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The International Eucharistic Congress
Day 8 - Sunday 17th June 2012
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I Olh· I 7th
What a week th.is has been. Hund reds of Workshops, Personal Te timonies, Catech eti , Exhibitions and a
daily ung Mas,. E urn en~ al par Li ipan including the Anglican Arch bu hop of D ublin and the Prior of Taize,
plus people from a host of other hri tian bodies, all together fo r a whole week.
The Royal Dublin ociety was the perfe t venue for this Congress. but not large enough for the final Mass
which wa held at Croh Park. It wa a magnifi enl . ight: 80,000 people all . t:ated around the Altar. The tand.
full and till eats needed on the pitch a well. ver 1.000 oncelebraling Ri hop and Prie t were joined by a
congregation of lay men and women. non- oncelebrating priests and matt}' Religious of various rders.
250 coache brought folk to the tvfa.. , and there were even 177 veterans