Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
8th. and 9th. February 2025.
“Fifth 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 3rd. to Sunday 9th. February.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 15th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 16th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Vigil –
- Saturday 15th. at 6.30p.m.
- Tuesday 11th. Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Friday 14th. Feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Patrons of Europe)
Pray For:
Anniversary:
- Christopher Lodge, Kells: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 8th. February at 6.30p.m.
- Nellie Dunphy and Ned Millea, Kyleva. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 8th. February at 8.00p.m.
- James and Ellen Dalton, Boolyglass. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 9th. February at 10.00a.m. Ella Hoyne, Croan.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
- Michael and Alice Murphy, Lismatigue : Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 15th. February at 8.00p.m.
- Josh Dineen, Keatingstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 16th. February at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
15th. and 16th. February. (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Tom King.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan,
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:y
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Mary O’Grady.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Teresa Broderick.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Foran.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €575.00 Thank You
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 3rd. February 2025 Numbers: 23; 32; 02; 26.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- P.&C. Hudson, c/o James Irish,
- Tess Maher, Kyleva
- Mary Carroll, Harristown;
- Doireann Rice, Killarney;
- Philly Young Mac,c/o Claire Cleary
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish;
- Padraig Crowley;
- Ann Power..
Next Draw on Monday 10th. February. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €8,000.00. (4 Numbers)
Listening to the Voices of Women in the Bible
This Conference will be on 15th February 2025 in The Pembroke Hotel, Patrick Street, Kilkenny. The speaker will be Dr. Gráinne Doherty. Times: 10.00a.m. to 4.30p.m. Booking essential: Contact Sara or Catherina at 056 772 2870 between 9.00a.m. and 4.30p.m. on Monday to Friday or
e-mail regionaloffice@ssjg.ie before February 11th. 20025.
Win a trip to Medjugorje;
Medjugorje Irish Centre: A Free Prize draw will take place on 1st. April 2025 A Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300.00. To enter, go to prize draw page on website:
www.med-irishcentre.com or Telephone 01 443 4510.
Stoneyford School:
Meeting of School Board of Management on Wednesday 12th. February at 7.30p.m
Newmarket School:
Breakfast Club and After School Club are now taking enrolments for September 2025. Contact: mbrennan@newmarketns.ie or 056 776 8919.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade:
Call for all clubs and organisations to join this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kilkenny. As part of the ongoing celebrations for St. Patrick’s Festival, the organisers invite local businesses, community groups, clubs, and charities to participate in this year’s Grand Parade on March 17th.
Local communities are the heart of the St Patrick’s Day Parade, and it’s a fabulous opportunity to showcase your talent. The process is quick and easy; fill out a short online application, and remember, there are prizes for the best displays! https://stpatricksfestivalkilkenny.com/
The theme is “Bí Beo, Bí Linn”: “Be Alive, Be With Us” – to embrace a vibrant, community-driven display from your town or village in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations. The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 17th.
Safeguarding Contacts:
- Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
- Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
- Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
- Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Safeguarding Sunday –
February 9th. Diocese of Ossory Safeguarding Newsletter is available at the back of the Church. Please take a copy.
Copy includes a message from Bishop Niall; Update from the Safeguarding Office; People who must be Garda Vetted; Support for Survivors of Abuse.
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
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord of Hosts seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings. And they cried out to one another in this way,
‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts. His glory fills the whole earth.’
The foundations of the threshold shook with the voice of the one who cried out, and the Temple was filled with smoke. I said: ‘What a wretched state I am in! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have looked at the King, the Lord of Hosts.’
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in his hand a live coal which he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. With this he touched my mouth and said: ‘See now, this has touched your lips, your sin is taken away,
your iniquity is purged. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
‘Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?’
I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart:
you have heard the words of my mouth.
In the presence of the angels I will bless you.
I will adore before your holy temple.
Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
I thank you for your faithfulness and love,
which excel all we ever knew of you.
On the day I called, you answered;
you increased the strength of my soul.
Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
All earth’s kings shall thank you when they hear the words of your mouth.
They shall sing of the Lord’s ways ‘How great is the glory of the Lord!’
Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
You stretch out your hand and save me, your hand will do all things for me.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands.
Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything.
Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I had been taught myself, namely that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures; that he was buried; and that he was raised to life on the third day, in accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared first to Cephas and secondly to the Twelve. Next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles; and last of all he appeared to me too; it was as though I was born when no one expected it.
I am the least of the apostles; in fact, since I persecuted the Church of God, I hardly deserve the name apostle; but by God’s grace that is what I am, and the grace that he gave me has not been fruitless. On the contrary, I, or rather the grace of God that is with me, have worked harder than any of the others; but what matters is that I preach what they preach, and this is what you all believed.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. The fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats – it was Simon’s – and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ ‘Master,’ Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear, so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled the two boats to sinking point.
The Gospel of the Lord.
