Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
2nd. and 3rd. March 2024. .
“Third 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 4th. to Sunday 10th. March 2024.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30 a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 8.00 p.m.
- Sunday –10th. at 10.00 a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Mass – Wednesday 6th. at 7.00p.m. .
- Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 6.30p.m.
Tuesday 5th. Feast of St. Kieran, (Patron of Ossory Diocese)
Friday 8th. Feast of St. John of God; and Feast of St. Senan.
Pray For:
Matty O’Shea, Mary, Kitty and Betty O’Shea, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 3rd. March at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
David Kenneally,Catstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 9th. at 8.00p.m.
Patrick and Statia Fitzpatrick, Coolmore: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 10th. March at 10.00a.am.
Rota for next week-end: 9th. and 10th. March – (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche.
Hugginstown:
Saturday 8.00p.m. Pat Power.
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. Kay Power
Lenten Reflections:
- “Finding the Holy in the Mess of Life” by Professor Salvador Ryan; (Professor in St. Patrick’s, Maynooth) on Monday 11th. March at 7.30p.m. in St. Kieran’s College
- “Catholic Education in Ireland” By Alan Hynes; (CEO of the Catholic Education Partnership) on Thursday 14th. March at 7.30p.m. in St. Kieran’s College
- “Lenten Tweets” Follow @Ossory Diocese for a simple thought each day during Lent
Vocations Webinar:
On Tuesday, 5th. March from 8.00p.m. to 9.00p.m. The webinar is hosted by ‘The Hook of Faith’ platform (www.thehookoffaith.com) and is organised in collaboration with the National Vocations Office. The webinar is entitled ‘The Last Priest in Ireland? It Depends on You’. It is a follow up of a RTE documentary broadcast in January entitled ‘The Last Priest in Ireland’. The keynote speaker will be Breda O’Brien. There will be a panel of responders.
The webinar is a Church response to the programme and an opportunity for dialogue about the future of vocations to the priesthood in Ireland. The provocative title hopefully promotes a desire to create a culture of vocations for which we are all responsible. The initiative is part of the year of prayer and promotion to the diocesan priesthood ‘Take the Risk for Christ’.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €610.00. Thank You.
First Penance 2024.
First Penance will be Celebrated for Monroe and Newmarket Schools on Monday 4th. March in Hugginstown Church at 7.00p.m.
Stoneyford School on Wednesday 13th. March in Stoneyford Church at 7.00p.m.
Monroe School:
S. N. Móin Ruadh 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.
Newmarket School:
Newmarket NS is now taking enrolments for September 2024 and for After-School Care. Please contact 089 257 2031 or mbrennan@newmarketns.ie
Stoneyford School:
Meeting of the Board of Management will be held in the school on Wednesday 6th. March at 8.00p.m.
Glow Sports for Girls
This is a new initiative for teenage girls, funded by Kilkenny Recreation and Sports Partnership. Starting Friday March 1st. at 8.00p.m. and running for 6 weeks. All will have a chance to try out different sports wearing fluorescent bibs and using equipment that glows under UV light when the main lights are off. This is a great opportunity for girls that maybe have never played sports, or that dropped out for any reason. Contact Adele for more information 087 938 4521.
“Fit Class”:
“Just Fitness with Dee” is a popular new class on Wednesday evenings in Stoneyford Community Centre at 7.00p.m. Classes are PAYG and suitable for all fitness levels, with a combination of aerobic, strength and mobility. Contact Dee; deirdregalvin15@hotmail.com,
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Correction:
Correct Numbers last week for the Jackpot Winner were 08; 01; 04; 29.
Not the numbers printed; (which were the numbers for the previous week)
Draw: Monday 26th. February 2024 Numbers: 13; 30; 20; 15.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00 Winners:
- Vivion Fennelly, Ballycaum;
- Brenda & Teresa Fitzgerald, Hugginstown;
- Conor Walsh, Coolmore;
- Alison Fennelly, Mullinahone;
- Patrick Farrell, Lismatigue.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Claire Cleary;
- James Irish;
- Willie Walshe.
Next Draw on Monday 4th. March. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,100.00. (4 Numbers)
Community Radio, Kilkenny:
Are you interested in radio? Have you some spare time to do some volunteering? Why not think about volunteering with Community Radio Kilkenny City 88.7FM
You might even learn a new skill along the way. We need people for research, reception, presenting on air or just to come and help out. If this interests you why not give a call to 056 776 2777 or by email at info@crkc.ie
Newsletter:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Exodus:
God spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
‘You shall have no gods except me.
‘You shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven or on earth beneath or in the waters under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God and I punish the father’s fault in the sons, the grandsons, and the great-grandsons of those who hate me; but I show kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
‘You shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it.
‘Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath for the Lord your God. You shall do no work that day, neither you nor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals nor the stranger who lives with you. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that these hold, but on the seventh day he rested; that is why the Lord has blessed the Sabbath Day and made it sacred.
‘Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you.
‘You shall not kill. ‘You shall not commit adultery. ‘You shall not steal.
‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.
The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.
You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.
The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart.
The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes.
You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.
The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.
You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.
They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold
and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb.
You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians;
While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
whoever believes in me will never die.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.
During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
