International
Eucharistic Congress
This
year’s International Eucharistic Congress
will be held in Dublin from 10th –17th
June, the first time the event has been held
in this country since 1932. Melmount Parish
was one of parishes in the Derry Diocese to
welcome the Congress Bell when it was brought
here on Easter Monday 2011 to give parishes
notice that the Congress was drawing near.
The
high point of the many Masses, liturgies and
events of the Congress will be the final Mass
which will be celebrated in Croke Park on
Sunday, 17th June.
Admission
to the Mass is by ticket only and the tickets
are now available. There are only 1600 for
all of the Diocese of Derry.
Application
forms for tickets are available from the Parish
Office and should be completed and returned
to the Derry Diocesan IEC Office, 55 St. Patrick’s
Street, Draperstown, Magherafelt, Co. Derry,
BT45 7AJ. Please include £10 with your
application form. Cheques should be made payable
to Fr Seamus Kelly. In the event that you
are not successful with your application your
money will be refunded.
Fr
Michael McCaughey in Derry has agreed to organise
buses for those who prefer that means of transport
and will give more details later. Details
of places and times of departure as well as
cost, including refreshments will be made
available at a later time. Please mark on
the form your interest in travelling by bus.
Preparing
for International Congress:
Fr. Kelly and Colette Furlong will speak in
the Thornhill Centre on Saturday 26 February
from 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Light refreshments
will be served. Cost £5.00 per person.
To book telephone 79628248 or email derrydioceseies@btinternet.com.
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