Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notes and notices, and for a link to tomorrow evening's Online Prayer and Bible Reading.  Collect  Almighty God,  you have made us for yourself,  and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:  Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,  that here we may have your peace,  and in the world to come may see you face to face;  through Jesus Christ our Lord. Attributed to Saint Augustine After Inishbiggle Harvest Thanksgiving Service, 2024 Today's gospel      Luke 11:37-41 While he [Jesus] was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also...

  Lay Ministry in the Aughaval Grouped Parishes Recently we shared with you the good news of six newly-licensed 'LLLMs' - Local Lay Liturgical Ministers, previously known as Parish Readers - for the grouped parishes. (See 10 October, reprinted towards the end of this post.) Here are bios for two more of the six - Susie Fry and Chris Gibbs - commended to you for your prayers and encouragement.     Susie Fry    Christ Church, Castlebar   Susie, who is also a Rector's Church Warden, writes:    I grew up in Tullow Parish in south Co. Dublin. I studied Natural Sciences at T.C.D. and came to Mayo in 1984 to work for the Western Care Association as a horticultural instructor with young adults. Later on, I developed and managed the Rural Training Centre in Castlebar with the H.S.E. as part of the mental health services. Since retiring, I have had some involvement with gardening projects for the Karen and more recently, the Ukrainian communities....

  Please scroll down for notices and information. Monday 13 October 2025 Collect  Almighty God,  you have made us for yourself,  and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:  Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,  that here we may have your peace,  and in the world to come may see you face to face;  through Jesus Christ our Lord. Attributed to Saint Augustine Today's gospel      Luke 11:29-36 When the crowds were increasing, he [Jesus] began to say,  “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomo...

  Please scroll down for service times and notices. Services today: 10am, Morning Prayer in Christ Church Castlebar.  Followed by tea. 12 noon, Sunday Club and Holy Communion, for Holy Trinity Westport in St Mary's Church, S. Mall, Westport. Followed by tea. 3pm, Evening Prayer in St Thomas's Dugort, Achill "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?" St Andrew's Parish Church, Buckland, Hertfordshire Photo by John Salmon   BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12581281 The Gospel Reading    Luke 17: 11-19 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were made clean.  Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, tu...