Promoters and friends of the Sacred Heart Messenger meet

Over 120 readers, promoters and friends of the Sacred Heart Messenger magazine from all over Ireland gathered at Mount St Anne’s, Killenard Co. Laois on Saturday 18 June for the annual ‘Messenger Day of Joy’. The day long event was a wonderful success as all present joyfully mingled and shared conversations with guest speakers, staff members and contributors to the magazine. Bishop Denis Nulty (picture) and Fr Peter McVerry SJ were the keynote speakers on the day, delivering talks on ‘the Joy of the Gospel’ and ‘the God of Compassion’ respectively, while a variety of workshops addressing different aspects of faith were also part of the programme. Sr Mary Threadgold spoke about the issues that are encountered in later life, and strategies for coping with them; Eileen Kane gave an illustrated presentation on ‘The Arena Chapel Padua’; Fr Paddy Byrne spoke about ‘Faith and the Young’; while Fr Paddy Carberry SJ and Fr Donal Neary SJ led guided prayer sessions in the Chapel and prayer garden of the retreat centre.

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