Aughaval Group of Parishes

   Please scroll down for today's gospel plus notices and general information.  Fresh paint and a window repair at Christchurch Castlebar,  a great place to pray with others! Services this weekend in the Parishes: Sat at 7pm, Turlough, Evening Prayer Sun at 10am, Christchurch Castlebar, Holy Communion/ The Eucharist Sun at 11.30am,  Holy Communion/  The Eucharist, Holy Trinity Westport, followed by tea/coffee You're welcome! Parable of the Persistent Widow,  by Братья Белоусовы (Палех), 1881  Public domain,  via  Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel     Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus   told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.   He said,  ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people.   In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, “Grant me justice against my opponent.”   For a while he refused; but later he said to himse...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus notices and general information.  Services this weekend in the Parishes: Sat at 7pm, Turlough, Evening Prayer Sun at 10am, Christchurch Castlebar, Holy Communion/ The Eucharist Sun at 11.30am,  Holy Communion/  The Eucharist, Holy Trinity Westport, followed by tea/coffee You're welcome! Crucifixion Statue,  at St. Mark's (Glendale, California), 2008 Creative Commons Attribution, via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17960759   Today's Gospel     Luke 17:26-37 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it ...

  We're making progress, by God's grace and with God's help!  Progress, thanks, and encouragement Holy Trinity Westport, St Thomas's Dugort, Holy Trinity city Inishbiggle, plus the closed but still consecrated St Thomas's Church, Knappagh The Office Bearers and Select Vestry of the Westport-Dugort Union of Parishes (- Holy Trinity Westport, St Thomas's Dugort, Holy Trinity city Inishbiggle, plus the closed but still consecrated St Thomas's Church, Knappagh) are pleased to report recent and considerable progress in the area of essential maintenance and repairs in the churches, over the last few months. This progress is thanks to a small army of workers and volunteers, and thanks to the regular, ongoing and generous giving by parishioners and visitors towards the upkeep of the churches.  Most recently, in September and October, St Thomas's Dugort churchyard has had a good tidy-up - grass-cutting and strimming - after the spring and summer months of heavy g...