Aughaval Group of Parishes

    Please scroll down for today's readings, notes and notices, and expressions of gratitude. Thank you. Today, Sunday 14 June:   10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer 3pm, Confirmation in HTW. The Rt Revd Michael Burrows will confirm, preach and preside at the Eucharist. Followed by tea. (No 11.30am service today.) 3pm, St Thomas's, Achill, Holy Communion Christ heals an obsessionist Jean-Guillaume Carlier,   ca.1660 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons     The Gospel           Matthew 9: 35 - 10: 8 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; theref...

  Please scroll down for today's readings, notes and notices, and expressions of gratitude. Thank you. This weekend:   Today, Sat, 3pm, Goethe Choir concert in HTW, 'An Elegy of Two Queens'' Sat, 7pm, Turlough Church, The Service of Holy Communion Sun, 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer Sun, Confirmation, 3pm in HTW. The Rt Revd Michael Burrows will confirm, preach and preside at the Eucharist. Followed by tea. Sun, 3pm, St Thomas's, Achill, Holy Communion Wolf sneaking up to the sheepfold from  Aberdeen Bestiary* 12th century Author unknown https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolf_sneak.jpg * A bestiary is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson. Today's Gospel       Luke 10:1-9 After this the Lord appointed seventy ...