Ordinations to ‘boost morale’ of diocese priests

THE ordination of two seminarians this summer in the Diocese of Killaloe “will provide an extraordinary morale boost to priests in the diocese”, its director of vocations said yesterday.

Ordinations to ‘boost morale’ of diocese priests

Ger Fitzgerald will be ordained on Sunday in Castleconnell, Co Limerick, while Ger Jones will receive his holy orders in O’Briensbridge, Co Clare, in August.

Fr Iggy McCormack said it had been 14 years since there had been two ordinations in one year in the diocese. They will be performed by Bishop Kieran O’Reilly. However, only one further ordination in Killaloe is scheduled within the next six years.

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