Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
19th. and 20th. April 2025.
“Easter Sunday”.
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 21st. to Sunday 27th. April. 2025
- Hugginstown:
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 26th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 27th. at 10.00a.m.
- Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Saturday 26th. at 6.30p.m.
- Friday 25th. Feast of St. Mark (Evangelist)
Pray For:
Paddy Ganly, Ennisnag who died during the week.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Seamus Connolly, Stonecarthy: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 26th. April at 6.30p.m.
Paddy Farrell, Kyleva: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 26th. April at 8.00p.m.
Jim Comerford, Carrickmerlin; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 27th. April at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
26th. and 27th. April. (Second Sunday of Easter)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Rita O’Farrell
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy:
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Noreen Kenneally
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Bernie Grace
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00pm. Teresa Broderick;
- Sunday 10.00am. Ann Power
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.
Easter Collection:
Envelopes for the Easter Collection 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)
Parish Contributions:
The Church Door Contributions on last weekend amounted to €485.00. Thank You.
Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
The Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 19th to 25th May. Bus transport from Loughboy Shopping Centre to Cork airport. Direct flights to Lourdes. Full religious programme. Bookings at JWT 01- 2410800 or email info@joewalshtours.ie.
Diocese of Ossory – Lough Derg Pilgrimage
Jubilee Year of Hope, Pilgrimage to Lough Derg; Join Bishop Niall Coll on Friday 30th. May to Sunday 1st. June 2025. Pilgrimage is organised by the Diocesan Youth Ministry Team. For further information please contact the Ossory Diocesan Office; Tel.056 776 2448 or Email at admin@ossory.ie.
Dates to Remember for 2025:
First Holy Communion:
For Stoneyford School on Sunday 11th. May at 11.00a.m. in Stoneyford Church.
For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Sunday 18th. May at 11.00a.m. in Hugginstown.
Trócaire Collection:
We ask that all Trócaire Contributions be returned as soon as possible please.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 14th. April 2025 Numbers: 31; 24; 15; 22.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Rita Long + Ber O’Leary, Stoneyford.
- Angela Barron, Romansvalley
- John Irish, Kyleva:
- John Fitzgerald, c/o T. Fitzgerald;
- Luke + Katie Hudson, Ennisnag;
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish;
- Tommy Murphy;
- Padraig Crowley.
Next Draw on Monday 21st. April. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €9,000.00. (4 Numbers)
South Kilkenny Historical Society:
A Lecture on “Bridget Aylward”, Queen of Alaska: South Kilkenny Connections. The Speaker will be Bridie Kineavy. Lecture on Friday 25th April 2025 at 8.00p.m. Venue: Mullinavat Parish Hall (opposite Church)
Coolagh Community C.E. Scheme:
Worker required for Indoor/Outdoor employment for 19 Hours per week. Work includes mowing lawns; garden maintenance; hall maintenance; upkeep of cemetery; painting. If interested contact 056 772 5502
Monroe School:
Clothes Collection will take place on Tuesday 29th. April. Unwanted clothes can be dropped into school shed over the Easter break
Conference on Strokes:
The 2025 National Conference on Stroke, organised by the South Tipperary Stroke Communication Group, will take place on Monday April 28th. from 9.30a.m. to 1.30p.m. at the Cashel Palace Hotel, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. All are welcome.
Please Collect:
Literature from the Diocesan Office can be collected from the back of the Church.
a. Ossory Diocesan Forum Constitution: b. Diocesan Programme for Jubilee Year.
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 Very Happy Easter to All.
First Reading
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:
Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses – we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.’
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
for his love has no end.
Let the sons of Israel say:
‘His love has no end.’
This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad.
The Lord’s right hand has triumphed;
his right hand raised me up.
I shall not die, I shall live
and recount his deeds.
This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the corner stone.
This is the work of the Lord,
a marvel in our eyes.
This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians:
Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed:
let us celebrate the feast then, in the Lord.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’ So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
The Gospel of the Lord
