Amici & Amicae,
The Tóchar Pádraig will take place on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July. It will commence with Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form on Saturday 18 July at 11am in Ballintubber Abbey, Co Mayo. The celebrant will be Father John Loftus, CC, Belmullet, Co Mayo who is the chaplain to the Connaught Provincial Chapter of the LMSI.
Ballintubber Abbey was founded by Cathal Crovderg O'Connor, King of Connaught in 1220 as a monastery of the Canons Regular of St Augustine. It was taken over by the Augustinian Friars in the 16th century who occupied it, after the monastic suppressions, until they were driven out by the Cromwellians in the mid-17th Century. In spite of the penal laws, Mass continued to be celebrated in the ruins of the abbey right through the persecution and afterwards. In the 1960s, the Abbey was re-roofed and became a functioning church of the Tuam Archdiocese. It is the only Catholic church in Ireland with an unbroken tradition of the Mass from its foundation in 1220. The extraordinary form was re-introduced in Ballintubber Abbey in 1998 and when the LMSI was founded the following year, it has seen to it that this practice has been continued.
The Tóchar Pádraig pilgrimage will begin with the Mass in Ballintubber Abbey. The walkers will follow a longer mediaeval pilgrimage route which is currently undergoing restoration. The pilgrims will walk 11 miles (c. 18 km) to Aughagower over Saturday afternoon and overnight in Aughagower. The following morning, the pilgrimage will walk a further 11 miles (18 km) to the foot of Croagh Patrick, to ascend and descend the 2510 foot (765 m) peak. St Patrick fasted 40 days and 40 nights here in preparation for his apostolic mission to Ireland which resulted in the country's conversion without a drop of blood being shed. Following the descent, the pilgrims will return to Aughagower for Mass (EF) in St Patrick's Church, Aughagower.
I would like any potential pilgrim to let me know as soon as possible if they will be there. For those who can't come, even to attend the Masses or walk some of the way with us, I would ask you to join us in your prayers over those days and participate in the pilgrimage spiritually. The road becomes easier through the prayers of those not phyisically with us.
In Domino & Domina & Patricio Apostolo Hiberniae,
Peadar Laighléis,
President,
Latin Mass Society of Ireland,
www.latinmassireland.org
Ballintubber Abbey was founded by Cathal Crovderg O'Connor, King of Connaught in 1220 as a monastery of the Canons Regular of St Augustine. It was taken over by the Augustinian Friars in the 16th century who occupied it, after the monastic suppressions, until they were driven out by the Cromwellians in the mid-17th Century. In spite of the penal laws, Mass continued to be celebrated in the ruins of the abbey right through the persecution and afterwards. In the 1960s, the Abbey was re-roofed and became a functioning church of the Tuam Archdiocese. It is the only Catholic church in Ireland with an unbroken tradition of the Mass from its foundation in 1220. The extraordinary form was re-introduced in Ballintubber Abbey in 1998 and when the LMSI was founded the following year, it has seen to it that this practice has been continued.
The Tóchar Pádraig pilgrimage will begin with the Mass in Ballintubber Abbey. The walkers will follow a longer mediaeval pilgrimage route which is currently undergoing restoration. The pilgrims will walk 11 miles (c. 18 km) to Aughagower over Saturday afternoon and overnight in Aughagower. The following morning, the pilgrimage will walk a further 11 miles (18 km) to the foot of Croagh Patrick, to ascend and descend the 2510 foot (765 m) peak. St Patrick fasted 40 days and 40 nights here in preparation for his apostolic mission to Ireland which resulted in the country's conversion without a drop of blood being shed. Following the descent, the pilgrims will return to Aughagower for Mass (EF) in St Patrick's Church, Aughagower.
I would like any potential pilgrim to let me know as soon as possible if they will be there. For those who can't come, even to attend the Masses or walk some of the way with us, I would ask you to join us in your prayers over those days and participate in the pilgrimage spiritually. The road becomes easier through the prayers of those not phyisically with us.
In Domino & Domina & Patricio Apostolo Hiberniae,
Peadar Laighléis,
President,
Latin Mass Society of Ireland,
www.latinmassireland.org
