Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
14th. and 15th. September 2024.
“Twenty-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 16th. to Sunday 22nd. September.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 21st. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 22nd. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 18th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 21st. at 6.30p.m.
- Monday 16th. Feast of St. Cornelius.
- Friday 20th. Feast of St. Andrew Kim..
- Saturday 21st. Feast of St. Matthew (Apostle and Evangelist)
Pray For:
Suzanne Sheridan, Gowran and late of Ennisnag.
Anniversary Mass:
Jimmy Walsh, Lismatigue Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 14th. September at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Mass next week:
Neddy and Joe Dwyer, Croan; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 21st. September at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
21st. and 22nd. Sept. (25th. Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Neill O’Grady:
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Valerie Farrell;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Noreen Kenneally
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Barbara Smolen.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Mary Cahill;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Kay Power.
Parish Finance Committee;
Meeting of the Parish Finance Committee will be held in the Parish House, Hugginstown on Thursday 19th. September at 8.00p.m.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €590.00. Thank You.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund Draw:
The first draw for St. Mary’s Cathedral Restoration Fund 2024/2025 year is due to take place on Wednesday 25th.September 2023. The draw year 2024/20225 will run from September 2024 to August 2025. Draw will be held at 8.00p.m on the last Wednesday of each month. Tickets are available at the Parish House, Hugginstown: Telephone contact 056 776 8693. All Tickets to be bought by Monday 23rd. September if you wish to be part of the First Draw on Wednesday 27th. Subscription €10.00 per month: Prize Money €5,000.00 per month.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
St. Bernadette of Lourdes:
The Diocese of Ossory will host a visit of the Relics of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes on next weekend of 21st and 22nd September in St Mary’s Cathedral.
On Saturday:
- 12.00Noon. Formal Reception with Mass:
- 3.00p.m. Rosary
- 6.00p.m. Ceremony of Water;
- 7.30p.m. Ceremony of Light and Concluding Prayer.
On Sunday:
- 11.00a.m. Sunday Mass.
- 3.00p.m. Rosary.
- 5.30p.m. Sunday Mass.
7.30p.m. Bishop Niall Coll leads a Farewell Ceremony
Faith Seeking Understanding: (Learning about what it is that we believe.)
A Course over the winter months in St. Kieran’s College to allow people the opportunity to understand their Faith. The course is free; Further information from 056 776 8693 or email afd@ossory.ie. Applications close on 20th. September ‘24
Stoneyford Development Association:
Stoneyford has registered for the “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up Together for Kilkenny” initiative 2024, which takes place over the weekend of the 20th. to 22nd. of September. After some terrific initiatives this past spring and summer, the Development Association and Tidy Towns groups would be delighted to welcome some new hands on deck on Saturday September 21st from 10.00a.m. at the Community Centre to do a final autumn clean up. Bring weather appropriate clothing and a smile, they will provide a cuppa and anything else you may need!
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 9th. September 2024 Numbers: 23; 06; 08; 05.
- No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Matty Duggan, Mullinavat: “Blue” c/o Catherina Roche
- Tessie Maher, Kyleva:
- Orna Murphy, Rockhall:
- “The 4 of Us”, Rathduff.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish;
- Eamon Irish;
- Mary Carroll.
Next Draw on Monday 16th. September. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,100.00. (4 Numbers)
Older Peoples Information Service;
Kilkenny Older Peoples Council has arranged a series of information presentations, to be professionally provided, for people aged 55 and over, in the Mayfair Library, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. The Presentation given by (Kilkenny Recreation and Sports Partnership) on “What does being Physically Active mean for an Older Person?” on Friday 20th. September. Time 11.00a.m. to 1.00p.m. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers and a cup of tea. Booking is not required. When there, why not avail of an opportunity to see the new modern Library facilities that Kilkenny has to offer? All are welcome.
Loreto Secondary School:
First Year Enrolment for September 2025 The closing date for applications for a First Year places is 22nd. of October 2024.
Applications can be made via the school website www.loretokk.ie.
An Open Night for Sixth Class Girls will take place on Thursday, 26th. September 24
Further information will be on our website also www.loretokk.ie
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
The Lord has opened my ear.For my part, I made no resistance,
neither did I turn away. I offered my back to those who struck me,
my cheeks to those who tore at my beard; I did not cover my face
against insult and spittle.
The Lord comes to my help, so that I am untouched by the insults.
So, too, I set my face like flint; I know I shall not be shamed.
My vindicator is here at hand. Does anyone start proceedings against me? Then let us go to court together. Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach me. The Lord is coming to my help, who will dare to condemn me?
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
I love the Lord for he has heard the cry of my appeal;
for he turned his ear to me in the day when I called him.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
They surrounded me, the snares of death, with the anguish of the
tomb; they caught me, sorrow and distress.
I called on the Lord’s name. O Lord, my God, deliver me!
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
How gracious is the Lord, and just; our God has compassion.
The Lord protects the simple hearts;I was helpless so he saved me.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
He has kept my soul from death, my eyes from tears
and my feet from stumbling.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter of St. James:
Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, ‘I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty’, without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that? Faith is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead.
This is the way to talk to people of that kind: ‘You say you have faith and I have good deeds; I will prove to you that I have faith by showing you my good deeds – now you prove to me that you have faith without any good deeds to show.’
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;
No one can come to the Father except through me.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Mark:
Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him. ‘John the Baptist,’ they said ‘others Elijah; others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ He called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
