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  Please scroll down for notices. Today's Gospel     Mark 3:20-21 And the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.When his [Jesus'] family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ Scared Space You can find a gentle prayer guide and devotional thought here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-01-24 Thank you! Thank you to everyone who by one means or another supported the Service of Thanksgiving for the Reopening of Holy Trinity Westport in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.  A joyful, prayerful and uplifting time was had, both at the church and over tea in Carrowbeg House.  Special thanks to Bishop Michael for a pertinent and encouraging sermon which impressed on us the importance of patience , as is demonstrated by the long road towards ecumenical understanding between the churches. (See ' Key dates in the history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity',  below.) B...

A warm invitation:   A Special Service to celebrate the Reopening of Holy Trinity Church, Westport, will take place in the church this evening, Friday 23 January, at 7.30pm.  Preacher, The Rt Revd Bishop Michael Burrows.  Followed by refreshments in Carrowbeg House.  You're welcome! Today's gospel      Mark 3:13–19 He [Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.  Then he w...

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...