Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
26th. and 27th. April 2025.
“Second Sunday of Easter”. — “Divine Mercy 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 27th. April to Sunday 4th. May. 2025
- Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 3rd. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 4th. at 10.00a.m.
- Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Saturday 3rd. at 6.30p.m.
- Tuesday 29th. Feast of St Catherine of Siena (Patron of Europe)
- Thursday 1st. Feast of St Joseph the Worker:
- Friday 2nd. Feast of St. Athanasius.
- Saturday 3rd. Feast of SS. Philip and James (Apostles)
Friday 2nd. First Friday:
Visitation with Holy Communion will take place as usual on Friday. Please let us know if you would like to receive Holy Communion in your home for the First Fridays or at any other time.
Pray For:
Holy Father Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday
Bishop Niall Coll will celebrate Mass for the eternal repose of Pope Francis and in thanksgiving for his life and ministry on this Sunday, 27th. April at 5.30p.m. in St Mary’s Cathedral. May He Rest In Peace. All are welcome to attend.
Anniversary Masses:
- Seamus Connolly, Stonecarthy: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 26th. April at 6.30p.m.
- Mary (Mollie) O’Shea, Lismatigue.
- Paddy Farrell, Kyleva: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 26th. April at 8.00p.m.
- Michael Maher, Hugginstown.
- Jim Comerford, Carrickmerlin; First Anniversary Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 27th. April at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
- Fr. Jim Walsh, Ballagh; Mass in Hugginstown on Saturday 3rd. at 8.00p.m.
- Joan Foran, Monroe; Mass in Hugginstown on Sunday 4th. at 10.00a.m.
Rota for next week-end:
3rd. and 4th. May. (Third Sunday of Easter)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Neill O’Grady
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Pat Power:
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Carroll
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00pm. Mary Cahill;
- Sunday 10.00am. Lillian Carr
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.
Dates to Remember in the Parish 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.
Cemetery Masses:
- Mass will be celebrated in Calvary Cemetery on Friday 6th. June at 8.00p.m.
- Mass will be celebrated in Stoneyford Cemetery on Friday 4th. July at 8.00p.m.
- Mass will be celebrated in Hugginstown Cemetery on Saturday 5th. July at 8.00p.m.
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.
Parish Contributions:
The Church Door Contributions on last weekend amounted to €650.00. Thank You.
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)
Remembrance Service:
St. Luke’s General Hospital Remembrance Service for families who have been bereaved by the death of their child during pregnancy, shortly after birth or in Childhood years will take place on Wednesday 30th. April at 7.30p.m. in St. Fiacra‘s Church, Loughboy.
Irish Blood Transfusion Service:
We will be returning to The Carrig Hotel, Carrick-on-Suir for a Blood Donation Clinic on Monday 28th. and Tuesday 29th. April.
The blood supply is currently low and with a high demand for blood from our hospitals nationally, it is imperative that we continue to maintain the blood supply.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 21st. April 2025 Numbers: 23; 09; 06; 28.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Tommy Phelan, Gowran: Mary Irish, c/o James Irish:
- Kathleen Moran, Cherrymount:
- Doireann Power-Rice, Killarney:
- Fred Malzard
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Trish Power:
- James Irish:
- Walshe’s Shop.
Next Draw on Monday 28th. April. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn). Jackpot: €9,100.00. (4 Numbers)
Monroe School:
Clothes Collection will take place on Tuesday 29th. April 2025.
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 Acts of the Apostles:
The faithful all used to meet by common consent in the Portico of Solomon. No one else ever dared to join them, but the people were loud in their praise and the numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily. So many signs and wonders were worked among the people at the hands of the apostles that the sick were even taken out into the streets and laid on beds and sleeping-mats in the hope that at least the shadow of Peter might fall across some of them as he went past. People even came crowding in from the towns round about Jerusalem, bringing with them their sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were cured.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: 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.’
Let the sons of Aaron say: ‘His love has no end.’
Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love has no end.’
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
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.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant success.
Blessed in the name of the Lord is he who comes.
We bless you from the house of the Lord; the Lord God is our light.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Book of the Apocalypse:
My name is John, and through our union in Jesus I am your brother and share your sufferings, your kingdom, and all you endure. I was on the island of Patmos for having preached God’s word and witnessed for Jesus; it was the Lord’s day and the Spirit possessed me, and I heard a voice behind me, shouting like a trumpet, ‘Write down all that you see in a book.’ I turned round to see who had spoken to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands and, surrounded by them, a figure like a Son of man, dressed in a long robe tied at the waist with a golden girdle.
When I saw him, I fell in a dead faint at his feet, but he touched me with his right hand and said, ‘Do not be afraid; it is I, the First and the Last; I am the Living One, I was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of the underworld. Now write down all that you see of present happenings and things that are still to come.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus said: ‘You believe because you can see me.
Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.‘As the Father sent me,so am I sending you. After saying this he breathed on them and said:
‘Receive the Holy Spirit.For those whose sins you forgive,they are forgiven;
for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’
Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them
when Jesus came. When the disciples said, ‘We have seen the Lord’, he
answered, ‘Unless I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put
my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his
side, I refuse to believe.’ Eight days later the disciples were in the house
again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in
and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you’ he said. Then he spoke to
Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand;
put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord
and my God!’ Jesus said to him: ‘You believe because you can see me.
Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’
There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the disciples saw, but they are not recorded in this book. These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his name.
The Gospel of the Lord.
