Today's gospel, 4 May: The Holy Spirit - Advocate and wisdom-giver
Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.
Reminder: Tues 5 May, Youth & Children's Team meeting, 7.30pm in the Rectory, Westport. If you are unable to attend in person please contact Revd Suzanne for the Zoom link.
Giving thanks for almost 40 years of Westport Country Market. Please save the date, spread the word, and attend if you can. Followed by tea in the church.
Today's Gospel Reading John 14:21-26
They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.’
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.
Farewll Discourse by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1350
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sacred Space
You can find a helpful prayer guide here:
https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-05-04
The Collect of the Day
Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
Grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity. Amen.
Youth & Children's Team Planning meeting: Tues 5 May at 7.30pm in the Rectory, Westport
End-of
School-Year Service for Holy Trinity National School, 16 June at 9.30am (tbc), in Holy Trinity Church, Westport. Family and friends are also warmly invited!
End-of-Year fun 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 all-age faith-building innovations, tried-and-tested in other parishes and places over many years.
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 continue to 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
