KILLARNEY teenager Ian O’Connell, whose positive attitude to life in the face of great adversity has been acknowledged at a local and national level, will be the guest speaker at special devotions to Padre Pio in Castleisland this Tuesday night.
He will give witness at the shrine to St Pio in the Church of Saints Stephen and John where the third of the monthly Tuesday night devotions will commence at 7.30pm.
The Church was packed to capacity for the previous two nights of devotion in January and February.
Picture: John Reidy
Ian’s talk with be on the theme of hope in the face of personal tragedy.
The witness on February 4 was given by Fr Kevin McNamara, Parish Priest in Moyvane and formerly based in Killarney, and he asked the huge congregation to carry the sense of community and togetherness out into their private lives rather than simply wearing it on occasions like the devotions.
A first class relic from Padre Pio’s bandages will be available for blessings after the Mass.
An integral part of the ceremony on these nights is the bringing to the altar of the intentions box and the consideration and inclusion of those intentions in the celebration of the Mass.
Castleisland Parish Priest, Fr Mossie Brick, assures those whose petitions are included in the box that they all remain private and are destroyed immediately after leaving the altar.
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