Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
28th. and 29th. September 2024.
“Twenty-Sixth 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 30th. Sept. to Sunday 6th. Oct.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 5th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 6th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 2nd. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 5th. at 6.30p.m.
- Monday 30th. Feast of St. Jerome
- Tuesday 1st. Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
- Wednesday 2nd. Feast of The Guardian Angels.
- Friday 4th. Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. First Friday
Visitation with Holy Communion will take place as usual on Friday. Please let us know if you would like to receive Holy Communion in your home for the First Fridays or at any other time.
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
The Kelly Family, Lawcus; Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 28th. September at 6.30p.m.
Toddy Tennyson, Mabbistown; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 28th. September at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next week:
Anastasia and James Hurley, Ennisnag: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 5th. October at 6.30p.m.
Larry and Sheil Mabbistown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 28th. September at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
5th. and 6th. October (27th. Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Sheila Raggett:
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Pat Power;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Mary Carroll
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Jakub Smolen.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Mary Murphy;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Ruth Crowley.
“First Saturdays Conference”:
There will be a special First Saturdays Conference on Saturday, October 12th. from 10.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. in the Firgrove Hotel in Mitchelstown.
St. Lucia of Fatima explained the importance of this devotion by saying that whether there is peace or war in the world depends on the practise of this devotion. We sure live in very turbulent and troubled times. There will be Mass and four speakers: Dr. Katrina Layden, Fr. Jaimie Twohig, Christine O’Hara and Fr. Marius O’Reilly. We will also pray the Rosary and do the 15 minute Meditation together. Bring your own lunch or eat in the hotel carvery. For more details see firstsaturdays.ie
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.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 23rd. September 2024 Numbers: 06; 08; 02; 07.
- One Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€500.00. Winner:
- Mary Doyle, c/o James Irish
€25.00 Seller of Match 3 Ticket:
- James Irish.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Tommy Murphy;
- Mary Carroll;
- Tom Cassin.
Next Draw on Monday 30th. September. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,300.00. (4 Numbers)
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €590.00. Thank You.
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 County Council and H.S.E.). on “Age Friendly Healthy Homes Services”. on Friday 4th. October. 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.
School Boards of Management:
Meeting of Stoneyford School Board on Wednesday 2nd. October at 7.30p.m.
Meeting of Newmarket School Board on Wednesday 2nd. October at 8.30p.m.
Taizé Youth Programme 2025
A youth trip to Taizé in France organised by Ossory Youth will take place from Sunday 29th. June to Sunday 6th. July 2025. A week in the Taizé Community is an opportunity for reflection and contemplation and a little step back from daily life. But bringing people together is also the essence of Taize and it is a week of meeting young people from different countries and cultures where new friendships are made. Tens of thousands of young people from around the world, including 25 from Kilkenny, will made the trip to Taizé next year. The programme, which runs from November 2024 to July 2025 is open to Transition year, 5th. year and Leaving Cert students. Closing date for applications is Friday 25th. Oct. For additional information, including cost and application forms, contact Patrick Bookle, Ossory
Youth at 056 776 1200 or at 087 212 9006 or pbookle@ossoryyouth.com
Newsletter:
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Numbers:
The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again.
Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to the Tent, their names were enrolled among the rest. These began to prophesy in the camp. The young man ran to tell this to Moses, ‘Look,’ he said ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ Then said Joshua the son of Nun, who had served Moses from his youth, ‘My Lord Moses, stop them!’ Moses answered him, ‘Are you jealous on my account? If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets, and the Lord gave his Spirit to them all!’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
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.
The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.
The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
So in them your servant finds instruction;
great reward is in their keeping.
But who can detect all his errors?
From hidden faults acquit me.
The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
From presumption restrain your servant and let it not rule me.
Then shall I be blameless, clean from grave sin.
The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter of St. James:
An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be your own sentence, and eat into your body. It was a burning fire that you stored up as your treasure for the last days. Labourers mowed your fields, and you cheated them – listen to the wages that you kept back, calling out; realise that the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. On earth you have had a life of comfort and luxury; in the time of slaughter you went on eating to your heart’s content. It was you who condemned the innocent and killed them; they offered you no resistance.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Mark:
John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not stop him: no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. Anyone who is not against us is for us.
‘If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.
‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
