Aughaval Group of Parishes

  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: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83306729968?pwd=mVKnDXWs7Npn3aCnRPykJbJK7THANM.1 A ssembly in Holy Trinity National School, on 28 April,  when Revd Suzanne and Alan's baby grandson Fintan and his mum Rachel  visited school and talked with the children on a 'Roots of Empathy' theme.   (See  https://rootsofempathy.org/ .)  Baby Fintan got to show off his developmental milestones and his first two teeth! Thanks to Leone for this photo and to Mrs Brickenden and the school staff for the warm welcome. 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, ...

  Welcome to the website of the Aughaval Group of Parishes, Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. Easter Tuesday repairs and improvements  in the Westport-Dugort Churches  - St Thomas's Dugort and Holy Trinity Inishbiggle St Thomas's,  Dugort, Achill   Vestry door, St Thomas's - before and after The inner door at St Thomas's Job done!  Good news for the congregation and parishioners,  bad news for the sheep  which like to wander in, given half a chance! Holy Trinity, Inishbiggle Thorough and necessary repairs were carried out over the winter months to the floors, underfloor and doors, of Holy Trinity Church, Inishbiggle, thanks to the meticulous work of the joiner, supported by the Rector's Church Warden and others who helped with transport back and forwards to the island.  This work is part of a bigger restoration project which has been ongoing since 2024. Castlebar COI Parish Christ Church Castlebar  was recently aw...

  Please scroll down for notes and notices.   Services today Everyone is welcome.  Children and visitors are especially welcome. Sun, 10am, Morning Prayer in Castlebar, followed by tea. Donations for tea/coffee today will go towards this year's Pancakes & Prayer Appeal (see below). Sun 11.30am, The Holy Communion, in Westport,  followed by tea.  Donations for tea/coffee today will go towards this year's Pancakes & Prayer Appeal (see below). Sun 3pm,  The Holy Communion, in Dugort, Achill Please note that next Sat, 28 Feb, is our All-age service in Turlough Church at 7pm. You're welcome!  Poem, by Revd Cathy Hallisey Today's Gospel   Matthew 4: 1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’  But h...