Chai Brady
Fr Austin McGirr and Fr Raymond
McCullagh concelebrating Mass A unique Sunday Vigil Mass was celebrated at Eoghan Rua GAA grounds in Portsteward, Co. Derry with about a 100-person strong congregation.
It took place in mid-August on the club pitch. Attendees included Matthew who recently received his First Holy Communion and several parishioners who had been cocooning from the coronavirus who were attending Mass for the first time in five months.
Fr Austin McGirr PP remembered Hugh McWilliams, Derry GAA sponsor and supporter, and Michael McQuillan a former club member who died recently, as well as the victims of the Omagh bomb on the 22nd anniversary of the atrocity.
He also thanked the Eoghan Rua club and all the volunteers who made the event possible, describing it as a wonderful example of partnership in the parish in these difficult times.