Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford
2nd. and 3rd. September 2023.
“Twenty-Second 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 4th. to Sunday 10th. September
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 8.00p.m.;
Sunday 10th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
Wednesday 6th. at 7.00p.m.
Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 6.30p.m.
- Friday 8th. Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Saturday 9th. Feast of St. Ciaran.
Pray for:
Anniversary Masses:
James and Ellen Duggan, Boolyglass Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 2nd. September at 8.00p.m.
Peggy and Mick Raggett, Croan. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 3rd. at September 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
Margaret Duggan, Ballinteskin: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 9th. September at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
9th./10th. September. (Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Valerie Farrell. Sunday 10.00a.m. Marie Ryan.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Bernie Grace.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy. Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Crowley.
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.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €530.00. Thank You.
Get Together:
Get Together next Saturday 9th. September in Gáirdin an Ghorta, Newmarket, from 10.00a.m. to 12.00Noon. All are very welcome. Chat with friends and neighbours over a cup of tea and some homemade baking.
Library News
Kilkenny Mobile Library will visit Hugginstown at 2.00p.m. and Newmarket at
3.00p.m. on Tuesday September 12th. All are welcome. The Mobile Library stocks a great range of adult books.
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 28th. August 2023 Numbers: 09; 16; 27; 32.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners: ‘Richie + 5’ c/o Ann Power; Pauline Doyle, Sheepstown;
Ann Quirke, Cork; Ger Fennelly, Ballyhale; Rosie Kelly, Ballintuber.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): Teresa Fitzgerald; James Irish; Sean Raggett.
Next Draw on Monday 4th. September. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,700.00. (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 have been circulated. We are working on offering an online option for ticket purchases; details of same will be circulated once finalised.
Mooncoin Vintage Tractor Run:
Vintage Tractor Run in aid of St. Joseph’s Home, Kilmoganny will take place on Sunday 10th. September. Registration from 11.00a.m. at Piltown G.A.A Grounds; leaving for Dunnamaggin at 12.30p.m. and followed by refreshments, music and a raffle at Townsends. All tractors, cars and motorbikes are welcome.
Reflection:
‘We celebrate 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.
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 Jeremiah:
You have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced;
you have overpowered me: you were the stronger.
I am a daily laughing-stock, everybody’s butt.
Each time I speak the word, I have to howl and proclaim:
‘Violence and ruin!’ The word of the Lord has meant for me
insult, derision, all day long. I used to say, ‘I will not think about
him, I will not speak in his name any more.’ Then there seemed to
be a fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones.
The effort to restrain it wearied me, I could not bear it.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
O God, you are my God, for you I long;
for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you like a dry, weary land without water.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life, my lips will speak your praise.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
So I will bless you all my life,
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet,
my mouth shall praise you with joy.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
For you have been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
My soul clings to you; your right hand holds me fast.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans:
Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship him, I beg you, in a way that is worthy of thinking beings, by offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God. Do not model yourselves on the behaviour of the world around you, but let your behaviour change, modelled by your new mind. This is the only way to discover the will of God and know what is good, what it is that God wants, what is the perfect thing to do.
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 began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. ‘Heaven preserve you, Lord;’ he said ‘this must not happen to you.’ But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What, then, will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life? Or what has a man to offer in exchange for his life?
‘For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and, when he does, he will reward each one according to his behaviour.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
