Staff reporter
A social media campaign by the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin asking for suggestions for the 2017 parish Christmas gift has been an “outstanding success”.
Bishop Denis Nulty, who made the appeal in a video, told The Irish Catholic it was the first time the diocese had tried “this way of engaging with people within a very small time window”.
“We launched the campaign last Wednesday and it concluded on Monday,” he said. “People were invited after viewing a short video on the ‘Reach Out’ story in Kildare & Leighlin that began in 2004, to suggest suitable and cost effective gifts for the 2017 initiative.”
The bishop said the campaign was an “outstanding success” with the video viewed by over 12,000 people in just five days and many suggestions submitted.
The campaign emphasised that the gift should have a ‘family flavour’ in line with the upcoming WMOF in Dublin in August 2018. Amongst the early favourites are a fridge magnet of the Holy Family, a candle, a key ring, a trolley coin and a Rosary Ring.
Once all the suggestions have been analysed, a public vote will make the final decision.