Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
30th. November and 1st. December 2024.
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 2nd. to Sunday 8th. December
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 7th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 8th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 4th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 8th. at 6.30p.m.
- Tuesday 3rd. Feast of St. Francis Xavier.
- Saturday 7th. Feast of St. Ambrose.
- Friday 6th. 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:
- Michael Murphy, Stoneyford. Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 30th. November at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses next week:
- Maureen Connolly, Stonecarthy Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 7th. December at 6.30p.m.
- Martin Brennan, Gowlawn;
- Pat and Margaret Irish, Hugginstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 7th. December at 8.00p.m.
- Peter Kenneally, Barnadown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 8th. December at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
7th. and 8th. December (“Second Sunday of Advent)
Readers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Catherina Roche.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00 p.m. Catherine Dwyer;
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Noreen Kenneally
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Pat Kenny
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick;
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €570.00. Thank You.
Collection for the “Ossory Priests Society” amounted to €330.00. Thank You.
November Offerings 2024:
November Offerings Envelopes 2024 are available at the Church Porch. Your contribution 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).
Note:
New Rota for Readers and Eucharistic Ministers for Hugginstown Church is available in the Sacristy.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 2nd. December 2024 Numbers: 08; 25; 24; 28.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Monica Poole/Molloy “On Line”:
- Eileen Lalor, Annamult;
- Colin Landy, Ballytobin;
- Mary Carroll, Harristown;
- Ann Power, Lawcus.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish;
- Ger Carroll;
- Walter Broderick.
Next Draw on Monday 2nd. December. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €7,200.00. (4 Numbers)
Newmarket School;
Meeting of the Board of Management will be held in the school on Wednesday 4th. December at 8.00p.m.
Christmas Fair:
Stoneyford’s Craft and Food Fair will take place on Sunday, December 8th. with even more stalls with tasty treats, homemade decorations and gifts, the fair cafe and of course the man himself, Santa. He arrived on a tractor last year, how will he get to the Community Centre this year?
Scoil Aireagail Secondary School:
A Christmas Market in Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny, Eircode: R95 AH30 on Sunday, 1st. December, from 11.00a.m. to 2.00p.m. Join us for a festive day filled with music, baking, crafts, and holiday cheer! Discover unique, handmade gifts for your loved ones, delicious treats, and festive tunes to get you in the holiday spirit. Don’t miss this opportunity to support our local community. Want a free stall? Email info@scoilaireagail.ie or call 056 7768632.
Scoil Aireagail Winter Concert
Will take place in Knocktopher Church on Tuesday, 10th. December, at 2.00p.m. Join us for an afternoon of music and song in celebration of the festive season. All are welcome, and there will be a bucket collection in aid of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP).
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
A Night of Reminiscing with Seamus McGrath on Friday, 6th December at 7.00p.m.in the ‘Rhu Glenn’, Slieverue. Seamus McGrath, a native of Carrick-on Suir, derives great pleasure from learning the lore of Carrick-on-Suir and its hinterland, listening to people, and recalling their exploits and stories. Seamus would suggest that he is just “an ordinary man”, but behind an unassuming manner is a man of great knowledge and life experience, and his ‘story’ is worth hearing.
Booking and further information from: Brigid Barron, Blossom Hill, Kilmacow
at 087 950 7295, or brigidbarron@hotmail.com):
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Jeremiah:
See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I am going to fulfil the promise I made to the House of Israel and the House of Judah:
‘In those days and at that time,
I will make a virtuous Branch grow for David,
who shall practise honesty and integrity in the land.
In those days Judah shall be saved
and Israel shall dwell in confidence.
And this is the name the city will be called:
The-Lord-our-integrity.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Lord, make me know your ways.
Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me:
for you are God my saviour.
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
The Lord is good and upright.
He shows the path to those who stray,
He guides the humble in the right path,
He teaches his way to the poor.
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
His ways are faithfulness and love
for those who keep his covenant and law.
The Lord’s friendship is for those who revere him;
to them he reveals his covenant.
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians:
May the Lord be generous in increasing your love and make you love one another and the whole human race as much as we love you. And may he so confirm your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless in the sight of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus Christ comes with all his saints.
Finally, brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus to make more and more progress in the kind of life that you are meant to live: the life that God wants, as you learnt from us, and as you are already living it. You have not forgotten the instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus. The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the clamour of the ocean and its waves; men dying of fear as they await what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.
‘Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened with debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will be sprung on you suddenly, like a trap. For it will come down on every living man on the face of the earth. Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man.’
The Gospel of the Lord
