Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and some photos from recent events.  Wed, 10.30 in HTW - Midweek Holy Communion, followed by coffee in the Clew Bay Hotel, James Street, Westport. All welcome. Wed at 8pm , Online Prayer and Bible Reading, via Zoom. Link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83306729968?pwd=mVKnDXWs7Npn3aCnRPykJbJK7THANM.1 * Please note that Midweek services (Wed morning in HTW and Wed evening online) will stop during July and August and resume in September. The Nativity of John the Baptist  by Jacopo   Pontormo, 1526  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel      Luke 1: 57-66, 80 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, ‘No...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, plus notes, notices, and expressions of gratitude. St Thomas's Dugort, Achill 21 June 2026 Today's Gospel       Matthew 7:6,12-14 [Jesus said]    ‘Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you. ‘In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. ‘Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.   Sacred Space A helpful prayer guide and some sound advice can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-06-23/ Christian Art https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/matthew-7-6-12-14-2026/ A song for today https://youtu.be/ib_GSMFLlRQ?si=SlqDPjwwE0gV772Z Notices and notes Request for vo...