Aghaviller Parish Newsletter

Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.

24th. and 25th. August 2024.   

The Passion of St. John the Baptist

“Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time”

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


Monday 26th. August to Sunday 1st. Sept.  

Hugginstown:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.  

Vigil –

  • Saturday 31st. at 8.00p.m.;     
  • Sunday 1st. at 10.00a.m.

Stoneyford:

  • Wednesday 28th. at 7.00p.m.   
  • Vigil – Saturday 31st. at 6.30p.m.
  1. Tuesday 27th. Feast of St. Monica.  
  2. Wednesday 28th.  Feast of St. Augustine.
  3. Thursday 29th.  Feast of The Passion of St. John the Baptist. 
  4. Friday 30th.  Feast of St. Fiacre.
  5. Saturday 31st.   Feast of St. Aidan

Anniversary Masses:   

Jim McCarthy, Knockdrinna;   Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 24th. August at 6.30p.m.

Gerry Foran, Monroe:  Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 24th. August at 8.00p.m.

Anniversary Mass next week:   

Josephine Molyneaux, Cherrymount:  Mass in Stoneyford  Church on Saturday 31st. August at 6.30p.m.

Michael and Peggy Raggett, Croan;  Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 1st. September at 10.00a.m. 


31st. August/1st. Sept. (22nd. Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Readers:

Stoneyford:    

  • Saturday 6.30p.m.
    • Sheila Lennon:

Hugginstown:

  • Saturday 8.00p.m.
    • Deirdre Rohan; 
  • Sunday 10.00a.m.
    • Deirdre O’Shea

Eucharistic Ministers:

Stoneyford:     

  • Saturday 6.30p.m.
    • Natalia Smolen.        

Hugginstown: 

  • Saturday 8.00p.m.
    • Mary Cuddihy;  
  • Sunday 10.00a.m.
    • Lillian Carr.

The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €580.00. Thank You.

Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:

  • Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.

Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:

  • Deirdre Rohan and
  • Catherina Roche. 

Stoneyford Cemetery Committee would like to thank all those who so generously contributed to the Collection for the maintenance and upkeep of the Cemetery at the recent Cemetery Mass.   The amount collected was €500.00.


Stoneyford NS are recruiting for School Transport Escorts for our special classes for next year. The bus escort will accompany and support pupils in our classes to and from school each day. The bus escort must be available in the mornings and afternoons, five days per week for the school year. For more information please contact Kieran Byrne (mkieran@stoneyfordns.ie)

On Wednesday the 11th of September, Stoneyford Text Alert will hold their AGM at 7.30 in the Community Centre and everyone is invited to attend. The subscription for the year is €10 per mobile phone number, which can be paid on the night. Alternatively, you can put €10.00 (per mobile No), your name(s), address and mobile number(s) in an envelope and drop it into Willie’s Shop or Fred’s Bar. We hope to have a member of An Garda Síochána in attendance to speak to us about crime prevention, etc. New members can join on the night.

Do you know that in Ireland, 1 in 6 adults struggle with reading and writing, 1 in 4 adults struggle with maths and 1 in 2 adults struggle with digital skills?  Do you or a family member need to improve your reading, writing, maths or digital skills?  We can help. All courses are free.   Contact: Kilkenny Adult Learning Service (KCETB)  056 776 3149 or freephone   1800 20 20 65 or email allinnovation@solas.ie  <mailto:allinnovation@solas.ie>

Kilkenny County Council in partnership with Shanarc Archaeology and Wicklow Willow are conducting a survey of holy wells and mass paths in County Kilkenny. If they are not recorded in the near future, their presence and value will have faded from the public memory.

Much of the knowledge of holy wells and mass paths rests in community memory around the county and Kilkenny County Council need your help to record this knowledge before it is too late.  We also hope to hold workshops around the county over the coming months to hear your stories. To get involved in the project or to share information about your local holy well or mass path, please contact the Heritage Office at Kilkenny County Council at heritage@kilkennycoco.ie or 056 779 4923

Heritage Week 2024 Event:  A Mystery Tour of Carrigeen on Sunday August 25th. Starting point at St. Kevin’s Church, Carrigeen  and time at 2.00p.m. Tour Guide: Eoin Walsh:  All are welcome.

Walking in the footsteps of the O’Neills’ of Owning on Saturday, August 31st.  Starting point at Owning National School and time at 10.45a.m. Tour Guide: Paddy O’Shea

Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.

Draw: Monday 19th. August 2024 Numbers: 27; 18; 16; 28.

  • No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
  • No Jackpot Winner:

€30.00. Winners:  

  1. Nora O’Dwyer, “On Line”;  
  2. Jim Barron, Catstown.
  3. Deirdre Rohan, Carricketna;
  4. Padhraic Davies, c/o Pat Dwyer,
  5. Pat Farrell, Lismatigue

3 x €15.00 (Sellers):  

  1. Jimmy Walsh.
  2. Ger Carroll;    
  3. Tommy Murphy.

Next Draw on Monday 26th. August. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.

Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn)      Jackpot: €5,800.00. (4 Numbers)

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The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every week.(www.stoneyford.ie)    

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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie


A Reading from the Book of Joshua:

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; then he called the elders, leaders, judges and scribes of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. Then Joshua said to all the people, ‘If you will not serve the Lord, choose today whom you wish to serve, whether the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are now living. As for me and my House, we will serve the Lord.’

The people answered, ‘We have no intention of deserting the Lord and serving other gods! Was it not the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, the house of slavery, who worked those great wonders before our eyes and preserved us all along the way we travelled and among all the peoples through whom we journeyed? What is more, the Lord drove all those peoples out before us, as well as the Amorites who used to live in this country. We too will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’

The Word of the Lord

Response:   Taste and see that the Lord is good.

I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips;

in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

The Lord turns his face against the wicked

to destroy their remembrance from the earth.

The Lord turns his eyes to the just and his ears to their appeal.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

They call and the Lord hears and rescues them in all their distress.

The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; 

those whose spirit is crushed he will save.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Many are the trials of the just man but from them all the Lord will rescuehim.

He will keep guard over all his bones, not one of his bones shall be broken.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Evil brings death to the wicked; those who hate the good are doomed.

The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants.

Those who hide in him shall not be condemned.                        

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

A Reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians:

Give way to one another in obedience to Christ. Wives should regard their husbands as they regard the Lord, since as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife; and as the Church submits to Christ, so should wives to their husbands, in everything. Husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her in water with a form of words, so that when he took her to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless. In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love his wife is for him to love himself. A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats the Church, because it is his body – and we are its living parts. For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one body. This mystery has many implications; but I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church.

The Word of the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia!

Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life; 

you have the message of eternal life.

Alleluia!

A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John: 

After hearing his doctrine many of the followers of Jesus said, ‘This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?’ Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, ‘Does this upset you? What if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

‘It is the spirit that gives life,the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit   and they are life. ‘But there are some of you who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the outset those who did not believe, and who it was that would betray him. He went on, ‘This is why I told you that no one could come to me unless the Father allows him.’ After this, many of his disciples left him and stopped going with him. Then Jesus said to the Twelve, ‘What about you, do you want to go away too?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘Lord, who shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; we know that you are the Holy One of God.’

The Gospel of the Lord

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