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Summer works in the Westport-Dugort churches

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  Summer 2026 and recent maintenance work  in the Westport-Dugort Union :  An update 1. Holy Trinity, Inishbiggle I nternally, works have included extensive essential repairs to the floor and subfloor and to the roof, plus a clearing of the churchyard (grounds) of the invasive non-native vegetation which was threatening to overwhelm and engulf not only the grounds but the church building itself.    2. Holy Trinity,  Westport Internally, the 'messy' south wall has been repainted, as have the exterior of  vestry door and the badly-rusting downpipes at the front of the church.  The broken window in the toilet has been mended, which should help make for a slightly warmer winter in the church and a less draughty experience for those availing of the facilities!                                        The vestry door, before and after   ...
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Today’s gospel reading, Sun 16 Aug. "Even the dogs..."

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Welcome Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. Sunday: 10am - Service of Holy Communion, Christ Church, Castlebar. 11.30am -  Service of Holy Communion, Holy Trinity Westport, with guest preacher, the Revd Dr Christine O'Dowd (CFO Diocese) 2.30pm - Funeral of Mr Tom Bennett, in Christ Church,  Castlebar, followed by Committal in Turlough Churchyard 3pm - Evening Prayer in St Thomas's Dugort, led by Barbara Sheppard Today's Gospel      The Gospel Reading       Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, ‘Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.’ Then the disciples approached and said to him, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said?’ He answered, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are ...
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Today's Gospel, Sat 15 August, plus What's On in the Parishes?

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Welcome Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. Today, Saturday The Big Clean,   in Holy Trinity Westport, f rom 9am - 1pm. All help appreciated. 7pm, Evening Prayer, Turlough Parish Church  Sunday 10am - Service of Holy Communion, Christ Church, Castlebar. 11.30am -  Service of Holy Communion, Holy Trinity Westport 2.30pm - Funeral of Mr Tom Wesley Bennett, in Christ Church,  Castlebar, followed by Committal in Turlough Churchyard 3pm - Evening Prayer in St Thomas's Dugort, Achill The Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth by Carl Heinrich Bloc, 1866 Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel      Luke 1:39-56 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, an...
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