Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
28th. and 29th. December 2024.
“Feast of the Holy Family; Jesus, Mary and Joseph”
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. Dec. to Sunday 5th. January
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 4th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 5th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 1st. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 4th. at 6.30p.m.
- Wednesday 1st. Feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.
- Thursday 2nd. Feast of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen.
- Friday 3rd. Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. –
- 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:
- Sr. De La Salle; (Kitty Murphy late of Newmarket who died in New York)
- Peggy Dwyer, Croan;
- William Farrell, Oldtown.
- Baby Sadie Martin, Ballinteskin;
- Robert McMunn, Cherrymount;
- Betty Rice, Knocktopher.
Anniversary:
- William Dalton, Lismatigue
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
- Tommy, Kitie and Cissie Delahunty, Catstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 4th. January at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
4th. and 5th. January (Second Sunday of Christmas)
Readers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Rita O’Farrell.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan;
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Noreen Kenneally
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Mary O’Grady.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy;
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power
Thanks:
Many thanks to all the Children; Parents; Teachers; Musicians; Choirs; Readers; Eucharistic Ministers; Servers and others who prepared the Christmas Masses: and to all who cleaned and decorated the Churches in the Parish for the Christmas Season and throughout the year. Thanks to all who erected the Cribs; donated flowers and Christmas trees etc. A sincere thank you and appreciation to all.
Christmas Offerings:
Envelopes for your Christmas Offerings 2024 may be collected in the Church Porch, and your contributions may be handed in during the coming weeks: or you may wish to donate directly – Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).
Many thanks for all your support and contributions during the past year.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €595.00 Thank You
Jubilee Year of Hope: Theme: Pilgrims of Hope
On Christmas Eve, 24th. December the Holy Year of Hope began with the opening of the Holy Door by Pope Francis, in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Each Diocesan Bishop will celebrate Mass on Sunday, 29th. December, ‘Feast of the Holy Family’, to mark the solemn opening of the Holy Year. Bishop Niall will celebrate Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, on the 29th. December at 5.30p.m. when the Diocese of Ossory, in communion with the whole Church, will solemnly begin our celebration of the ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’.
Walk for GOAL:
Carrickshock G.A.A; Camogie Club; and Hugginstown District and Community Centre invite all to celebrate ‘The Waterboys Walkway’ and raise funds for GOAL, on Sunday December 29th. at 4.00p.m. at Hugginstown. We wish to thank everyone for their support over 2024 and wish all a happy and peaceful New Year to all.
All are welcome to take part in the Walk for Goal..
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 23rd. December 2024 Numbers: 13; 18; 04; 16.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€50.00 Christmas Winners:
- Eileen Aylward, Catstown:
- Breda O’Meara, Croan.
€30.00. Winners:
- Eileen Lawlor, c/o Teresa Fitzgerald:
- Pat Drea, Croan
- Catherine Dwyer, Croan;
- Rita Long, Stoneyford;
- Fred Malzard, Stoneyford
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Ann Power.
- Ger Carroll;
- Mary Doyle
Next Draw on Monday 6th. January. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €7,600.00. (4 Numbers)
Many thanks to the Lotto Promoters and Supporters for their committed and ongoing support of the weekly Lotto. All funds generated are returned through prizes and by dividends to Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G.A.A. Club. These funds are critical to the development of all our facilities
Baby Massage Classes:
Classes commencing the Thursday 9th. January for 5 consecutive weeks in Croan, Hugginstown at 12.00p.m. Contact Helen for more details on 083 857 9883. or www.kilkennyoccupationaltherapy.ie
New Year Blessing:
“May the Lord bless us and keep us.
May the Lord let his face shine on us and be gracious to us.
May the Lord uncover his face to us and bring us His Peace.”
Newsletter:
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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 Happy and Peaceful New Year to All.
First Reading
A Reading from the First Book of Samuel:
Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and called him Samuel ‘since’ she said ‘I asked the Lord for him.’
When a year had gone by, the husband Elkanah went up again with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfil his vow. Hannah, however, did not go up, having said to her husband, ‘Not before the child is weaned. Then I will bring him and present him before the Lord and he shall stay there for ever.’
When she had weaned him, she took him up with her together with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the temple of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was with them. They slaughtered the bull and the child’s mother came to Eli. She said, ‘If you please, my lord. As you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord. This is the child I prayed for, and the Lord granted me what I asked him. Now I make him over to the Lord for the whole of his life. He is made over to the Lord.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: They are happy who dwell in your house, O Lord.
How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord, God of hosts.
My soul is longing and yearning,
is yearning for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my soul ring out their joy
to God, the living God.
They are happy who dwell in your house, O Lord.
They are happy, who dwell in your house,
for ever singing your praise.
They are happy, whose strength is in you,
in whose hearts are the roads to Zion.
They are happy who dwell in your house, O Lord.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer,
give ear, O God of Jacob.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
look on the face of your anointed.
They are happy who dwell in your house, O Lord.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the First Letter of St John:
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children; and that is what we are. Because the world refused to acknowledge him, therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is.
My dear people, if we cannot be condemned by our own conscience, we need not be afraid in God’s presence, and whatever we ask him, we shall receive, because we keep his commandments and live the kind of life that he wants. His commandments are these: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and that we love one another as he told us to. Whoever keeps his commandments lives in God and God lives in him. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit that he has given us.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Open our heart, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Every year the parents of Jesus used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When they were on their way home after the feast, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was with the caravan, and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
Three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the doctors, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My child, why have, you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.’
‘Why were you looking for me?’ he replied. ‘Did you not know that I must be busy with my Father’s affairs?’ But they did not understand what he meant. He then went down with them and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority.
His mother stored up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and men.
The Gospel of the Lord
