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Nearly 300 delegates representing bishops’ conferences from around the world recently met in Rome to participate in the International Youth Ministry Conference.
Bishop Fintan Gavin represented the Irish Bishops’ Conference and was among the delegates from 110 countries.
The event was held in preparation for the 2027 World Youth Day (WYD), which is scheduled to take place in Seoul, South Korea.
Pope Francis also addressed the delegates and spent time with them at the conclusion of the conference.
The congregation was founded in France in 1824 in the years after the French Revolution.
In his homily at the Mass, Bishop Fintan said that while the first sisters arrived to Dublin in 1861, it was in Cork that the congregation really thrived, and a large religious community and hospital grew.
For over 200 years, women from France, and later from Ireland and the United States, and in more recent times from Peru and The Congo have dedicated their lives as Sisters of Bon Secours because they have been inspired to share the promise of blessedness made by Jesus in the Beatitudes with those who are most in need of hope, light, comfort and love.
“A bicentenary celebration such as today’s, is a fitting occasion to pay tribute to the countless Sisters of Bon Secours who have left everything and selflessly answered that call of Christ to bring his healing and his compassion into the lives of those who needed it most,” Bishop Fintan said.
He was warmly welcomed by the pupils, staff, school principal Ms Aisling Power, Board of Management Chairperson Mr Harold Brooks , Fr Alan O’ Leary Co-PP and parent representatives.
He joined in a beautiful prayer assembly where pupils sang wonderfully. He then answered pupil questions in a Q&A session in which pupils enquired about many things and Bishop Fintan shared stories of his life and work.
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Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin carried the Blessed Sacrament in the Procession from the North Cathedral to St Patrick’s Steet to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi.
All ages were represented in the crowds along the route and at Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church where Bishop Gavin preached the homily and imparted Benediction.
Families and individuals from Brazilian, Polish, Indian and Ukrainian communities also participated in the event alongside the Butter Exchange Band and a choir drawn from church choirs across the city.
He was warmly received in both schools where he met pupils in 2nd – 6th Classes as part of a Prayer Assembly in the school hall followed by an opportunity to answer pupil questions. He then moved around the school to meet junior classes and special classes in their classrooms. He also had the opportunity to meet staff members socially for refreshments in the school staff rooms.
In the course of his pastoral visit he also met Board of Management members and Parents Association representatives in both schools.
Bishop Fintan looks forward to visiting more primary school communities before the summer and in the autumn.
There are 175 primary schools in the Diocese of Cork and Ross in the patronage of the Bishop.
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