Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
13th. and 14th. July 2024.
“Fifteenth 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. July 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:
- Wednesday 17th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 20th. at 6.30p.m.
Monday 15th. Feast of St. Bonaventure
Tuesday 16th. Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Cemetery Mass in Kilkeasy Cemetery on Friday 19th. July at 8.00p.m.
Cemetery Mass:
Stoneyford Cemetery: Mass on Friday 2nd. August at 8.00p.m.
Stonecarthy Cemetery: Mass on Friday 9th. August at 7.30p.m.
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
Patricia Sheehan, Stoneyford: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 13th. June at 6.30p.m.
Kitty Dalton, Boolyglass
Ellen Doyle, Hugginstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 14th. July at 10.00a.m.
Michael, Mary, Ellie and John Farrell, Kilkeasy
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Christine Ryan, Knockanore: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 20th. June at 6.30p.m.
Tom Butler, Boolyglass: Mass in Hugginstown on Sunday 21st. July at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
20th. and 21st. June. (16th. Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Margaret Ryan:
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Deirdre Rohan;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Bernie Grace
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Teresa Broderick;
- Sunday 10.00a.m
- Ann Power.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €565.00. Thank You.
June Collection:
Many thanks for your very generous contribution during the past few weeks.
Scoil Aireagail:
School is seeking host families for Spanish students who will be joining their school next year. Please contact info@scoilaireagail.ie or (056) 776 8632 for more details.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
- Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
- Deirdre Rohan and
- Catherina Roche.
Seeking, Serving and Sharing Christ in a Synodal Church:
The Priory Institute, two-week on-line Summer School is reflective, informative and interactive and will run from 19th. August this year. The course includes eight recorded presentations and three on-line zoom discussions and is very flexible as it is delivered entirely online. Find out more and register click:prioryinstitute.com
Medjugorie Pilgrimage:
Fully escorted pilgrimage will take place from 18th. to 25th. September 2024. Direct return flights from Dublin Airport. Full Religious Programme operated by Marian Pilgrimages
For more information please contact Ann Fitzpatrick 086 199 1620 or 086 882 5622
2024 Reek Sunday:
Reek Sunday falls on the 28th. July, when thousands of pilgrims are expected to scale Croagh Patrick (2,510ft/765m), Ireland’s Holy Mountain, to pray and participate on the summit in the Sacraments of Reconciliation and of the Eucharist. Mass will be celebrated on the summit every hour from 8.00a.m. to 2.00p.m.
The Pioneer Pilgrimage to Knock;
Pilgrimage will take place on Sunday 21st. July this year. Mass at 3.00p.m. will be followed by Eucharistic Blessing and Procession to the Shrine. All are welcome.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 8th. July 2024 Numbers: 09; 32; 21; 18.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Jack Hoyne, Hugginstown:
- Conor Farrell, Lismatigue.
- Trish Power, Hugginstown:
- Karen & Liam Walsh, Lawcus;
- Carmel Sheehan, Stonecarthy.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Mary Raggett.
- James Irish.
- Deirdre Rohan.
Next Draw on Monday 15th. July. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €5,200.00. (4 Numbers)
Providing Compassionate Care at the end of life:
To address the sensitive issue of compassionate care at the end of life, and in response to the need to inform the faithful of Catholic teaching on this important life issue that affects so many families, the Bishops of Ireland have published the pastoral letter: Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes. You are invited to read this letter and view the accompanying video Through the Valley, which offers personal testimonies by carers and people with terminal illness. The key message of both letter and video asserts that every person possesses inherent, infinite dignity that remains intact regardless of their circumstances. In this context, bishops strongly oppose the Oireachtas Committee’s proposal to Government to legislate for assisted suicide and call on support for healthcare workers who uphold the sanctity of life.
To read Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes and to watch Through the Valley, visit the following link:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Amos:
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, said to Amos, ‘Go away, seer;’ get back to the land of Judah; earn your bread there, do your prophesying there. We want no more prophesying in Bethel; this is the royal sanctuary, the national temple.’ ‘I was no prophet, neither did I belong to any of the brotherhoods of prophets,’ Amos replied to Amaziah ‘I was a shepherd, and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took me from herding the flock, and the Lord who said, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people.
His help is near for those who fear him
and his glory will dwell in our land.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
Mercy and faithfulness have met;
justice and peace have embraced.
Faithfulness shall spring from the earth
and justice look down from heaven.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
The Lord will make us prosper
and our earth shall yield its fruit.
Justice shall march before him
and peace shall follow his steps.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians:
Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved, in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.
Such is the richness of the grace which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight. He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And it is in him that we were claimed as God’s own, chosen from the beginning, under the predetermined plan of the one who guides all things as he decides by his own will; chosen to be, for his greater glory, the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.
Now you too, in him, have heard the message of the truth and the good news of your salvation, and have believed it; and you too have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit of the Promise, the pledge of our inheritance which brings freedom for those whom God has taken for his own, to make his glory praised.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life;
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
