SEVEN singing priests from the Diocese of Limerick are about to serve up a special celebration, with a Christmas CD and a concert later this month.The seven priests, including diocesan administrator, Fr Tony Mullins, have collaborated with five young lay musicians and narrator Fr Frank O’Connor on both the CD project and a special performance that will bring it to life at St John’s Cathedral on Friday, December 16.
Both the CD and concert will chart in word and song the journey of Christmas, right from the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to the son of God through to the visit of the Wise Men.
"Christmas is the ultimate season of hope. It’s a time when we really can believe that all things are possible. Hope is the essential message of the birth of Christ and we need that sense of hope now more than ever," said Fr Terry Loughran one of the organisers.
"The idea for this celebration of hope was borne out of our own challenges as a clergy and our resultant need of hope. We have been affected here in the Limerick Diocese as much as any other over recent years by various revelations and fall-outs from them but there is no where we need to look to for hope in the darkest hours than in the birth of Christ.
Among the songs on the CD include perennials such as Silent Night, When a Child is Born, Adeste Fideles, as well as some new material.
Proceeds from both the CD sales and the concert will go towards the Limerick Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Both the CD and concert will chart in word and song the journey of Christmas, right from the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to the son of God through to the visit of the Wise Men.
"Christmas is the ultimate season of hope. It’s a time when we really can believe that all things are possible. Hope is the essential message of the birth of Christ and we need that sense of hope now more than ever," said Fr Terry Loughran one of the organisers.
"The idea for this celebration of hope was borne out of our own challenges as a clergy and our resultant need of hope. We have been affected here in the Limerick Diocese as much as any other over recent years by various revelations and fall-outs from them but there is no where we need to look to for hope in the darkest hours than in the birth of Christ.
Among the songs on the CD include perennials such as Silent Night, When a Child is Born, Adeste Fideles, as well as some new material.
Proceeds from both the CD sales and the concert will go towards the Limerick Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
The CD, complete with 17 tracks and some narration, will be available to purchase for €15 at Abbey Book Store or St John’s Cathedral.
Tickets for the concert are now on sale at the Limerick Pastoral Centre, St Michael’s Courtyard, Denmark Street and St John’s Cathedral.
Tickets for the concert are now on sale at the Limerick Pastoral Centre, St Michael’s Courtyard, Denmark Street and St John’s Cathedral.