Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Services on Sunday 11  January:      Castlebar  - Sun 10am, Morning Prayer in Christ Church, followed by tea/coffee, and a brief gathering for those wishing to explore Confirmation      Westport  - Sun 12 noon,  Holy Communion and Sunday Club , this week in St Mary's, followed by tea/coffee in Carrowbeg House (beside St Mary's, S.Mall)      Achill  - Sun 3pm, Evening Prayer in St Thomas's Dugort  Please scroll down for notices and additional information. Baptism of Chris, Christ Church Castlebar September 2025 Baptism of Christ,  icon Today's gospel     Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then he consented.   And when Jesus...

  Please scroll down for this weekend's notices and additional information. Marking Holocaust Memorial Day,  at Belfast Synagogue, January 2024 The Most Revd Archbishop John McDowell  with former NI HMD representative Shirley Lennon  and former Rabbi for Belfast Jewish Community,  Rabbi David Kale Holocaust Memorial Day is 27 January. Today's gospel      Luke 4:14-22 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,    because he has anointed me      to br...

  Services this weekend: Turlough - Sat 7pm, Holy Communion, Turlough Church Castlebar - Sun 10am, Morning Prayer in Christ Church, followed by tea/coffee Westport - Sun 12 noon, Holy Communion and Sunday Club, this week in St Mary's, followed by tea/coffee in Carrowbeg House Achill - Sun 3pm, Evening Prayer in St Thomas's Dugort       You are warmly invited. Please scroll down for more notices and information. Christ Rescuing Peter from Drowning Lorenzo Veneziano, 1370 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15131850 Today's gospel      Mark 6:45-52 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. After saying farewell to them, he went up on the mountain to pray. When evening came, the boat was out on the lake, and he was alone on the land. When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came tow...