Pilgrims walked from five parishes to Carrick-on-Suir for Jubilee Year liturgy service

Pilgrims from five south Carrick-on-Suir parishes took part in Jubilee Walks of Hope from their communities to St Nicholas Church in Carrick-on-Suir town centre on Sunday, August 17 where they attended a prayer service celebrated by the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

The walks for parishioners of the parishes of Carrick-on-Suir & Faugheen, Carrickbeg & Windgap, Grangemockler & Ballyneale, Kilsheelan & Kilcash and Clonea & Rathgormack were organised to celebrate the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year.

The pilgrims departed from their parishes early in the afternoon and gathered at St Nicholas Church at 4pm for the special liturgy celebrated by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan.

Refreshments were served after the prayer service in the Carraig Hotel for the walkers, volunteers who helped with organising the walks and local clergy.

The refreshments included a cake marking Bishop Cullinan’s 10th year as Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

Pilgrims from Carrickbeg & Windgap Parish and Clonea/Rathgormack Parish meet up at St Molleran's Church in Carrickbeg during the Jubilee Walk of Hope to Carrick-on-Suir's St Nicholas Church. Picture Anne Marie Magorrian

Willie Stuart and Gay Brazel from the Suir Valley Choir and Bishop of Waterford & Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan in St. Nicholas Church after the Jubilee Walk of Hope and Liturgy Service. The choir sang at the service

Check out more photos from the Jubilee Walk of Hope in this week's edition of The Nationalist now on sale in local shops 

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