Good feedback on Chruinniú

Organiser of the second Chruinniú Chríost Petra Conroy says she is very pleased with how the second event went off a couple of Sundays ago.

Beginning with the arrival of four crosses from different areas of the parish, the gathering then went in procession to an open air mass at the playing fields of Scoil Bhride NS. The mass was celebrated by Bishop Eamonn Walsh along with the local clergy.

“I was really delighted at the turnout again,” says Petra Conroy. “I had wondered if, in the second one, the novelty factor might be gone and we’d get a much reduced number. But that didn’t happen.”

And Petra has had considerable feedback from those attending that they enjoyed it, and it was a worthwhile occasion, despite the rain that eventually turned the end of the mass into an umbrella event.

With the ‘good vibes’ from this second Chruinniú, she is confident that it will be done again next year, and looks set to become a fixture in the parish calendar.

Petra is also very grateful to all who helped in the organisation of the day, and the local area gatherings which had taken place in the weeks before.

“There were so many, that I’m not going to name them individually, because somebody might be left out. But I know who they are, and I thank them very much.”