Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
8th. and 9th. March 2025.
“First Sunday of Lent”
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 10th. to Sunday 16th. March. 2025
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.
Pray For: .
Anniversary:
- Margaret Cleary, Hugginstown. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 8th. March at 8.00p.m.
- Nellie O’Shea, Boolyglass Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 9th. March at 10.00a.m.
- Laurence and Kathleen Foley.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
- Patrick and Statia Fitzpatrick, Coolmore. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 15th. March at 8.00p.m.
- Ned and Julia Halloran, Hugginstown Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 16th. March at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
15th. and 16th. March. (Second Sunday of Lent)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Bernie Grace.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy.
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Foran.
Guidelines for Lenten Penance:
- Abstaining from meat or some other food on Fridays;
- Abstaining from alcoholic drink or smoking;
- Making a special effort at involvement in Family Prayer;
- Visit to the Blessed Sacrament;
- Making the Stations of the Cross;
- Helping the poor, the sick, the old or lonely.
Safeguarding in the Diocese of Ossory:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
- Ms. Ailish Higgins Tel: 087 100 0232.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
- Deirdre Rohan and Catherina Roche.
Eucharistic Adoration:
The Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration National Pilgrimage to Knock will take place on Sunday 6th. April 2025. Bus will leave from Woodies Car Park in Kilkenny at 7.30a.m. Please contact 086 1666547 if you would like to book a place on the bus.
First Penance 2025.
- For Monroe/Newmarket Schools
- on Wed. 2nd. April in Hugginstown Church at 7.00p.m.
- For Stoneyford School on Tuesday 8th. April in Stoneyford Church at 7.00p.m.
Lenten Station Collection:
Envelopes for the Lenten Station Contribution are available in the Church. Your contribution is for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese. (To donate directly.) Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D). All Parish Property and Accounts are registered under the (Diocese of Ossory, Reg. Charity No. 20015831)
Trócaire:
Every year during Lent, Trócaire asks for your help to fund lifesaving programmes around the world. Please collect a Trócaire Box which is available in Church Porch.You can contribute Online at www.trocaire.org or By Phone: 1850 408 408. The contents of each and every Trócaire Box, no matter how small, come together to make a significant difference.
Ossory Adult Faith Development Lenten Programme:
On Wednesday 12th. March at 7.00p.m in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Chapter House
‘Synod – a real reason for Hope’. Julianne Moran reflects on the challenges and hopes that the synodal journey brings.
On Friday 14th. March at 7.00p.m in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Chapter House
‘Taize Youth Night’ Taize prayer, a time of song, silence and hope. All welcome.
Newmarket National School:
St. Brendan’s School is now taking enrolments for September 2025. Afterschool and Breakfast Clubs are also available. Contact the Principal by email: mbrennan@newmarketns.ie or at 056776 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 to share and included, please ring 056 776 8919 or email: mbrennan@newmarketns.ie
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €580.00 Thank You
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 3rd. March 2025 Numbers: 25; 13; 24; 05.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Cathern Barron, Sheepstown;
- Padraig Rohan, Carricketna
- “The Four of Us”, Rathduff;
- Ann Power, c/o Fred Malzard;
- Bridie Murphy, Dunbell
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Pat Dwyer;
- Fred Malzard;
- Mary Carroll
Next Draw on Monday 10th. March. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €8,400.00. (4 Numbers)
Kilkenny Pilgrimage to Medjugorje;
Direct Flight to Mostar Medjugorje from 4th. to 11th. June 2025 (Month of the Sacred Heart and includes Pentecost Sunday) Hotel close to the Church;
For bookings – contact Ann on 086 199 1620 or 086 882 5622
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 Book of Deuteronomy
Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must make this pronouncement:
‘“My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation, great, mighty, and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and gave us this land, a land where milk and honey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce of the soil that you, the Lord, have given me.”
‘You must then lay them before the Lord your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.’
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Be with me, O Lord, in my distress.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
and abides in the shade of the Almighty
says to the Lord: ‘My refuge, my stronghold, my God in whom I trust!’
Be with me, O Lord, in my distress.
Upon you no evil shall fall,
no plague approach where you dwell.
For you has he commanded his angels, to keep you in all your ways.
Be with me, O Lord, in my distress.
They shall bear you upon their hands
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
On the lion and the viper you will tread
and trample the young lion and the dragon.
Be with me, O Lord, in my distress.
His love he set on me, so I will rescue him;
protect him for he knows my name.
When he calls I shall answer: ‘I am with you,’
I will save him in distress and give him glory.
Be with me, O Lord, in my distress.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans:
Scripture says: The word (that is the faith we proclaim) is very near to you, it is on your lips and in your heart. If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. By believing from the heart you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips you are saved. When scripture says: those who believe in him will have no cause for shame, it makes no distinction between Jew and Greek: all belong to the same Lord who is rich enough, however many ask his help, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for forty days. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then the devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone.’
Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world and said to him, ‘I will give you all this power and the glory of these kingdoms, for it has been committed to me and I give it to anyone I choose. Worship me, then, and it shall all be yours.’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says: You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone.’
Then he led him to Jerusalem and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God,’ he said to him ‘throw yourself down from here, for scripture says: He will put his angels in charge of you to guard you, and again: They will hold you up on their hands in case you hurt your foot against a stone.’
But Jesus answered him, ‘It has been said: You must not put the Lord your God to the test.’
Having exhausted all these ways of tempting him, the devil left him, to return at the appointed time.
The Gospel of the Lord.
