Chruinniu for next year?

The organisers of the recent Chruinniu Chriost parish gathering in Kilcullen say they are very happy with the way the event turned out.

"Already, people are asking us if we will be repeating it next year," says Howard Berney of Kilcullen Pastoral Council. "It was as much a community event as it was a religious event. That was our focus, that it would be a community celebration."

The gathering involved groups of parishioners walking from various points on the outskirts of town to a central staging area in the town square. In each case the groups were led by a piper from the Narraghmore Pipe Band and a cross symbolising the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Many community organisations also joined in the gathering.

The mass was celebrated by Bishop Eamonn Walsh.

Brian Byrne.