THE Festival Day of Saint Oliver Plunkett will be celebrated in Saint Peter’s Church, Drogheda, tomorrow, Sunday 3 July. This year the organisers are pleased to welcome as homilist Father Sean Henry PP Trim, Diocese of Meath.
The 2016 procession, culminating in the celebration of the Festival Mass, will commemorate the 96th anniversary of the beatification of Saint Oliver Plunkett by Pope Benedict XV on 23 May 1920, as well as the 41st anniversary of his canonisation as a martyr by Blessed Pope Paul VI on 12 October 1975.
One of the features of the Festival Day on Sunday will be the colourful ‘Procession of the Relics’ of Saint Oliver Plunkett. Starting at 3.00pm at the Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove, pilgrims will process to Saint Peter’s Church (The Memorial Church of Saint Oliver), Drogheda, where the Festival Mass will be celebrated at 4.00pm by Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh (pictured).
Pilgrims will have the opportunity to enter through the Holy Door of Mercy of Saint Peter’s, which is a designated Jubilee Church during this Holy Year of Mercy. Music will be provided by Saint Peter’s Male Voice Choir directed by Mr Edward Holly.
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