When my own children were making their Confirmation over the last thirty years the Parish of Dunderry used join up with the Parish of KIldalkey in order to have enough numbers to populate one Church and make it a memorable day for all involved.
Three Sundays ago 47 children from Dunderry Parish alone were confirmed in Dunderry Church by the Bishop of Meath .Such was the demand for places at the Ceremony that each child was limited to 4 guests and even at that many were disappointed at being unable to gain admittance.
Just goes to show two things .One is the increase in population in the Parish and two is the the continuing importance of the Catholic Faith in the lives of the people of the Parish.
I suspect that this is the same throughout the entire country ,
Of course the mainstream media ,staffed overwhelmingly by atheist,secular and anti Catholic personnel paints an altogether different and fallacious picture and our exiles should know this.
On a slightly different vein the organisers of the traditional Saint Patrick's Parades in the USA and worldwide ought know that the boycotting by some politicians of their parades by certain Government Ministers in favour of the homosexual alternatives has no popular support here.
In fact any view expresses contrary to the views of the homosexual movement are shouted down by their advocates and serious threats of harm have been made against members of the Iona Institute who advocate the Catholic position on these matters,
Of course the mainstream media totally back the anti Catholic position but what would you expect given the mindset of its practitioners.
Back to the Confirmations.Congratulations to the parents of the children involved and to the teachers who ensure that a Catholic education is given in Catholic Schools.
Long may it last.
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