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The International Eucharistic Congress
Day 5 - Thursday 14th June 2012
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Yet another rainy day in Dublin: but the authorities of the IEC thoughtfully distributed simple plasti rain
pon ho. l() everyone.
Today' theme wa the poignant one of "Re on iliation in our om m union~ The hi tory of Ireland i littered
with suffering, famine and violence, not to mention child abuse; yet the people remain joyful and hospitable.
As the week has gone on, numbers at the IEC have increased. U1i was reaUy noti eable this moming. When
we arrived at the RD , the ite wa full of hoot children, all in uniform. Number of people attendi ng Lhe
Congress have in reased every day.
l11e speakers at th1: IEC today were
well chosen: Archbi hop Michael
eary, Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
gave the Meditation al Morning
Prayer; His Eminen e Peter Cardinal
Turkson spoke at the Liturgy of
Re onciliation while Hi E.minen e
ean Cardinal Brady, Ar hbishop of
Armagh, Primate of All Ireland was
the Prin ipal elebrant at Ma .
H also gave the Homily whi ·h
re ·eived prolonged and warm
applause. He dealt with re onciliation
in its rawness. He talked of failure and
o( renewal. ft was a powerful Jomily
in which he reminded us that Our
Lord • car ·he, for u when we "tray
or fail. He did apologize for the terrible hild abuse in Ireland and fo r Lhe
inadeqttate response of the Chur h authoritie . It was a brave and powerful
Homily. bul humble in ontcnt and delivery. It amc as dose as po. iblc to
the Conferen e theme today. Large numbers of people attended fa today.
both the large Grand. land, al the RD arena were full.
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Nevertheless the highlight of today at the IE wa Richard Moore (left)
Founder of Children in Crossfire. In 1972 Richard wa a lOyear old boy
living