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THE people of Sixmilebridge and Kilmurry are being encouraged to attend the parish mission which will get underway on Sunday.
The six-day programme will spring into action on Sunday evening and will continue through until Friday. A number of events for young and old people will be part of the programme throughout the week.
According to the organisers, the event is about welcome, renewal and
community in Sixmilebridge and aims to involve everybody. A group of 50 people gathered last week and they were divided into groups, where they travelled to homes in the par- ish and encouraged people to attend some of the events throughout the ete
Organiser David Deighan said there have been huge changes in the parish in recent years and this will be reflected during the mission.
“So many new people have come to live in the parish, while others
have lived in the parish all their lives, or come here over the years. It is all about bonding together, in an annual event. We have a new par- ish priest – Fr Harry Bohan – and the church has been redeveloped in re- cent years. A lot of things have hap- pened,” he said.
The mission will be led by Fr Tony Flannery and teacher Ann O’Toole. Fr Flannery is a Redemptorist priest who is well known for his human- ity and is a man gifted in connect- ing Christian values to real life. Ms
O’Toole is a young person who has taken time away from the classroom to participate in the mission work.
“The Mission guarantees at least a welcome to all to come. Every per- son in the parish is invited to take a little time out and come a along,’ said Mr Deighan.
“Hopefully we will have a full church every night,” he added.
The mission will start on Sunday evening with an opening celebration and welcome. Christ the Healer is the title of Monday’s event, while the
Rite of Reconciliation will take place on Tuesday evening. Young people are being encouraged to attend Youth Night on Wednesday while the par- ish’s deceased will be remembered on Thursday night. There will be a finale and close of mission on Friday night. All of the events will start at 7.30pm, with the final night’s events getting underway at 7pm.
During the Mission Week there will be daily morning Mass in Sixmileb- ridge Church at 7am and 10am and in Kilmurry Church at 8.30am.