Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. Today      We welcome Glenn and  José to Holy Trinity Church, Westport, who come for A Blessing of their  Marriage.  Today's Gospel      Matthew 20:1-16 [Jesus said]  “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.  When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.  When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also ...

  Summer (2026) and recent maintenance works  in the Aughal Parishes, and particularly in the Westport-Dugort Union ‘ The whole creation groans ’  (Romans chapter 8)  and  ‘ Things Fall Apart ’   ( Chinua Achebe)   This summer, 2026, has seen progress in minor but important and overdue works, of an aesthetic and maintenance nature in the Aughaval Group of Parishes. In  Holy Trinity Westport  these included the repainting of the messy South wall of the nave, repair of a broken toilet window, and the refurbishing of the exterior of external doors, along with downpipes and several smaller rusting items – all for the sake of preservation and conservation. There are other outstanding larger projects to be undertaken and items to be attended to, subject to parish funds and fundraising, grant applications and the sponsorships we need and for which we hope. (Please contact us if you can help: aughaval@tuam.anglican.org.)   In  St Thomas’s D...