Each Sunday since the late 1980s the Mass has been celebrated in St Catherine's chapel. It was an informal-style Mass, generally managed by local people in the parish.
Over the years it built up its own particular liturgical 'style'. Local people were extremely loyal and the Mass 'worked'. People and priest prayed together. Never any opportunity for 'liturgical lapdancing' at this prayerful Mass.
Without any consultation with the people in the parish it has been decided to stop the Mass.
The institutional hierarchical church in Ireland occasionally expresses a 'sadness' at why people speak with their feet.
One word for it - arrogance.
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