Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
13th. and 14th. January 2024
“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 15th. to Sunday 21st. January 2024
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 20th. at 8.00p.m.;
Sunday – 21st. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
Vigil – Wednesday 17th. at 7.00p.m.
Vigil – Saturday 20th. at 6.30p.m.
- Saturday 20th. Feast of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian.
- Thursday 18th to Thursday 25th. January – Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
“You shall love the Lord your God….and your neighbour as yourself”.(Luke 10:27)
Pray For:
Kitty Miller (nee Maher), Owning.
Anniversary Mass:
Andy Brennan, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 13th. January at 6.30p.m.
Paul Mulcahy, Condonstown
Mai O’Shea, Croan. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 14th. January at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Eamon O’Neill, Knockdrinna: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 20th. January at 6.30p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
20th. and 21st. January – (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy. 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. Lillian Carr
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €615.00. Thank You.
Christmas Offerings:
Many thanks for your very generous contributions for the Christmas Offerings and for your support throughout the past year.
To donate directly.) For Aghaviller Parish Funds: Use IBAN: IE74 AIBK 9330 9000 0610 47
(BIC: AIBKIE2D)
For the support of the Clergy: Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).
All Parish Property and Accounts are registered under the (Diocese of Ossory, Reg. Charity No.
20015831)
Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
The Annual Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2024 is now available to book!
The departure will take place on 22nd. May 2024 from Cork Airport; flying direct to Lourdes with accommodation available in the hotels La Solitude, Padoue or Agena. With capacity being limited this year, it is strongly advised that pilgrims wishing to travel to Lourdes book as soon as possible. Should you require any additional information on the pilgrimage, please do not hesitate to contact 01 241 0800 or info@joewalshtours.ie. For Assisted Pilgrims please contact Fr. Anthony O’Connor 087 251 7766 or maoc50@me.com
Confirmation 2024:
Confirmation will be celebrated for Aghaviller Parish in Hugginstown Church on Thursday 22nd. February at 11.00a.m.
First Holy Communion 2024.
For Stoneyford School on Sunday 12th. May in Stoneyford Church at 11.00a.m.
For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Sunday 19th. May in Hugginstown Church at 11.00a.m.
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
A Lecture on “Water Diviner Experiments in Ireland, 1891 and 1899” will be given by Brian White on Friday 19th. January 2024 at 8.00p.m. in Mullinavat Parish Hall (opposite St. Beacon’s Church). This lecture will include the input of Mr Jones, Mullinabro, Kilmacow/Ferrybank in the experiments.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 8th. January 2024
Numbers: 21; 14; 29; 08.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
No Jackpot Winner:
5 x €30.00 Winners:
- Teresa Fitzgerald, Hugginstown;
- David Ivory, c/o P. Crowley;
- Trish Power, Hugginstown;
- Teresa Long, Stoneyford;
- Seamus Murphy, Lismatigue.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Teresa Fitzgerald;
- Pat Dwyer;
- Padraig Crowley.
Next Draw on Monday 15th. January. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €7,400.00. (4 Numbers)
Income and Expenditure Account for Year Ending 31st. December 2023
Income: Expenditure:
Opening Balance 1/1/2023 €13,544.12 Bank Charges € 445.73
Sale of Tickets €56,789.08 Dividends Paid €27,400.00
Printing of Tickets € 1,020,45
Misc/Christmas € 400.00
Prizes €25,450.00
€54,716.18
C/F to 2024. €15,617.02
€70,333.20 €70,333.20
Carrickshock G.A.A.
The A.G.M. will be held on Friday, January 19th. at 7.30pm in Hugginstown Club Rooms. All club members invited to attend. Nomination Forms are available from Committee members and must be returned by Tuesday 16th. January.
The Club invites all to join ‘2024 Light up Ireland’ every Wednesday at 7.30p.m. at the “Waterboys Walkway” Hugginstown: Walk and Chat; all are very welcome.
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 First Book of Samuel:
Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord, where the ark of God was, when the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ He answered, ‘Here I am.’ Then he ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ Eli said, ‘I did not call. Go back and lie down.’ So he went and lay down. Once again the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ He replied, ‘I did not call you, my son; go back and lie down.’ Samuel had as yet no knowledge of the Lord and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. Once again the Lord called, the third time. He got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ Eli then understood that it was the Lord who was calling the boy, and he said to Samuel, ‘Go and lie down, and if someone calls say, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.”’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
The Lord then came and stood by, calling as he had done before, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Samuel answered, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’
Samuel grew up and the Lord was with him and let no word of his fall to the ground.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
I waited, I waited for the Lord and he stooped down to me;
he heard my cry.
He put a new song into my mouth, praise of our God.
Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
You do not ask for sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear.
You do not ask for holocaust and victim. Instead, here am I.
Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will.
My God, I delight in your law in the depth of my heart.
Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
Your justice I have proclaimed
in the great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed;
you know it, O Lord.
Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
The body is not meant for fornication: it is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. God, who raised the Lord from the dead, will by his power raise us up too.
You know, surely, that your bodies are members making up the body of Christ; do you think I can take parts of Christ’s body and join them to the body of a prostitute? Never! But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
Keep away from fornication. All the other sins are committed outside the body; but to fornicate is to sin against your own body. Your body, you know, is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you since you received him from God. You are not your own property; you have been bought and paid for. That is why you should use your body for the glory of God.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, ‘What do you want?’ They answered, ‘Rabbi,’ – which means Teacher – ‘where do you live?’ ‘Come and see’ he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.
One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ – which means the Christ – and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas’ – meaning Rock.
The Gospel of the Lord.
