Aughaval Group of Parishes

Whatever your particular church or faith background, you are warmly invited, on Wed 29 January at 10.30am, to come along to Holy Trinity Westport to mark Christian Unity Week, with a time of prayer, friendship, fellowship and a nice cup of tea (or coffee)!  Jointly organised by St Mary's and Holy Trinity Westport.  Go on, go on, go on! Credit to Fr John Kenny for video editing.  https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Kurq4CCPK/?mibextid=wwXIfr

  The Mid-week Service of Holy Communion will take place again this week, on Wednesday 8 January, at 10.30am in Holy Trinity Church, Westport, followed by coffee in Cornrue Bakery (if open) from 11.15am. Everyone is welcome.  "The Holy Communion"  illuminated title from the  1845 illustrated   Book of Common Prayer . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist

  Chalking of the Door Epiphany 2024,  at Holy Trinity Church, Westport T here is a wonderful and very old Christian tradition, in which we ask for God’s blessing on our churches and homes by marking the doorpost or lintel with chalk which has been blessed for that purpose.  We plan to carry out this simple ceremony  in those of our churches in the Aughaval Group which have services this Epiphany weekend (- service times below).  The doors are chalked with the initials of the legendary names of the three Magi , or Wisemen - Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar – and the numerals of the New Year, connected with a series of crosses, the plus sign in Mathematics.  The initials C, M, and B remind us of the magi who searched for Jesus, the newborn king.  The letters also stand for the prayer-request in Latin:              Christus Mansionem Benedicat : “May Christ bless this house.”    This ye...

Christmas Services of Holy Communion (The Eucharist)  in the Aughaval Parishes: - Sunday 22 December, 3pm in St Thomas’s Dugort, Achill - Christmas Eve, 24 December, 7pm in Turlough -  Christmas Eve, 24 December,  ‘Midnight Christmas Communion’, 11pm in Holy Trinity, Westport - Christmas Day, 25 December, 9.30am in Christ Church, Castlebar and 11am in Holy Trinity Westport All are welcome to come and celebrate the Nativity and God's great gift to us all.

Wed 18 Dec, 10.30am, Midweek Holy Communion in HTW, followed by coffee in Cornrue Bakery (beyond Lidl). All welcome. Advent Prayer and Bible Study: Wed 18 Dec, 7.30pm in the Rectory, Westport, with online option, link below. (You most likely will not need to use the Meeting ID and Passcode, if you have a Zoom account.) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82781900766?pwd=b2YEVeJHqhnprNxoLHjd5sqg492wbn.1 Meeting ID: 827 8190 0766 Passcode: 747477 Sat 21 Dec, 7pm, Turlough, Holy Communion Sun 22 Dec, 10am, Castlebar Morning Prayer Sun 22 Dec, 11.30am in HTW: All-age Crib Service. Children (and adults!) are invited to come in simple Nativity costume, or items may be borrowed from the dressing-up box in the church. Sun 22 Dec, 3pm in St Thomas's Dugort – as below Sun 22 Dec, 5pm, St Mary's Westport Carol Service. We are warmly invited. Sun 22 Dec, 5pm and 8pm, Chapel Street Gospel Choir Concerts, in Christ Church Castlebar. Info., Ros Potter, Turlough. Christmas Communion: Sunday 22 Dec, 3pm ...

Holy Trinity Westport, ready for the All-age Crib Service, on Sunday 22nd December at 11.30am. Children (and adults!) are invited to come in simple Nativity costume (- dressinggown, tea towel, etc.). Followed by tea/coffee and baked goods. All welcome!

Unfortunately sea conditions on Saturday 31st November meant that the planned Carol Service ('Almost Advent Carol Service') at the church could not take place. Inishbiggle island, photo by Cloudcam  Tina Gibbs  Some of the money raised for the church earlier in the year [May 2024] by the Christy O'Henry musical evening has been used to buy the materials to renovate the pews & other furniture. The work itself was done by volunteers at no cost. One of those volunteers was our own Eamonn Barclay who generously provided guidance about the assessment of fire risks & suggested the appropriate fire extinguishers which are now in place. He also took part in an audio test so the best place for positioning an audio speaker could be found. ***