Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
15th. and 16th. February 2025.
“Sixth 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 17th. to Sunday 23rd. February.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 22nd. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 23rd. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Vigil –
- Saturday 22nd. at 6.30p.m.
Pray For:
- Eugene Hennessy, Ballyhale, who died during the week..
Anniversary:
- Michael and Alice Murphy, Lismatigue. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 15th. February at 8.00p.m.
- Josh Dineen, Keatingstown. First Anniversary Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 16th. February at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
- Paddy Joe Rohan, Carricketna: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 22nd. February at 8.00p.m.
- Bernard Cuddihy, Ballinteskin. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 23rd. February at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
22nd. and 23rd. February. (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Margaret Ryan.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. John Barron.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Deirdre O’Shea.
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Jakub Smolen.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cahill.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Crowley.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €590.00 Thank You
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
- Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
- Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 10th. February 2025 Numbers: 22; 29; 16; 19.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn: No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Mary Murphy, Lismatigue;
- P.&C. Hudson, c/o James Irish,
- Matty O’Shea, Boolyglass;
- Julie Drennan, Coolmeen;
- Fennelly Family, Mullinahone
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish; Walshe’s Shop;
- Mary Doyle.
Next Draw on Monday 17th. February. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €8,100.00. (4 Numbers)
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
A Lecture on John McShain: The Man Who Built Washington, from a South Kilkenny Viewpoint. The Speaker will be Alice O’Neill McLoughlin.
The Date: Friday, 28th. February 2025 at 8.00p.m. in Mullinavat Parish Hall.
Kilkenny Bereavement Support:
Kilkenny Bereavement Support invites you to an evening with Fr. Jim Cogley on Thursday 20th. February from 7.00 to 10.00p.m. in the Newpark Hotel.
Admission is Free.
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 Monday 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!
Online: 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 next, February 17th.
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.
Shrughawadda Players:
Kilmoganny present their new play `A Miracle in Donegal` on February 19th. 20th. 21st. and 22nd. at 8.00p.m. nightly in St Eoghan`s Centre, Kilmoganny
Tickets: Contact Alycia Kearney 051 648 118. Or 087 675 7490.
Newmarket School:
Breakfast Club and After School Club are now taking enrolments for September 2025. Contact: mbrennan@newmarketns.ie or 056 776 8919.
Newmarket School will celebrate its Centenary on 22nd. May this year.
A book of articles and photographs is being planned. If anyone has stories or old photographs that they would like included, please ring 056 776 8919 or email mbrennan@newmarketns.ie
Stoneyford School:
Mass will be celebrated in the School on Wednesday 19th. February at 11.30a.m.
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 Jeremiah:
The Lord says this:
‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man, who relies on things of flesh, whose heart turns from the Lord. He is like dry scrub in the wastelands: if good comes, he has no eyes for it, he settles in the parched places of the wilderness, a salt land, uninhabited.
‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope. He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green; it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.’
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Happy indeed is the man
who follows not the counsel of the wicked;
nor lingers in the way of sinners
nor sits in the company of scorners,
but whose delight is the law of the Lord
and who ponders his law, day and night.
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never
fade; and all that he does shall prosper.
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Not so are the wicked, not so!
For they like winnowed chaff
shall be driven away by the wind:
for the Lord guards the way of the just
but the way of the wicked leads to doom.
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians:
If Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, you are still in your sins. And what is more serious, all who have died in Christ have perished. If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are the most unfortunate of all people.
But Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation (Please stand)
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Jesus came down with the Twelve and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon. Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said:
‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God.
Happy you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied.
Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh.
Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, for then your reward will be great in heaven.
This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.
‘But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.
Alas for you who have your fill now: you shall go hungry.
Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep.
‘Alas for you when the world speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
