Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notes and more notices. Candlemas, 2 February, The Presentation of the Lord, 'Candlemas'  Blessing of candles on Candlemas  at Calvary Episcopal Church,   Rochester, Minnesota, 2017 by Jonathunder - Own work, GFDL 1.2,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55800233 Simeon and Anna Recognise the Lord in Jesus Rembrandt, 1627 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's gospel      Luke 2:22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the...

  Today:  St Brigid's cross-making fun workshop  11am - 1pm, in Christ Church Castlebar. Open from 10am.  This is a free all-age event. All welcome. ( Children to be accompanied.)  Please scroll down for notes and more notices. Jesus Calming the Storm Vicente Soler Mundo, 1986,  CC BY-SA 4.0  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4600058 Today's gospel      Mark 4:35-41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a de...

  Please scroll down for notes and notices, plus photos from 23 January. This weekend: St Brigid's cross-making fun workshop Sat 31 January 2026, 11am - 1pm, in Christ Church Castlebar.  This is a free all-age event. All welcome. Children must be accompanied.  Church and Glebe wardens, Christ Church Castlebar: Trevor Ardil, Susie Fry and John Browne Today's gospel      Mark 4:26-34 He [Jesus] also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.” He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the s...