Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
21st. and 22nd. October 2023. – “Mission Sunday”
“Twenty-Ninth 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 23rd. to Sunday 29th. October 2023.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 28th. at 8.00p.m.;
Sunday 29th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
Wednesday 25th. at 7.00p.m.
Vigil – Saturday 28th. at 6.30p.m.
- Saturday 28th. Feast of St. Simon and Jude (Apostles),
Pray for:
Denis O’Brien, Graiguenamanagh, who died recently.
Anniversary Mass:
St John Donovan, Lawcus Fields: First Anniversary Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 21st. October at 6.30p.m.
Maura Power, Lismatigue: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 21st. October at 8.00p.m.
Bill and Nellie Barron, Croan. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 22nd. October at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Margaret and John Phelan, also their son John, Stonecarthy: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 28th. October at 6.30p.m.
Jim and Mary Barron, Sheepstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 28th. October at 8.00p.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:
28th. and 29th. October (Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy. Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Pat Kenny.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick. Sunday 10.00a.m. Lillian Carr.
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 €535.00. Thank You.
Confirmation 2024:
Bishop Niall Coll will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation, which will include the celebration of the Eucharist, in Hugginstown Church on Thursday 22nd. February 2024 at 11.00a.m.
School Board of Management:
A Meeting of all three School Boards will meet this week: Newmarket School on Monday 23rd. Stoneyford School on Wednesday 25th. Monroe School on Thursday 26th. All meetings at 8.00p.m. These is the final meetings of the present Boards.
Mission Sunday:
This weekend Parishes worldwide celebrate World Mission Sunday. Your kindness shown will help overseas missionaries to continue to share the love of God with some of the world’s most marginalised and vulnerable people. Thank you for supporting in whatever way you can, and please remember it is more than an appeal for financial help. Missionaries also need our spiritual support. On Mission Sunday; Missionaries take great strength in knowing that the faithful of the world are keeping them in their thoughts and prayers.
On this weekend a Special Mission Collection will be held as a second Collection after Masses in Stoneyford and Hugginstown.
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 16th. October 2023 Numbers: 26; 13; 06; 28.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners: Pat Dwyer, Croan; Ann, John and Ruarí Power, Lawcus.
John Irish, Hugginstown; Breda and Kay, c/o James Irish; Cáit Murphy, Galway.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers): Pauline Doyle, Teresa Fitzpatrick; Deirdre Rohan.
Next Draw on Monday 23rd. October. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,400.00. (4 Numbers)
Synod Update:
This past week the Synod discussed mission and a central aspect of that discussion, it seems, focused on the role of women in the Church. Opening this session, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich (Archbishop of Luxembourg) drew attention to the question of gender right away with questions that we could read – “Most of us are men. But men and women receive the same Baptism and the same Spirit. The Baptism of women is not inferior to the Baptism of men. How can we ensure that women feel they are an integral part of this missionary Church?” He challenged participants, most of whom are ordained men, to examine whether they feel “enriched or threatened” when sharing responsibility for the Church’s mission with women. Interesting thoughts, as the vast majority in attendance are men and only 54 of the voting members of over 350 are women… but the women’s voice is being heard… remember the Synod does not do decisions, it does deliberations and it is deliberating… Discussion also took place on authority, structures and processes and what would a synodal Church really look like? Those involved have confirmed that the difficult conversations—for which there are not easy answers – are happening.
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,whom he has taken by his right handto subdue nations before himand strip the loins of kings,to force gateways before him that their gates be closed no more: ‘It is for the sake of my servant Jacob, of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name, conferring a title though you do notknow me. I am the Lord, unrivalled; there is no other God besides me.
Though you do not know me, I arm you that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that, apart from me, all is nothing.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: “Give the Lord glory and powe”..
O sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord all the earth.
Tell among the nations his glory
and his wonders among all the peoples.
Give the Lord glory and power.
The Lord is great and worthy of praise,
to be feared above all gods;
the gods of the heathens are naught.
It was the Lord who made the heavens,
Give the Lord glory and power.
Give the Lord, you families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and power;
give the Lord the glory of his name.
Bring an offering and enter his courts.
Give the Lord glory and power.
Worship the Lord in his temple.
O earth, tremble before him.
Proclaim to the nations: ‘God is king.’
He will judge the peoples in fairness.
Give the Lord glory and power.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Thessalonians:
From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown your faith in action, worked for love and persevered through hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have been chosen, because when we brought the Good News to you, it came to you not only as words, but as power and as the Holy Spirit and as utter conviction.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Matthew:
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?’ But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, ‘You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.’ They handed him a denarius, and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they replied. He then said to them, ‘Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
