All systems go for annual Corpus Christi procession in Tullamore

Weather permitting, Tullamore parish will hold the annual Corpus Christi procession after the 6.30pm vigil Mass on Saturday, June 6.

The procession will exit the church via the main door at Store Street,, move into Store Street, onto Harbour Street, Colmcille Street, Church Street, O'Carroll Street, Harbour Street and finish in the church yard with benediction.

All parishioners are invited to participate in this very special celebration of Our Lord present in the Eucharist. In particular, our school children who made their first Holy Communion this year are warmly invited to take part, accompanied by their parents.

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The Corpus Christi procession is a public act of devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is carried through the streets, expressing faith in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Meaning and Purpose

The term Corpus Christi means “Body of Christ” and refers to the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, celebrated on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. The procession is a public witness of faith and devotion to the Eucharist, emphasizing the belief that Jesus is truly present—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in the consecrated host