Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
23rd. and 24th. September 2023.
“Twenty-Fifth 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 25th. September to Sunday 1st. October.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 30th. at 8.00p.m
- Sunday 1st. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- No Mass on Wednesday 27th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 30th. at 6.30p.m.
Monday 25th. Feast of St. Finbarr.
Tuesday 26th. Feast of Sts Cosmas and Damian
Wednesday 27th. Feast of St. Vincent de Paul.
Saturday 30th. Feast of St. Jerome
Friday 29th. Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (Archangels)
Pray for:
Anniversary Masses:
Neddy and Joe Dwyer, Croan. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 23rd. September at 8.00p.m. Gerard Cantwell, Carricketna.
Toddy Tennyson, Mabbistown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 24th. September at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
John Kelly and the deceased Family Members, Lacus: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 30th. September at 6.30p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
30th. September and 1st. October 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Sunday)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Margaret Ryan.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan. 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. Lillian Carr.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €585.00. Thank You.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund Draw:
The first draw for St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund 2023/2024 year is due to take place on Wednesday 27th.September 2023. The draw year 2023/20224 will run from September 2023 to August 2024. Draw will be held at 8.00p.m on the last Wednesday of each month. Tickets are available at the Parish House, Hugginstown: Telephone contact 056 776 8693. All Tickets to be entered by this Monday 25th. September if you wish to be part of the First Draw on Wednesday 27th. Subscription €10.00 per month: Prize Money €5,000.00 per month.
Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2024:
The 2024 Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes led by our Bishop Niall Coll will take place from Tuesday May 21st. to Sunday May 26th. The organising committee are confident in offering places to pilgrims in need of assistance, youth helpers, support staff and able-bodied pilgrims. The youth section is organised through the head of RE in Secondary Schools and places are limited. A follow up announcement and posters on Church Notice Boards will carry further details.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
Faith Renewal Events at Knock Shrine:
‘What do we know about Jesus?’ Adult Faith Formation Course with Fr Eugene Duffy. Beginning 3rd. October and running for 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings at 8.00p.m. Booking required on Eventbrite (see knockshrine.ie for direct link to book)
‘Joining in the Synod:
A weekly update on the proceedings in Rome’ This series will take place online and culminate in 1 in-person gathering at Knock Shrine.
Beginning Monday 2nd. October at 8.30p.m. and running for 5 weeks. Join online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch-live No booking necessary.
‘Seeing is Believing:
Reflecting on art as a glimpse of the sacred.’ With Dr. Nora Donnelly on Saturday 9th. and 16th. December at 10.30a.m. With these illustrated lectures, Nora Donnelly hopes to help not only to make some sense of Art but to make new sense by attending to what we see just for its own sake.
Booking required on Eventbrite (see knockshrine.ie for direct link to book)
Advent Reconciliation Service
Tuesday 19th. December from 8.00p.m. to 9.00p.m. in the Chapel of Reconciliation with music provided by Schola Cantorum Basilicae. Further details about these events as well as others not listed here are available to view on the Knock Shrine website.
Newsletter:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
The Community Employment Scheme:
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Seek the Lord while he is still to be found,
call to him while he is still near.
Let the wicked man abandon his way,
the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn back to the Lord who will take pity on him,
to our God who is rich in forgiving;
for my thoughts are not your thoughts,
my ways not your ways – it is the Lord who speaks.
Yes, the heavens are as high above earth
as my ways are above your ways,
my thoughts above your thoughts.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
The Lord is close to all who call him.
I will bless you day after day
and praise your name for ever.
The Lord is great, highly to be praised,
his greatness cannot be measured.
The Lord is close to all who call him.
The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
The Lord is close to all who call him.
The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.
The Lord is close to all who call him.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians:
Christ will be glorified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would bring me something more; but then again, if living in this body means doing work which is having good results – I do not know what I should choose. I am caught in this dilemma: I want to be gone and be with Christ, which would be very much the better, but for me to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need for your sake.
Avoid anything in your everyday lives that would be unworthy of the gospel of Christ.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on the King who comes, in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day, and sent them to his vineyard. Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place and said to them, “You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage.” So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same. Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing round, and he said to them, “Why have you been standing here idle all day?” “Because no one has hired us” they answered. He said to them, “You go into my vineyard too.” In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, “Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the first.” So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each. When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each. They took it, but grumbled at the landowner. “The men who came last” they said “have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us, though we have done a heavy day’s work in all the heat.” He answered one of them and said, “My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius? Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the last comer as much as I pay you. Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why be envious because I am generous?” Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
