Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes The organisers of an open-air Mass set for the feast of Corpus Christi have decided to call the event off after the Government announced a speedier than expected return to public Masses.
Marian Pilgrimages – who have been offering virtual pilgrim experiences since the lockdown began – had planned the event for Leopardstown Racecourse on Sunday, June 14. Mass-goers were to remain in their cars and the event was to be streamed on a large screen.
However, following the Government’s announcement on Friday and the bishops’ publishing of new guidelines it was decided to call it off.
Niall Glynn of Marian Pilgrimages told The Irish Catholic he was “delighted that public Masses will be returning sooner than expected.
“We had planned the event because we knew how much people were longing to get back to Mass – now that is happening sooner than anyone expected, so we have decided not to go ahead with the open-air Mass,” he said.