Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
31st. May and 1st. June 2025. —
“Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord”
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 2nd. to Sunday 8th. June. 2025
- Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil –
- Saturday 7th. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 8th. at 10.00a.m.
- Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Saturday 7th. at 6.30p.m.
- 6th. June: 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.
Cemetery Mass:
Mass will be celebrated in Calvary Cemetery on Friday 6th. June at 8.00p.m.
Pray For:
- Paddy Raggett, Kilkenny:
- Mary Neville, Graiguenamanagh.
Anniversary Masses:
- Christina Ryan, Knockanore: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 31st. May at 6.30p.m.
- Sean and Nellie Duggan. Hugginstown : Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 31st. May at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
- Jim Doran: Stoneyford: Mass in Stoneyford Church on 7th. June at 6.30p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
7th.and 8th. June. (Feast of Pentecost)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Tom King
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy:
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Bernie Grace.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00pm. Mary Cahill;
- Sunday 10.00am. Ruth Foran.
Note: New Rota for Hugginstown Church, please collect in Sacristy.
Holy Ghost Missions:
Priest from The Spiritans will speak at all Masses in the parish next weekend.
Southern Deanery Pastoral Area:
Meeting of all members will be held in Ballyhale Parish Hall on Wednesday 4th. June at 7.00p.m. Bishop Niall Coll will attend.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 26th. May 2025 Numbers: 24; 29; 26; 21.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Patrick Foran, “On-Line”;
- Mary Holden, Ballyhale.
- Margaret Foran,“On Line”
- Adrian Hudson,“On-Line”
- Cillian Walshe, Chapel View
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- James Irish; Ger Carroll;
- Teresa Fitzgerald;
Next Draw on Monday 2nd. June. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn). Jackpot: €9,600.00. (4 Numbers)
Examination Time:
Best wishes to all pupils sitting public examinations this year.
Newmarket School:
A book celebrating the Centenary of Newmarket School is available to purchase in Fitzgerald’s Shop, Hugginstown..
Parish Contributions:
The Church Door Contributions on last weekend amounted to €510.00. Thank You.
Monroe School Got Talent:
Calling all Singers, Dancers and Performers: Showcase your talent and help support school development. Talent Show in Malzards, Stoneyford on 18th. October 2025..
Closing Date for entry 6th. June. Contact; Mairead on 086 783 9122
“Dare to Hope”:
This event is for Young Adults from the age of 18-35 and it will take place in the Youth Village, Knock on 14th. June this year. It is a follow on from the “Into the Deep” event which took place in Clongowes on Saturday 22nd. June last year. This event is for all Young Adults but there will be a special welcome for those who are travelling to Rome for the Jubilee of Youth and will be part of their preparation, however it is open to all Young Adults. This year, we are blessed to partner with the team at Knock Shrine, allowing us to expand our reach and welcome even more young adults from across the country. What began as an invitation-only event last year has now grown into a larger gathering that promises to nourish and inspire the faith of young Catholics throughout Ireland.
Dates to Remember in the Parish for 2025:
Cemetery Masses:
- Mass will be celebrated in Kilkeasy Cemetery on Friday 20th. 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.
Workshop on Synodality:
A special weekend workshop on Synodality, will take place on 28th. and 29th. June 2025 at the Focolare Centre in Prosperous, Co. Kildare. This event is inspired by the international formation programme coordinated by the Evangelii Gaudium Centre at Sophia University Institute (Italy), in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Synod in Rome and will offer both theological depth and practical tools for fostering a synodal Church at local level. The workshop is open to all: clergy, religious, lay leaders, pastoral council members and parishioners. All welcome. It will be facilitated by experienced international trainers.
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles:
In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When he had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’
Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.’
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response: God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with shouts of joy!
For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear, great king over all the earth.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Sing praise for God, sing praise, sing praise to our king, sing praise.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
God is king of all the earth, sing praise with all your skill.
God is king over the nations; God reigns on his holy throne.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians:
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations.
I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘You see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses to this.
‘And now I am sending down to you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city then, until you are clothed with the power from on high.’
Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven. They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy; and they were continually in the Temple praising God.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Planning for greater lay involvement in the life of the Church
The revised Constitution for the Ossory Diocesan Forum was published recently. The greater involvement of laity in the life of the Church in Ossory at parish, pastoral area and diocesan level is the main theme of the new Constitution. The Forum consists of Parish Pastoral Councils, thirteen Pastoral Area Councils, an Ossory Diocesan Pastoral Council and a Plenary Body consisting of all members of these three groups. The Parish Pastoral Council is a consultative leadership group through which priests and lay people work together as co-responsible partners in furthering the mission of Christ in their own parish. As a group, they think, discern and plan for the parish on an ongoing basis to identify and respond to present and future pastoral needs. The Pastoral Area Councils will enable member parishes to both discern and work collaboratively and form a basis for the co-responsibility of priests, religious and lay people for the faith life of the pastoral area. The revised Constitution has been approved by Council of Priests and The Ossory Diocesan Pastoral Council (ODPC) The ODPC is the Executive Body of the Diocesan Forum, which works in liaison with the Parish Pastoral and Pastoral Area Councils. It is a consultative group with whom the Bishop can promote, support and coordinate the work of these Councils. This is achieved through modelling synodality, collaboration and co-responsibility for the life of the diocese / Bishop, priests and laity working together. Through its monthly meetings, the ODPC considers issues from various areas of life in which the diocese is engaged. Currently its focus is on the establishment of the Pastoral Area Councils. Membership of the ODPC: Bishop Niall Coll, President, Ms Sarah Rice, Chairperson, Mr John Shortall, Secretary, Mgr Dan Carroll, Vicar General, Fr. Martin Delaney, Fr. Dan Bollard, Sr. Helen Maher, Forum Coordinator, Ms Gemma Mulligan, Pastoral Coordinator, Ms Ann Daly, Ms Bríd Duffy, Mr Diarmuid Healy.