One minute past midnight on Monday morning (June 29) saw the re-opening of All Saints’, Raheny, and St John the Evangelist, Coolock, after 15 weeks of lockdown.
Louise Kirwan and her daughter light the candle of Healing and Hope at the re–opening of St John’s, Coolock.
Parishioners gathered at both churches in the early hours of St Peter’s Day, yellow ribbons were cut, prayers said and candles of ‘Hope and Healing’ were lit to celebrate the beginning of a new phase of parish life.
“The onslaught of COVID-19 and the closure of our churches brought hardship and sadness but also…
