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Holy Year Cross Mass - August 2, 2004 |
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| The Annual celebration of Mass at the Holy
Year Cross once again proved to be a most
meaningful and joyous occasion. More than 250 people undertook the
climb to the summit. Visitors from as far away as Australia and America
took part in this very spiritual and joyous celebration. As usual the
weather played a large part in planning the
occasion and the organisers made a wise decision to postpone it from
Sunday to the Bank Holiday Monday - on that morning the congregation was
blessed with glorious sunshine. The Mass was offered for the repose of
the soul of Bartley Dennehy, R.I.P. who is sadly
remembered by his family and all the people of Bere Island. His friends
did the Readings and the Prayers of the Faithful. His
little sister, Margaret, read her own moving
prayer for him. In his sermon Fr. Joe Harrington spoke on the
theme of "love". He remembered asking a
group of students once "What is love?". The answer which
impresssed him most was "Love is making
sacrifices for others". He encouraged all the
congregation to love and care for one another in this small island
community. The Cross had been newly painted for
the occasion and decorated with red and white
flags. A big Thank You to all the volunteers who participated in
this work - especially Barry, John
Joe, Kay and Oliver. A special Thank You to Fr.
Joe Harrington for celebrating this Mass. He
promised to be back next year, and indeed all those present hopedthey
would be too.
Kitty Rooney & Maeve Priebs-Harrington
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