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Ursuline First Year students participating in the School’s Christmas Mass in December.
The Ursuline Secondary School, in collaboration with Thurles Town Orchestra, Scoil Angela and St Angela’s Academy of Music hosted a beautiful Christmas Carol Service in the Cathedral of the Assumption on Tuesday, 17 December.
A video of the event has been viewed over two million times on social media platforms TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, with lots of praise for all the singers and musicians who participated in this special ceremony.
In particular Hannah Murphy’s rendition of O’Holy Night seemed to capture the meaning and spirit of Christmas for so many who viewed the clip.
Well done to all involved including the musicians of the Ursuline Senior Orchestra and Thurles Town Orchestra, the Scoil Angela Choir, the Ursuline Cecelian and Chamber Choirs, soloists, readers and all those who organised this fabulous Carol Service.
AS well as that on Thursday afternoon, 19 December the students and staff of the Ursuline Secondary School gathered in the Cathedral of the Assumption for the last School Mass of 2024.
The Christmas Mass is a highly anticipated part of the Liturgical calendar of the School. Christmas Carols filled the Cathedral including Adeste Fideles, Away in a Manger and Ding Dong Merrily on High.
Cecelian Choir sang these and many other traditional carols accompanied by the musicians of Senior Orchestra. The offertory was a haunting rendition of Don Oiche Úd I mBeithil played by All Ireland winning uillean piper Muireann Meade, accompanied by the Sixth Year violinists.
Following Communion, the First Year students did a graceful movement to Silent Night, sung in German, Irish and English, while holding lighted candles that shone magnificently in the darkened cathedral.
Thanks to Fr Jim Purcell, School Chaplain, who said the Mass, encouraging everyone present to speak the language of Christmas, the language of love.
Thanks to singers, musicians and readers whose gifts created a beautiful start to the Christmas season for everyone present.
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