Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
30th. September and 1st. October 2023.
“Twenty-Sixth 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 2nd. to Sunday 8th. October
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 7th. at 8.00p.m
- Sunday 8th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday and Friday at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 7th. at 6.30p.m.
Monday 2nd. Feast of The Guardian Angels.
Wednesday 4th. Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Friday 6th. Feast of St. Bruno.
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.
Saturday 30th. Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Pray for:
Peter Raggett, late of Knockdrinna who died during the week.
Anniversary Masses:
John Kelly and the Deceased Family Members, Lacus: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 30th. September at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Kit Doran, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 7th. October at 6.30p.m.
Larry and Sheila Murphy, Gowlawn. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 7th. October at 8.00p.m.
Months Mind Mass:
Maggie Walsh, Boolyglass, Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 8th. October at 10.00a.m.
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed:
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed will be celebrated on
Saturday 4th. November: In Stoneyford Church at 6.30p.m:
In Hugginstown Church at 8.00p.m. Rota for next week-end: 7th. and 8th. October 2023 (Twenty-Seventh Sunday)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Rita O’Farrell.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. John Barron. 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. Ruth Crowley.
October Stations:
The October Station Envelopes 2023 are available at the Church Porch. Your contributions are for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese. Your envelopes can be left into the Collection Boxes at the Churches or you may donate
directly – Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €545.00. Thank You.
Hail Holy Queen Conference 2023;
This Conference is live on Radio Maria Ireland from 2.00p.m. on Saturday 7th. October. The speakers include Fr. Seán Maguire; Catherine McGowan; Fr. Colum Power; Fr. Freddy Warner. Radio Maria Ireland can be listened to by downloading the Radio Maria Ireland App or Saorview Channel 210 or listen live at 01 437 3277
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: On 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.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole.
Reflection:
‘Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on Our God and on one another’.
Newsletter:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Ezekiel:
The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘You object, “What the Lord does is unjust.” Listen, you House of Israel: is what I do unjust? Is it not what you do that is unjust? When the upright man renounces his integrity to commit sin and dies because of this, he dies because of the evil that he himself has committed. When the sinner renounces sin to become law-abiding and honest, he deserves to live. He has chosen to renounce all his previous sins; he shall certainly live; he shall not die.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Remember your mercy, Lord.
Lord, make me know your ways.
Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me:
for you are God my saviour.
Remember your mercy, Lord.
Remember your mercy, Lord,
and the love you have shown from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth.
In your love remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
Remember your mercy, Lord.
The Lord is good and upright.
He shows the path to those who stray,
He guides the humble in the right path,
He teaches his way to the poor.
Remember your mercy, Lord.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians:
If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the Spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead. In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus:
His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God
but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men
are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death,
death on a cross. But God raised him high and gave him the name
which is above all other names so that all beings in the heavens,
on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
and that every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people, ‘What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He went and said to the first, “My boy, you go and work in the vineyard today.” He answered, “I will not go,” but afterwards thought better of it and went. The man then went and said the same thing to the second who answered, “Certainly, sir,” but did not go. Which of the two did the father’s will?’ ‘The first’ they said. Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you solemnly, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you, a pattern of true righteousness, but you did not believe him, and yet the tax collectors and prostitutes did. Even after seeing that, you refused to think better of it and believe in him.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Chapter House Bookshop:
The Shop is now open five days a week on Mondays from 9:30a.m. to 1:00p.m.
On Tuesdays to Fridays from 9:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.
In the wide range of products you can find religious gifts for any occasion and a selection of Parish supplies. We have a large variety of Candles, Holy Water Fonts, Crosses, Pictures and Statues of the Saints.
You will find a present for Baptism, Communion, Confirmation and many other occasions. We have now in stock a great choice of Prayer Books, Gospel Reflections and Calendars for the next liturgical year.
