On Sunday 16th June Fr Kevin Young, recently ordained for the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter,
celebrated a first Solemn Mass in St Kevin’s. Fr Young had been with us as a deacon during the Eucharistic Congress week last year, and it was a great pleasure to welcome him back to offer Mass for us. It is a privilege of a newly-ordained priest to have an assistant priest help him at the altar:
Listening to the chanting of the Gospel: ” ‘Do not be afraid; from now on it is men you shall catch.’ And, having brought the boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.” (Lk 5:10-11)
The thurifer incenses the congregation at the offertory:
The elevation of the chalice:
The Lassus Scholars sang Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli:
After Mass Fr Young gave his first blessings in the parish hall:
