Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
27th. and 28th. January 2024.
“Fourth 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 29th. January to Sunday 4th. February 2024
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 3rd.. at 8.00p.m.;
Sunday – 4th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
Vigil – Wednesday and Friday at 7.00p.m. .
Vigil – Saturday 3rd. at 6.30p.m.
- Tuesday 30th. Feast of St Aidan;
- Wednesday 31st. Feast of St. John Bosco
- St Brigid; Thursday 1st. Feast of St Brigid;
- Friday 2nd. Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord.
- Blessing of Candles: Candles to be used in the Churches during the year will be blessed during Mass in Hugginstown Church on Friday 2nd. at 9.30a.m.
- Candles will be blessed during Mass in Stoneyford Church on Friday 2nd. at 7.00p.m.
Church Candles, (or Donations for Candles), may be left into the Church Sacristies.
Firday 2nd. First Friday
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 for the First Fridays or at any other time.
Saturday 3rd. Feast of St. Blaise:
Blessing of Throats will take place after Masses on Saturday and Sunday.
Pray For:
Bridie Davis, Tinvaun, Stoneyford who died during the week
Anniversary Masses:
Val Lee, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 27th. January at 6.30p.m.
Seamus Doyle, Kilmacshane:
Paddy Henebry, Mylerstown
Walter Broderick and Sr. Canice Broderick, Croan: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 27th. January at 8.00p.m.
Tess Farrell, Kyleva. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 28th. January at 10.00a.m.
Deceased Members of the Mulcahy Family, Condonstown
Anniversary Masses next weekend;
Nellie Dunphy and Ned Millea, Kyleva: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 3rd. at 8.00p.m.
Richard Aylward, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 4th. at 10.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
3rd. and 4th. February – (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Carroll
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Trisha Barron.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions last weekend amounted to €545.00. Thank You.
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.
Preparing for Marriage?
Weekend Residential courses available. 26th. to 28th. April and 20th. to 22nd. September 2024. Details: www.grasta.org or at info@grasta.org
Study Theology Online:
The Priory Institute provides online Theology courses to degree level. Attend Saturday lectures in Tallaght or from the comfort of your own home. Register before February 14th. Find out more on our website, prioryinstitute.com.
Click here to see a 2 minute introductory film Prioryinstitute.com
School Boards of Management:
Stoneyford School: Meeting on Wednesday 31st. January in the school at 8.00p.m
Monroe School: Meeting on Thursday 1st. February in the school at 8.00p.m
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
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 22nd. January 2024
Numbers: 02; 13; 26; 19.
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
No Jackpot Winner:
5 x €30.00 Winners:
- Lucy & Lisa McBride, Hugginstown;
- Ann Power, Lawcus;
- Jackie & Eanna Martin, Ballinteskin;
- Daniel Irish, Hugginstown,
- Aine & Niall Rohan, Cork.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Eilis Rohan;
- John Power;
- James Irish.
Next Draw on Monday 29th. January. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €7,600.00. (4 Numbers)
Carrickshock G.A.A.
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 Book of Deuteronomy:
Moses said to the people: ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like myself, from among yourselves, from your own brothers; to him you must listen. This is what you yourselves asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the Assembly. “Do not let me hear again” you said “the voice of the Lord my God, nor look any longer on this great fire, or I shall die”; and the Lord said to me, “All they have spoken is well said. I will raise up a prophet like yourself for them from their own brothers; I will put my words into his mouth and he shall tell them all I command him. The man who does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name, shall be held answerable to me for it. But the prophet who presumes to say in my name a thing I have not commanded him to say, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.”’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’
Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;
hail the rock who saves us.
Let us come before him, giving thanks,
with songs let us hail the Lord.
O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’
Come in; let us bow and bend low;
let us kneel before the God who made us:
for he is our God and we
the people who belong to his pasture,
the flock that is led by his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’
O that today you would listen to his voice!
‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the desert
when your fathers put me to the test;
when they tried me, though they saw my work.’
O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
I would like to see you free from all worry. An unmarried man can devote himself to the Lord’s affairs, all he need worry about is pleasing the Lord; but a married man has to bother about the world’s affairs and devote himself to pleasing his wife: he is torn two ways. In the same way an unmarried woman, like a young girl, can devote herself to the Lord’s affairs; all she need worry about is being holy in body and spirit. The married woman, on the other hand, has to worry about the world’s affairs and devote herself to pleasing her husband. I say this only to help you, not to put a halter round your necks, but simply to make sure that everything is as it should be, and that you give your undivided attention to the Lord.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Mark:
Jesus and his disciples went as far as Capernaum, and as soon as the sabbath came he went to the synagogue and began to teach. And his teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority.
In their synagogue just then there was a man possessed by an unclean spirit and it shouted, ‘What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.’ But Jesus said sharply, ‘Be quiet! Come out of him!’ And the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and with a loud cry went out of him. The people were so astonished that they started asking each other what it all meant. ‘Here is a teaching that is new’ they said ‘and with authority behind it: he gives orders even to unclean spirits and they obey him.’ And his reputation rapidly spread everywhere, through all the surrounding Galilean countryside.
The Gospel of the Lord.