Aughaval Group of Parishes

INVITATION You are warmly invited to this ecumenical service for the  Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Friday 23 January at 7.30pm  in Holy Trinity Church, Westport:  A Service of Thanksgiving  for the  Reopening of Holy Trinity Church Preacher: The Rt Revd Bishop Michael Burrows  Please come along and bring others. You will be blessed! Service to be followed by refreshments in Carrowbeg House, South Mall (beside St Mary's Church)

  Please scroll down for notices and information.  Christ of the Cornfield by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1914 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45611023 Today's Gospel      Mark 2:23-28 One sabbath he [Jesus] was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ And he said to them, ‘Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.’  Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’ Sacred Space You can find a gentle prayer guide here: https://sacredspace...

  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 notices and information. Courtyard of the Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha, Israel, the site where many Christians believe the feeding of the five thousand  to have taken place. Photo by David Shankbone CC BY-SA 3.0  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3343929 Today's gospel      Mark 6:34-44 As he [Jesus] went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”  But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?” And he said to them, “How many loaves have you? Go...