Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
3rd. and 4th. May 2025.
“Third Sunday of Easter”.
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 5th. to Sunday 11th. May. 2025
- Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 10th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 11th. at 10.00a.m.
- Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Saturday 10th. at 6.30p.m.
- Sunday 11th. at 11.00a.m.
Monday 5th. Feast of Blessed Edmund Rice
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
- Fr. Jim Walsh, Edward, Elizabeth and John Walsh, Ballagh: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 3rd. May at 8.00p.m.
- Joan Foran and Helen Foran, Monroe; Anniversary Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 4th. May at 10.00a.m.
- Kitty McBride, Monroe.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
- Neddy and Kitty Fitzpatrick, Lismatigue; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 10th. May at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
10th. and 11th. May. (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan:
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Mary O’Grady
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00pm. Marion Barron;
- Sunday 10.00am. Ruth Foran
Stoneyford Church: New Rota is available in Church Sacristy.
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.
Jubilee Year of Hope:
Pilgrimage for Mass to Blessed Edmund Ignatius Centre, Callan. Bishop Niall Coll invites all in this Jubilee Year of Hope to join with him and the Community for the celebration of Mass in Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, on Tuesday, 6th. May 2025 at 7.30 p.m. Theme: ‘Edmund Rice, a man of Hope’.
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.
Information Evening on Pilgrimage to Lough Derg will be held on Friday 9th. May at 7.00p.m. in St Patrick’s Pastoral Centre, Loughboy.
Bishop Niall invites you to come along to learn more about our ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’ Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lough Derg. All are welcome.
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 €545.00. Thank You.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 28th. April 2025 Numbers: 13; 14; 12; 24.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Deirdre Rohan, Carricketna;
- Marie O’Gorman, Hugginstown.
- Brenda & Teresa Fitzgerald, Hugginstown;
- Eileen Lalor, c/o Angela Barron;
- Adrian Hudson.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Teresa Fitzgerald;
- Padraig Crowley;
- Ger Carroll.
Next Draw on Monday 5th. May. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn). Jackpot: €9,200.00. (4 Numbers)
Table Quiz:
A Table Quiz in aid of ‘Unicef-Children of Gaza/Ukraine’ will be held in Dunphy`s Lounge, Kilmoganny on Saturday next 10th. May at 8.30pm. Please support. All are welcome.
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 high priest demanded an explanation of the Apostles. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience to God comes before obedience to men; it was the God of our ancestors who raised up Jesus, but it was you who had him executed by hanging on a tree. By his own right hand God has now raised him up to be leader and saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins through him to Israel. We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.’ They warned the apostles not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. And so they left the presence of the Sanhedrin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.
I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me
and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead,
restored me to life from those who sink into the grave.
I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.
Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him,
give thanks to his holy name.
His anger lasts a moment; his favour all through life.
At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.
The Lord listened and had pity.
The Lord came to my help.
For me you have changed my mourning into dancing:
O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever.
I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Book of the Apocalypse:
In my vision, I, John, heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, shouting, ‘The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.’ Then I heard all the living things in creation – everything that lives in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, ‘To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.’ And the four animals said, ‘Amen’; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesus, explain the Scriptures to us.
Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, ‘I’m going fishing.’ They replied, ‘We’ll come with you.’ They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, ‘Have you caught anything, friends?’ And when they answered, ‘No’, he said, ‘Throw the net out to starboard and you’ll find something.’ So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ At these words ‘It is the Lord’, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’; they knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
After the meal Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Look after my sheep.’ Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.
‘I tell you most solemnly, when you were young you put on your own belt and walked where you liked; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else will put a belt round you and take you where you would rather not go.’
In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, ‘Follow me.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
