Daily Post and Gospel: 29 April
Welcome! Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.
Today:
- Wed at 10.30am, Midweek Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee in the Clew Bay Hotel.
- Wed at 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Study. Link:
Today's gospel John 12:44-50
Then Jesus cried aloud: ‘Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge, for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
Sacred Space
You can find a helpful prayer guide here:
https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-04-29
An End-of-School-Year service for Holy Trinity National School will be held in the church (HTW) on 16 June, to which family and friends are also warmly invited.
End-of-Year event for all the children and young people of the Aughaval Group of parishes, plus families and friends, on Sat 20 June, details to follow. Concluded by attending the Westport Children’s Choir End-of-Year Concert, in Holy trinity Westport at 2pm.
Bringing faith to life through Muddy Church
‘Muddy Church’, ‘Messy Church’ and Forest Church are fun yet serious faith-building innovations, tried-and-tested in other parishes and places over many years now. With the help of our Youth and Children's Ministry team, we are introducing variations and aspects of these expressions in the parishes, as additional, occasional and supplemental to traditional services in these summer months, for the benefit especially of our children and young families. Please pray for our young people, and, Watch this (outdoor) space!
- Sunday Club
Our next Sunday Club get-together will take place on 10 May, starting in the service at 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport. Information: Steffi Jabaraj, +353 89 941 8165
End-of-Year event for all the children of the Aughaval Group of Parishes will be on Sat 20 June. Please save the date! Details to follow after Planning Meeting. Planning meeting: Tues 5 May at 7.30pm
- Confirmation preparation
Our next two sessions will be on Sat 23 May and Sat 6 June at 10am in the Rectory, Westport. Parents, please see Confirmation WhatsApp Group for notes and resources.
- Louisburgh Concert: Wed 27 May, 7.30pm, a fundraising concert for Holy Trinity Westport, in Holy Trinity Westport. Please spread the word!
- Carra Singers, concert Thur 4 June at 7.30/ 8pm, in Christ Church, Castlebar.
- Bella Capella, Sat 6 June in Christ Church, Castlebar. Details to follow.
- Blue Jazz Festival 'Gospel Hour' Service, Sun 7 June, 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport. Bring your family and friends along for this uplifting time.
- Goethe Choir concert, Conductor John Dexter, 13 June at 3pm. Concert in Holy Trinity Westport, Not to be missed. More info. to follow.
- Westport Children’s Choir end-of-year concert, Sat 20 June at 2pm in Holy Trinity Church, Westport. Come along, enjoy the music, and encourage Eriko and the children at the close of a very special year which included the choir performing in Carnegie Hall, New York. Congratulations to all!
- Westport Comhaltas Concert, Sat 20 June, in Holy Trinity Westport at 7pm.
- Scoil Acla Annual Recital Concert: evening of Wed 29 July, in St Thomas's Dugort. Details to follow.
- Westport Festival of Chamber Music: Concerts on Friday (evening) 11 Sept, Saturday (afternoon) 12 Sept, and Sunday (afternoon) 13 September, in Holy Trinity Westport. Details to follow.
- Holy Communion on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.
- Evening Prayer on 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.
Castlebar*
Sundays Weekly at 10am:
- Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
- Morning Prayer on 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, followed by tea/coffee.
Open church every Friday from 11am - 1pm.
*Christ Church Castlebar is a registered charity: Registered Charity No. 20206867
Westport
- Sundays Weekly at 11.30am, in Holy Trinity Westport; Holy Communion or Morning Prayer, followed by tea/coffee.
- Wednesdays at 10.30am, Midweek Holy Communion, followed (from 29 April) by coffee (from 11.05am) in the Clew Bay Hotel.
Dugort, Achill
April - September inclusive:
- 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 3pm. Evening Prayer/ Holy Communion
Services are followed by tea/coffee occasionally.
Online Prayer and Bible Reading
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83306729968?pwd=mVKnDXWs7Npn3aCnRPykJbJK7THANM.1
One-time donations
You can securely give towards these costs and the upkeep of the churches using your phone or electronic device using the link or QR codes (below) which will direct you to the parishes’ iDonate pages.
Regular giving
Regular giving can be by means of the weekly envelope system (-information on request), or by standing order.
Tax refund on donations
If you are a tax-payer, a tax refund on your donation can be made to your parish at no additional cost to you.
For help or more information, please contact one of the Hon Treasurers (contact details on request) or the Rector (details below), or see
https://aughaval.tlk.ie/2025/11/giving-towards-upkeep-of-churches.html .
Thank-you and bless you +
Westport-Dugort Parishes: includes Holy Trinity Church Westport, St Thomas's Dugort, and Holy Trinity Inishbiggle
Westport-Dugort Parishes*
(Info. Babs Strutt, Hon. Treasurer - contact details on request)
Christ Church, Castlebar*
(Info. Trevor Ardill, Hon. Treasurer - contact details on request)
*Christ Church Castlebar is a registered charity: Registered Charity No. 20206867
Turlough Church of Ireland Parish Church
https://www.idonate.ie/cause/TurloughChurchofIreland
Turlough Parish Church*
(Info. Karin Shaw, Hon. Treasurer - contact details on request)
*Turlough Parish Church is registered as a charity with the Charities Regulatory Authority under the Tuam, Killala and Achonry charity No. 20015237 and the Revenue Commissioners No. CHY 7241.
Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA)
CRA status of the Aughaval Group of Parishes, United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick & Killaloe, Church of Ireland:
Christ Church Castlebar is a registered charity: Registered Charity No. 20206867.
Westport-Dugort Union of Parishes and Turlough Parish are in process of applying for their own CRA registration numbers. In the interim the parishes are included in the CRA registration of the TLK Diocese, as outlined below by the Diocese:
The United Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry is registered as a charity with the Charities Regulatory Authority under No. 20015237 and the Revenue Commissioners No. CHY 7241. The United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert is registered as a charity with the Charities Regulatory Authority under No. 20015688 and the Revenue Commissioners No. CHY 7327. On 1st November 2021, the dioceses amalgamated to become the Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick & Killaloe. The Diocesan Councils remain separate.
For further information, please contact Diocesan Secretary, Mrs Lorna Sharpe at limerickdiocsec@gmail.com, or Assistant Diocesan Secretary, Mr Damian Shorten at admin@tka.ie. They will be happy to help you and to answer your questions.
Go raibh maith agaibh go léir!
A sincere expression of thanks for financial support in 2025 towards the churches and their upkeep can be found here:
Rector: Revd Suzanne Cousins
Aughaval Group of Parishes,
United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick & Killaloe, Church of Ireland
Tel. +353 83 800 3233
Email aughaval@tuam.anglican.org
Aughaval Parishes' website aughaval.tlk.ie
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AughavalParishes
