Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
(Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford).
14th. and 15th. June 2025.
“Feast of The Most Holy Trinity”
Father’s Day
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 16th. to Sunday 22nd. June. 2025
- Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
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- Vigil – Saturday 21st. at 8.00p.m.;
- Sunday 22nd. at 10.00a.m.
- Stoneyford:
- Vigil – Saturday 21st. at 6.30p.m.
- Friday 20th. Feast of The Irish Martyrs
Cemetery Mass:
Mass will be celebrated in Kilkeasy Cemetery on Friday 20th. June at 8.00p.m.
Pray For:
- Paschal Long, Stoneyford.
- Fr. Kieran Kennedy, Freshford.
Anniversary Mass:
- Maura Roche, Lawcus: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 14th. June at 6.30p.m.
- Martin Cleary, Hugginstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 14th. June at 8.00p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
- Ollie Roche: Lawcus: Mass in Stoneyford Church on 21st. June at 6.30p.m.
- Michael Brennan, Keatingstown: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 21st. June at 8.00p.m.
Mission Awareness Programme:
Fr. Amandus Kapele from The Spiritans extends his sincere thanks to all for the warm hospitality and generosity he received in the parish last weekend.
Rota for next week-end:
21st. and 22nd. June. 9 – Feast of Corpus Christi)
Reader
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Rita O’Farrell
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00p.m. Deirdre Rohan:
- Sunday 10.00a.m. Noreen Kenneally
Eucharistic Ministers:
- Stoneyford:
- Saturday 6.30p.m. Mary O’Grady.
- Hugginstown:
- Saturday 8.00pm. Margaret Kenneally;
- Sunday 10.00am. Ann Power
Note: New Rota for Hugginstown Church, please collect in Sacristy.
June Collection:
The “June Collection 2025” for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese will be taken up during the months of June/July. Envelopes for this collection are available at the back of the Church. (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)
Kilkenny Older People Council:
The AGM of Kilkenny Older Peoples Council will be held in the Rivercourt Hotel, John Street, Kilkenny on Tuesday 1st. July 2025, commencing with registration at 10.30am. The election of the new Executive Committee will also be held at this AGM. Older People from Kilkenny City and County are welcome to attend. RSVP to agefriendlykilkenny@kilkennycoco.ie or 056 779 4289.
Lotto: –
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 9th. June 2025 Numbers: 25; 07; 05; 04.
- No Winner of First 3 Numbers Drawn:
- No Jackpot Winner:
€30.00. Winners:
- Milka Matanauit, Carrigetna;
- Paddy Hudson, Aghaviller;
- Alison Fennelly, Mullinahone;
- Eamonn Ryan, “On-Line”;
- Colin Landy, Ballytobin
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Teresa Fitzgerald;
- James Irish;
- Trish Power.
Next Draw on Monday 16th. June. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn). Jackpot: €9,800.00. (4 Numbers)
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 €520.00. Thank You.
“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.
Dates to Remember in the Parish for 2025:
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.
Mass will be celebrated in Sheepstown Cemetery on Friday 18th. July at 7.30p.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.
Newsletter:
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The Newsletter is also available on the Stoneyford Website every week. (www.stoneyford.ie)
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Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
First Reading
A Reading from the Book of Proverbs:
The Wisdom of God cries aloud: The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded, before the oldest of his works.From everlasting I was firmly set, from the beginning, before earth came into being. The deep was not, when I was born, there were no springs to gush with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I came to birth; before he made the earth, the countryside, or the first grains of the world’s dust. When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when he drew a ring on the surface of the deep, when he thickened the clouds above, when he fixed fast the springs of the deep, when he assigned the sea its boundaries – and the waters will not invade the shore – when he laid down the foundations of the earth, I was by his side, a master craftsman, delighting him day after day, ever at play in his presence, at play everywhere in his world, delighting to be with the sons of men.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Response:
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,
the moon and the stars which you arranged,
what is man that you should keep him in mind,
mortal man that you care for him?
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
Yet you have made him little less than a god;
with glory and honour you crowned him,
gave him power over the works of your hand,
put all things under his feet.
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
All of them, sheep and cattle,
yes, even the savage beasts,
birds of the air, and fish
that make their way through the waters.
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans:
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. But that is not all we can boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
the God who is, who was, and who is to come.
Alleluia!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I still have many things to say to you
but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes
he will lead you to the complete truth,
since he will not be speaking as from himself
but will say only what he has learnt;
and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me, since all he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine;
that is why I said:
All he tells you will be taken from what is mine.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
