The Religious and Consecrated members of the Diocese joined Bishop Deenihan and parishioners for the blessing of candles and sun Vespers in the Cathedral on Sunday. The celebration marks the Day for Consecrated life and the contribution of religious to the Diocese.
Delight at return of Candlemas vespers in Mullingar
The Religious and Consecrated members of the Diocese joined Bishop Deenihan and parishioners for the blessing of candles and sun Vespers in the Cathedral on Sunday. The celebration marks the Day for Consecrated life and the contribution of religious to the Diocese.
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Benedictine monks
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Sisters of the Poor and Benedictine Monks at the ceremony in the Cathedral of Christ the King on Sunday evening.
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During the blessing of the candles at the start of the ceremony: from left, Fr Declan Hurley VG, Fr Joseph Gallagher VG, Rev Barry White, Most Rev Bishop Tom Deenihan, Fr Vincent Daka, Most Rev Bishop Michael Smith and Fr Phi Gaffney, Adm.
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Members of various religious orders as well as the religious of the Meath diocese were present for a special evening of prayer and vespers at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar on Sunday.
Held to mark the feast of Candlemas (which falls on February 2), the ceremony saw candles blessed by Bishop Tom Deenihan, a tradition that commemorates the presentation of Our Lord at the Temple as a firstborn son and the attendance of the Blessed Virgin for purification.
Due to Covid, it was the first time in two years that the diocese was able to hold the ceremony, and poignantly, Bishop Deenihan named those in religious life in the diocese who died in the intervening period.
