Waterford community gather to celebrate 50 years of Ballybeg
Ballybeg Estate in Waterford is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
The 50th Jubilee of Ballybeg and St Saviour's Parish was celebrated with a special mass celebrated by Bishop Cullinan and concelebrated by Fr Robert Grant PP.
It was lovely to see so many of the parishioners old and new attend and nice to see our public representatives, David Cullinane TD and Cllr. Donal Barry, in attendance.
Some of the clubs in the area also attended.
It was great to see the Good Shepard Nuns represented, including Sr. Vera, who was the last serving member of her community in Ballybeg where they worked for many years.
The choir, under the direction of our long serving organist Barry Murphy, sang during the mass and the readings and prayers of the faithful were read by members of the community and school.
The gifts were brought to the altar by children from the school.
Tea, coffee and cakes were served in the community room by our parish nuns and everyone had a lovely time catching up.
The school also had their special mass on the Wednesday and it was lovely to see a lot of former school teachers in attendance.
The church of St Saviour's was opened in 1981, four years after the parish was formed and the Parish priest was Fr Lucy OP.
The children’s choir sang at the opening mass and the organist was Greg Scanlon.
