Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notices and additional information. John Browne and Susan Fry, Christ Church Castelbar,  preparing for the St Brigid's Cross-making morning last year Today's gospel      Mark 1:40-45 A leper  came to him [Jesus] begging him, and kneeling  he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity,  Jesus  stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately the leprosy  left him, and he was made clean. After sternly warning him he sent him away at once, saying to him, ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’ But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus  could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter. Christ Healing an ...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and resources, plus notices. Please note that today's (midweek, 10.30am) Service of Holy Communion is in St Mary's Church, Westport, followed by coffee in Cornrue. Next Sunday's Westport service (18 Jan), for the Holy Trinity congregation and visitors, will also be in  St Mary's, at 12 noon.   There will be a special (ecumenical) service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and to c elebrate the return to Holy Trinity Westport ('HTW'), on Friday 23 Jan at 7.30pm in HTW. Followed by tea and refreshments in Carrowbeg House, South Mall. Please see below. You're welcome! Online prayer and Bible reading - this evening, Wed, 8-8.30pm. Link below. Today's gospel      Mark 1: 29-39 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand ...

  In memoriam It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of Caroline Fitzgerald (Dr Caroline Anne Fitzgerald), faithful and committed Westport parishioner, former Parish Reader, and a kind and generous friend to many.  May she rest in peace and rise in glory + Our prayers and sympathy are with all Caroline's family: in particular,  her husband Rob, son Cullan, sister Pen, sister-in-law Joan, Caroline's cousin Mary, and her nephews and grand-nieces.  Funeral arrangements are below, as published on RIP.ie. Caroline Fitzgerald Rosmoney, Carrowholly, Westport, Co. Mayo   Caroline, died peacefully at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, on Sunday 11th January, 2026, after a short illness, with her family and friends by her side.   She will be sadly missed by all her loving family, her husband Rob, son Cullan, sister Pen, sister-in-law Joan, her cousin Mary, nephews, grand-nieces, neighbours and wide circle of friends.   Reposing in Navin's F...

  Today's gospel      Mark 1:21-28 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he [Jesus] entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.    Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.’    But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!’ And the unclean spirit, throwing him into convulsions and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, ‘What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He  commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.’    At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.   Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar...