Msgr Moroney's Blog: A Celtic Pilgrimage at Clonmacnoise

27 February 2014

A Celtic Pilgrimage at Clonmacnoise

I'm leading a Celtic pilgrimage this week with a group of devoted pilgrims from the Theological Institute. Yesterday we were honored to celebrate Mass at a Clonmacnoise, the site of an ancient monastery established in the sixth century by Saint Cieràn. Please keep our noble pilgrims in your prayers as today we head to the great Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Knock.

Our noble tribe of dedicated pilgrims.

Aldona came prepared for the cold winds that blow across the Emerald Isle.

The beauty of the monastic site was exceeded only by the beauty of the faith of our pilgrims!

This modern statue is entitled "pilgrim" and after a dozen jet lagged hours, Michael could relate!

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.