Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notes and notices. A word of thanks A word of sincere thanks to everyone who came along to the Community Carol Service in Christ Church Castlebar on Monday 15 December, or who supported in other ways. The event was so joyful, and it raised 600 euros towards the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland, Castlebar Daycare Centre. Details from the Hon. Treasurer, Trevor Ardill. (Contact details on request.)  Joseph's dream by Toros Roslin Walters Art Museum, Public domain,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18849896 Today's gospel reading    Matthew 1: 18-24   Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do th...

    Please scroll down for notes and notices. Today in the Aughaval Parishes:        - Midweek Holy Communion,  Wed 10.30am,  in Holy Trinity Church, Westport,  followed by coffee in Cornrue (from 11.10am).  - Online Prayer and Bible Study, Wed at 8pm. Link below. Jesse Tree Illumination on parchment Anonymous  Public domain, via   https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2002026     Today’s gospel       Matthew 1:1–1:17 An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and...