Aughaval Group of Parishes

  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...

  Please scroll down for notices and information, including concerning today's services. Christ Healing the Blind Philippe de Champaigne, 1655 Public domain via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19042290 Today's gospel      Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 Now when Jesus  heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people who sat in darkness    have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death    light has dawned.’ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Jesus  went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and p...

An expression of thanks for financial support and generosity,  plus information     G o raibh maith agaibh go léir!   The Select Vestries of each of the Aughaval Parishes (- Westport-Dugort Union, Castlebar, and Turlough) wish,  at the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, to express sincere thanks for all the donations and generosity shown towards the p arishes and their  churches:  Holy Trinity, Westport St Thomas's Dugort, Achill Holy Trinity, Inishbiggle Christ Church, Castlebar Turlough Church You can find information on our charitable status and on giving towards the upkeep of the churches and the furtherance of their mission and purpose, which is to spread and share the love of God, by word and deed, through worship and sacrament, through witness, pastoral care and prayer.  A financial report is presented each year at the Annual Meeting of the General Vestry for each parish. Dates are published typically one month in advance of the meeting...

Please scroll down for notices and information on midweek services.  ‘Poor George’  surveying the last of the outdoor Christmas decorations,  Eve of Epiphany,  at Christ Church Castlebar Today's gospel      Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage."     When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"   Then Herod secretly called f...