Aughaval Group of Parishes

  It was especially joyful for a few of us from mainland Mayo to step foot again on Inishbiggle on 15th February, having been prevented by the weather from sailing on our last attempt at the end of November 2024. While on this occasion it was lashing in Limerick, wet in Westport, and raining cats and dogs in Castlebar, the sun was splitting the clouds gloriously on the approach to beautiful Biggle. Also uplifting was to arrive at the church and on entering to find it looking, if not transfigured, transformed - for example, with its newly-stripped and repolished pews, clean floors, doors, harmonica and walls, and a close-to-spotless vestry into the bargain. Hats off and enormous thanks to the church wardens for the hours of painstaking work - truly a labour of love for this precious and important place of gathering and worship, emanating from a sincere love for God and his people, of all faiths and persuasions. Holy Trinity Inishbiggle conveys the message “Come on in! There’s plenty...

  We are so grateful to so many people who, with selfless goodwill, are pulling out all the stops to help us and other parishes repair our church buildings and premises; from roofers, builders, architects, engineers and structural engineers, safety advisers, insurers and loss adjusters, and county councillors, not to mention the many faithful church wardens and other vestry members who are working away behind the scenes.  We see Christ in them and God in all the detail! Great to see repair work to the roof underway in Christ Church Castlebar.  The Lecture by Dr Michael O'Connor on the 200th Anniversary of the Decision by the Select Vestry to Rebuild the Christ Church, will go ahead as planned on Thursday 13 February at 7.30pm in the church. This is a free event and open to everyone, with tea/coffee to follow. Come along if you can! 

    Ecumenical hospitality:  Holy Trinity Westport temporarily relocates to St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church  at their kind invitation   Signing the equivalent of The Preacher's Book L-R: Roger, Rector's Church Warden, the Rector, Fr John Kenny,  and Nolan and Peter, Sacristans Photos by  Ugnius Brazdžiunas, Amayo Photography   Sunday 2 February 2025 was a memorable, ecumenically significant and moving day for Westport Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic communities alike, when for the first time, the congregation of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland Church celebrated Holy Communion in St. Mary's Church on the Mall. This remarkable event was, in the mind of many in Westport and beyond, the "silver lining" behind the storm cloud and ferocious winds of 24th January that caused damage and the temporary closure of Holy Trinity Church. Commenting on the circumstances which had led up to the significant event, Revd Suzanne Cousins, Rector of Holy Trinity C...

Recent renovations to the vestry roof of Holy Trinity Church, Westport included repair of the finial.