Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
19th. and 20th. October 2024.
“World Mission Sunday”
“Twenty-Ninth 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 21st. to Sunday 27th. October 2024
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 26th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 27th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 23rd. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 26th. at 6.30p.m.
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
Margaret and John Phelan, and John Phelan, Stonecarthy: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 19th. October at 6.30p.m.
Maura Power, Lismatigue Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 19th. October at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next week:
John O’Grady, Stoneyford: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 26th. October at 6.30p.m.
James and Mary Barron, Sheepstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 26th. October at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
26th. and 27th. October (30th. Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Tom King.
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Catherine Dwyer;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Deirdre O’Shea
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m.
- Pat Kenny
Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m.
- Mary Cuddihy;
- Sunday 10.00a.m.
- Lillian Carr
Mission Sunday 2024:
Mission Sunday is celebrated this Sunday 20th. October. The Holy Father has chosen the theme “Go and Invite everyone to the Banquet”. Mission, he says, is a tireless going out to all men and women in order to invite them to encounter God.
An extra Collection for the Missions will be held after all Masses on this weekend.
Thank you for supporting in whatever way you can, and please remember it is more than an appeal for financial help. Missionaries also need our spiritual support.
On Mission Sunday; Missionaries take great strength in knowing that the faithful of the world are keeping them in their thoughts and prayers.
October Stations:
The October Station Envelopes 2024 are available at the Church Porch.
Your contributions are for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese. Your envelopes can be left into the Collection Boxes at the Churches or you may donate directly – Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed:
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed will be celebrated on Saturday 2nd. November: In Stoneyford Church at 6.30p.m. and in Hugginstown Church at 8.00p.m. We will remember all who have lost a family member during the past twelve months. Families will be invited to bring a candle to the altar in remembrance of their loved ones during Mass.
If you had a family member who died outside the parish and would like them included in this Remembrance Mass, please let us know during the week. All are invited to write down the names of their own departed ones and place them at the altar. They will be remembered at all Masses during November.
Annual Remembrance Mass:
St. Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow/ Kilkenny Annual Remembrance Mass will take place on Tuesday 22nd. October at 7:30p.m. in St. Canice’s Parish Church, Kilkenny for families and loved ones of patients who have died in the hospital.
The Mass, organised by the End of Life Care Committee, particularly remembers the patients who have died between 1st. September 2023 and 31st. August, 2024.
There will be an opportunity for families and friends to light a candle in remembrance of those who have died. The Mass can also be viewed via the following link: https://www.stcanicesparish.ie/web-cam/
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €560.00. Thank You.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 14th. October 2024 Numbers: 04; 07; 17; 06..
No Winner First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Lillian Carr, Barnadown;
- Ann Power, Lawcus.
- Rose Kelly, Ennisnag;
- Matty Murphy, Rockall;
- Maggie Cuddihy, Knocktopher.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Kathleen Fennelly;
- James Irish;
- Eamon Irish.
Next Draw on Monday 21st. October. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,400.00. (4 Numbers)
Newmarket School:
Meeting of the Board of Management will be held in the school on Wednesday 23rd.
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 byH.S.E on “Minding Your Wellbeing, Selfcare” on Friday 25th. 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.
Newsletter:
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The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every week. (www.stoneyford.ie)
All notices for the Newsletter to be left in before 5.00p.m. on Thursdays please.
Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
The Lord has been pleased to crush his servant with suffering.
If he offers his life in atonement,
he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long life
and through him what the Lord wishes will be done.
His soul’s anguish over,
he shall see the light and be content.
By his sufferings shall my servant justify many,
taking their faults on himself.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
The word of the Lord is faithful
and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right
and fills the earth with his love.
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
The Lord looks on those who revere him,
on those who hope in his love,
to rescue their souls from death,
to keep them alive in famine.
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
Our soul is waiting for the Lord.
The Lord is our help and our shield.
May your love be upon us, O Lord,
as we place all our hope in you.
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews:
Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin. Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help.
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:
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus. ‘Master,’ they said to him ‘we want you to do us a favour.’ He said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ They said to him, ‘Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.’ ‘You do not know what you are asking’ Jesus said to them. ‘Can you drink the cup that I must drink, or be baptised with the baptism with which I must be baptised?’ They replied, ‘We can.’ Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I must drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I must be baptised you shall be baptised, but as for seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted.’
When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said to them, ‘You know that among the pagans their so-called rulers lord it over them, and their great men make their authority felt. This is not to happen among you. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all. For the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’
The Gospel of the Lord.