd. July at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses:
Mary and Richard Aylward, Boolyglass. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 22nd. July at 8.00p.m.
Bridget Kelly, Lawcus
Johnny and Kathleen Maher, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 23rd. July at 10.00a.m.
Mary O’Donnell, Newmarket.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Jim McCarthy and Jack Roche; Mass in Stoneyford on Saturday 29th. July at 6.30p.m.
Mary and Peggy O’Shea: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 30th. July at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
29th. and 30th. July. (Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Sheila Lennon.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m Valerie Farrell. Sunday 10.00a.m. Deirdre O’Shea.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Barbara Smolen.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cuddihy. Sunday 10.00a.m. Kay Power
Cemetery Masses:
Mass in Stonecarthy Cemetery on Friday 4th. August at 8.00p.m.
Mass in Sheepstown Cemetery on Friday 11th. August at 7.30p.m.
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.
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
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €585.00. 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.
All Ireland Hurling Final:
Best wishes to the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team, the Panel and their Mentors in the All Ireland Final in Croke Park on Sunday. Safe journey to all the supporters.
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
World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and Elderly:
This year’s celebration dedicated to grandparents and the elderly will take place on this Sunday, 23rd. July. The National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage will take place in Knock on Sunday, 23rd. July. All are welcome for this wonderful celebration of family and faith through the generations. The principal celebrant and homilist will be Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Music will be by choirs of Knock Shrine who will be joined by Dana for ‘Lady of Knock’ and her new hymn ‘Light the Flame’. All are very welcome.
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 17th. July 2023 Numbers: 29; 19; 20; 06.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners: Larry Dalton, Boolyglass; Teresa Fitzgerald, Hugginstown;
Lisa Raggett, Aghaviller; Catherine Barron, Sheepstown; Eileen Sutton, Ballycaum.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): Anne Power; Tommy Murphy; Caitlin Roche. .
Next Draw on Tuesday 25th. July. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,100.00. (4 Numbers)
“Mabs”:
South Leinster Money Advice & Budgeting Service: Kilkenny “MABS”
4 The Parade, Kilkenny Tel: 0818 072610 Free, Independent and Confidential Money Advice and Budgeting Service. Assisting people in dealing with their existing debts, mortgage arrears and helping them to begin to manage their resources
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Wisdom
There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,
to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly;
Your justice has its source in strength,
your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.
You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned
and you expose the insolence of those who know it;
but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,
you govern us with great lenience,
for you have only to will, and your power is there.
By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people
how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,
and you have given your sons the good hope
that after sin you will grant repentance.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my voice.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord:
for you are great and do marvellous deeds,
you who alone are God.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord,
abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans
The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
enlighten the eyes of our mind,
so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
Jesus put another parable before the crowds: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s servants went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy has done this” he answered. And the servants said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’
The Gospel of the Lord.