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Golden Jubilee for
Moville chapel
21.11.08
Special 50th booklet
produced
by Simon McGeady, Inishowen
Independent
SUNDAY be a momentous day in the history of Moville
Parish and the Derry Diocese when the Golden Jubilee
of St Pius X Chapel is celebrated.
On this date, November 23, 2008, the Feast of Christ
the King in the Liturgical Calendar, Bishop Francis
Lagan will join local priests Fr Patrick O’Kane and
Fr Patrick McGoldrick to celebrate mass in St Pius X
at 12noon.
A special commemorative 52-page booklet entitled St
Pius X: A Golden Jubilee Celebration has been
produced to mark the occasion and is now on sale in
Moville. |
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The booklet,
painstakingly put together over the last five
months, contains scores of old pictures relating to
the construction of St Pius X; feature articles
about the people who raised money both home and
abroad was well as those who built the Chapel in the
mid 1950s; excerpts from news reports of the day and
lists of both the people involved in the |
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construction and all
the clergy who served the Moville parish in both St
Pius X and its predecessor, the Convent Chapel.
Landmark events in the construction of the Chapel,
including ground-breaking, the laying of the
foundation stone in 1956 and the inauguration of St
Pius X two years later are also covered.
History buffs will no doubt be interested in
pictures and trivia relating to 1950 Moville.
In addition to the anniversary mass and the booklet,
a number of other functions and events will be
taking place to mark fifty years since the
inauguration of the Moville Chapel in 1958.
A parish social will take place in St Eugene’s Hall
on the 30th of November. There will also be a
special mass for children and an art competition
involving all schools in the parish, the theme being
‘our church.’ |
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