A group of young people received a special blessing with chrism oil acknowledging their commitment to their Confirmation promises in becoming involved in parish ministry groups. Pictured are AJ Bolger, Callum Berry, Ciara Dunne, Clodagh Ryan, Cormac Kehoe, Craig Bolger, Ella McCartney, Hannah Dagg, Hanora O’Driscoll, Lexi du Plessis, Matthew Onikoyi, Nicole Mullins, Poppy Hayden and Ricky Matthews. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty praised the parish of Graiguecullen-Killeshin, Co. Carlow, for promoting a “preferential option for youth ministry” at the parish’s youth Mass. “The parish of Graiguecullen-Killeshin does youth ministry well,” Bishop Nulty said in his homily in St Clare’s Church, Graiguecullen. “I realise this is very much stating the obvious!…
Ruadhán Jones