Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
4th. and 5th. January 2025.
“Second Sunday of Christmas”
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 6th. Dec. to Sunday 12th. January
Hugginstown:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 11th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 12th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Vigil –
- Saturday 11th. at 6.30p.m.
- Monday 6th. Feast of The Epiphany of Our Lord – Holy Day
- Mass Times:
- Stoneyford at 7.00pm.
- Hugginstown at 8.00p.m.
Pray For:
- Nichola Aylward (Nee Hughes), Tramore.
- Michael Toomey, Celbridge and late of Stoneyford
Anniversary:
- Tommy, Kitie and Cissie Delahunty, Catstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 4th. January at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
- Eddie Walsh, Ennisnag: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 11th. at 6,30p.m.
- May O’Shea, Croan, Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 12th. at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
11th. and 12th. January. (Feast of The Baptism of Our Lord)
Readers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Neill O’Grady.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. John Barron.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Carroll.
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Jakub Smolen.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Lillian Carr
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
First Holy Communion 2024.
- For Stoneyford School on
- Sunday 11th. May in Stoneyford Church at 11.00a.m.
- For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Sunday 18th. May in Hugginstown Church at 11.00a.m.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €525.00 Thank You
Jubilee Year of Hope: Theme: Pilgrims of Hope
On Christmas Eve, 24th. December last, the ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’ began with the opening of the Holy Door by Pope Francis, in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
Each Diocesan Bishop celebrated Mass on Sunday, 29th. December, ‘Feast of the Holy Family’, to mark the solemn opening of the Holy Year in their Diocese. The Diocese of Ossory, in communion with the whole Church celebrated the beginning of the ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’ with Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
The Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 19th. to 25th. May 2025. Bus transport from Loughboy Shopping Centre to Cork Airport. Direct flights to Lourdes. Full religious programme. Further information and Bookings at J.W.T. 01 241 0800 or email info@joewalshtours.ie.
For Assisted Pilgrims please contact Fr. Anthony O’Connor on 087 251 7766.
Family Prayer for the New Year:
“Dear God, we thank you for the gift of a New Year. We pray that you will guide us and bless us throughout this year. We ask you that you will help us to grow in faith, hope and love. May we be a light to others and share your love with those around us. We pray for peace in our homes, our communities and in our world.
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.”
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
No Lotto Draw on Monday 30th. December.
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. Thanks to all.
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
Safeguarding Contacts:
- Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
- Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
- Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
- Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Newsletter:
If you wish to receive the weekly Newsletter by email, please drop us your email address.
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
A Happy and Peaceful New Year to All.
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus:
Wisdom speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself. She opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the presence of the Mighty One. ‘Then the creator of all things instructed me, and he who created me fixed a place for my tent. He said, “Pitch your tent in Jacob, make Israel your inheritance.”
From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I
shall remain. I ministered before him in the holy tabernacle, and
thus was I established on Zion. In the beloved city he has given
me rest, and in Jerusalem I wield my authority. I have taken root
in a privileged people, in the Lord’s property, in his inheritance.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: The Word was made flesh, and lived among us.
O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Zion, praise your God!
He has strengthened the bars of your gates
he has blessed the children within you.
The Word was made flesh, and lived among us.
He established peace on your borders,
he feeds you with finest wheat.
He sends out his word to the earth
and swiftly runs his command.
The Word was made flesh, and lived among us.
He makes his word known to Jacob,
to Israel his laws and decrees.
He has not dealt thus with other nations;
he has not taught them his decrees.
The Word was made flesh, and lived among us.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved.
That will explain why I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love that you show towards all the saints, have never failed to remember you in my prayers and to thank God for you. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to you, O Christ, proclaimed to the pagans.
Glory be to you, O Christ, believed in by the world. Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. All that came to be had life in him and that life was the light of men, a light that shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not overpower.
A man came, sent by God. His name was John. He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light. The Word was the true light that enlightens all men; and he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had its being through him, and the world did not know him. He came to his own domain and his own people did not accept him. But to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to all who believe in the name of him who was born not out of human stock or urge of the flesh or will of man but of God himself.
The Word was made flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that is his as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Gospel of the Lord
