Cruinniú Chríost plans in place

Final preparations are in progress for a community celebration in Kilcullen of the Corpus Christi feast day by a Cruinniú Chríost gathering.

The event will take place on the afternoon of Sunday 25 May and will include a mass celebrated by Bishop Eamonn Walsh. It is being organised by the Parish Leadership Team.

The gathering point will be the town square, at 2pm, and from there a procession of participants will make their way to Scoil Bhride for the mass. This will be followed by a picnic in the school grounds, for which each person is asked to bring their own light refreshments. There will also be entertainment by local musicians.

"People gathering and meeting new neighbours and doing something together with other families is what the day is all about," says Fr Michael Murphy, parish priest of Kilcullen.

Fr Murphy suggests that because of 'traffic issues', people might walk from their home to the square assembly point. And if coming as a group, he asks that they might consider having a banner.

He wants all intending to participate to encourage their neighbours to take part and make the event a 'happy memory for the people of Kilcullen'.

A rainy day 'Plan B' is in place; in such an eventuality, the mass and picnic will take pleace in the Community Centre at the rear of Scoil Bhride.

Brian Byrne.