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Festival Day of Saint Oliver 2008

Saint Oliver Plunkett

The Festival Day of St Oliver Plunkett is celebrated in St Peter's Church, Drogheda on Sunday 6 July.

This year there will be an added dimension to the occasion as the Concelebrated Mass will commemorate the death of Fr Declan Collins SDB, a native of Termonfechin,  who was murdered at the All Saints Parish Centre in Ennerdale, South Africa in November 2002.
The Mass will honour St Oliver Plunkett and will also acknowledge those who, like Fr Declan, continue to serve the Gospel even to the point of death.

The Festival Mass in St Peter’s Church will be attended by the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Guiseppe Leanza as well as members of the Salesian Order and priests of our own diocese led by Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh.

All are welcome to attend and participate in the celebration in the Memorial Church of Saint Oliver Plunkett.

On the day of the procession, the Relics of St Oliver Plunkett will leave Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 3pm to arrive for Mass in St Peter’s Church at 4pm.


Execution of St Oliver
(Synod Hall, Armagh)
 


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