Mags Gargan
Christmas Retreat The Diocese of Ossory has launched a Confirmation Retreat Programme which is led by teenagers as instructors and guides to the Confirmation children.
Named ORC (Ossory retreat programme for Confirmation) the new programme is based at St Mary’s Cathedral Campus, Kilkenny and is being co-ordinated by Fr Brian Griffin, a newly-ordained priest, along with at least three adult team leaders and six or more youth leaders. If his diary permits, Bishop Seamus Freeman will also meet the children on their arrival at the Cathedral Campus.
The programme is an interactive, catechetical and fun resource for children, which focuses on promoting the Joy of the Gospel.
The ORC mission statement is to witness and demonstrate how God is present and at work in our everyday lives and to highlight the importance of invoking the Holy Spirit through prayer and silence.