Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
(Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford).
26th. and 27th. August 2023.
“Twenty-First 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 28th. August to Sunday 3rd. September
Hugginstown: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 2nd. at 8.00p.m.; Sunday 3rd. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford: Wednesday & Friday at 7.00p.m. Vigil – Saturday 2nd. at 6.30p.m
Monday 28th. Feast of St. Augustine
Tuesday 29th Feast of The Passion of St. John the Baptist.
Wednesday 30th. Feast of St. Fiacre.
Friday 1st. World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. First Friday
Home Visitation with Holy Communion will take place as usual on Friday. Please let us know if you would like to receive Holy Communion in your home on First Fridays or at any other time..
Pray for: Teresa Ryan, late of Stoneyford, died recently in England
Anniversary Masses:
Joseph and Philip Murphy, Lawcus. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 26th. August at 6.30p.m. Josephine Molyneaux, Cherrymount.
Ned and Stasia Power, Condonstown; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 26th. August at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
James and Ellen Duggan: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 2nd. at 8.00p.m.
Peggy and Mick Raggett: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 3rd. at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end: 2nd./3rd. September. (Twenty- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Sheila Raggett.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m Catherine Dwyer. 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. Lillian Carr.
Stoneyford Text Alert A.G.M.
Stoneyford Text Alert group will hold their A.G.M. in Stoneyford Community Centre on Wednesday 6th. September at 8.00p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
New members can join on the night. The subscription for the year is €10.00 per mobile phone number.
After School Care :
After School Care Program will begin in Newmarket School in September. The person in charge has years of experience as a childminder and is looking forward to working with the children in the school. For further information contact school.
St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth,
St. Patrick’s are currently running a Blended Learning Higher Diploma/ Diploma in Pastoral Liturgy. Applications close 10th. September 2023.
St. Patrick’s are also running a one-year, evening/weekend, Level 8, 65 ECTS credits programme, which gives a foundation in Theological Studies to students who hold a primary degree in another discipline. This Higher Diploma meets all the Teaching Council of Ireland’s Requirements for the teaching of Religious Studies at post-primary level. It entitles teachers holding Department-recognised degrees and teacher training qualifications to teach up to 15 hours’ Religious Education per week in a secondary school. This programme combines online modules with some on-campus attendance to fit around your other life commitments. More information available at sppu.ie/courses or cmmadmissions@spcm.ie or Tel; 01 708 4778.
Lotto: Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 21st. August 2023 Numbers: 13; 08; 01; 07.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners: Pat Power, Condonstown; Tommy Phelan, Kyle, Gowran;
Dan & Mary Doyle, Muckalee; Mary Irish, c/o J. Irish; Rohan Family, c/o D. Rohan.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): James Irish; Teresa Fitzgerald; Tommy Murphy.
Next Draw on Monday 28th. August. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,600.00. (4 Numbers)
The Aghaviller Parish/Carrickshock G. A.A. Lotto Committee wish to advise all our patrons, that from Monday 4th. September the price of a Lotto Ticket will increase to €2.00. We thank all, for your ongoing support of this essential Parish and Club Fundraiser. Reprinted tickets will be circulated in the coming days. We are working on offering an online option for ticket purchases; details of same will be circulated once finalised.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €575.00. 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.
Reflection:
‘We approach the Season of Creation 2023 which runs from September 1st. (World Day of Prayer for Creation) to October 4th. (Feast of St. Francis of Assisi). This Season is a wonderful opportunity to respond to the call of Pope Francis to listen to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. As the ecological crisis worsens our newsfeeds are filled with stories of devastation, particularly in the most vulnerable parts of the world. Creation cries out as forests burn, animals flee, lives are lost and people are forced to migrate’. Jane Mellet, Trócaire.
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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 of Hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace:
I dismiss you from your office, I remove you from your post,
and the same day I call on my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
I invest him with your robe, gird him with your sash,
entrust him with your authority; and he shall be a father
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.
I place the key of the House of David on his shoulder;
should he open, no one shall close, should he close, no one shall
open. I drive him like a peg into a firm place;
he will become a throne of glory for his father’s house.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
Your love, O Lord, is eternal: discard not the work of your hands.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart:
you have heard the words of my mouth.
In the presence of the angels I will bless you.
I will adore before your holy temple.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal: discard not the work of your hands.
I thank you for your faithfulness and love,
which excel all we ever knew of you.
On the day I called, you answered;
you increased the strength of my soul.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal: discard not the work of your hands.
The Lord is high yet he looks on the lowly
and the haughty he knows from afar.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal,
discard not the work of your hands.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal: discard not the work of your hands.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans:
How rich are the depths of God – how deep his wisdom and knowledge – and how impossible to penetrate his motives or understand his methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be his counsellor? Who could ever give him anything or lend him anything? All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him. To him be glory for ever! Amen.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,
and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said, ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’ Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
The Gospel of the Lord.
