Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
17th. and 18th. February 2024.
“First Sunday of Lent”
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 19th. to Sunday 25th. February 2024
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 24th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday – 25th at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Wednesday 21st at 7.00p.m. .
- Vigil – Saturday 24th. at 6.30p.m.
Guidelines to help us during Lent:
Kindness to others; Helping people in need, the sick, the old or the lonely.
Making a special effort at involvement in Family Prayer; Praying the Stations of the Cross; Visit to the Blessed Sacrament;
Abstaining from meat or some other food on Fridays; Abstaining from alcoholic drink or smoking etc.
Pray For:
Tommy Murphy, Tramore, late of Gowlawn who died during the week.
James and Ellen Dalton: Boolyglass Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 17th. at 8.00p.m.
Bernard Cuddihy, Ballinteskin: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 18th. February at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend;
P. J. Rohan, Carricketna: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 24th. February at 8.00p.m.
Margaret Cleary,Hugginstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 25th. February at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
24th. and 25th. February – (Second Sunday of Lent)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Margaret Ryan.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Valerie Farrell
- 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
Confirmation 2024:
Confirmation will be celebrated for Aghaviller Parish in Hugginstown Church on Thursday 22nd. February at 11.00a.m. We welcome Bishop Niall Coll to our parish, to celebrate Confirmation with the pupils and their families.
Schools will be open for all pupils who are not receiving Confirmation.
First Penance 2024.
For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Monday 4th. March in Hugginstown Church at 7.00p.m.
For Stoneyford School on Wednesday 13th. March in Stoneyford Church at 7.00p.m.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €610.00. Thank You.
Lenten Station Collection:
Envelopes for the Lenten Station Contribution are available in the Church. Your contribution is for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese. (To donate directly.) 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)
Trócaire:
Every year during Lent, Trócaire asks for your help to fund lifesaving programmes around the world. Please collect a Trócaire Box which is available in Church Porch.You can contribute Online at www.trocaire.org or By Phone: 1850 408 408. The contents of each and every Trócaire Box, no matter how small, come together to make a significant difference.
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. For further 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
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Stoneyford Development Association:
The first meeting of the New Year will take place on Tuesday February 20th. in the Community Centre, Stoneyford. All members welcome from 9.00p.m. for a cuppa:
Meeting will start at 9.15p.m. Meeting will close by 10.00p.m.
Monroe School:
S.N.MóinRuadh are now accepting enrolments for September 2024. Enrolment Forms can be downloaded from the website: snmoinruadh.wordpress.com or by emailing the office on snmoinruadh@gmail.com or calling the office on 056 776 8931.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 12th. February 2024
Numbers: 06; 11; 24; 30.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
5 x €30.00 Winners:
- Tammy Williams, c/o Padraig Crowley;
- Pat Power, Condonstown
- Eoin & John O’Gorman, Hugginstown;
- Sean Raggett, Ballycaum;
- Aoife & Katie Doyle,
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Pat Power;
- James Irish;
- John Power;
Next Draw on Monday 19th. February. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €7,900.00. (4 Numbers)
Operation Transformation
Stoneyford Operation Transformation Walks, supported by the Kilkenny Recreation and Sports Partnership, continue each Wednesday evening at 6.45p.m. and on Saturday mornings at 10.00am from the Community Centre for the next 2 weeks. Their 5 leaders are doing really well and have had great support from within and outside the community. The Final weigh in and free Blood Pressure testing for all will take place on February 28th. from 6.00p.m. to 6.45p.m. Don’t miss this great health check opportunity. The leaders’ “Reveal” night will happen on Friday March 1st. in Malzard’s Bar. All are very welcome.
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Genesis:
God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood. There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again.’
God said, ‘Here is the sign of the Covenant I make between myself and you and every living creature with you for all generations: I set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between me and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I will recall the Covenant between myself and you and every living creature of every kind. And so the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all things of flesh.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
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.
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
Remember your mercy, Lord,
and the love you have shown from of old.
In your love remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
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.
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the First Letter of St Peter:
Christ himself, innocent though he was, died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only a small group of eight people ‘by water’, and when God was still waiting patiently, that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Mark:
Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels looked after him:
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.
After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
