Feast of Corpus Christi 2024

This year the Diocese celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi by means of the celebration of Mass on the lawns of St Kieran’s College and a Corpus Christi procession after that celebration. Fr Dan Carroll VG was the principal celebrant and he was joined by the priests and people of the city parishes and those parishes near to the city.

The Feast of Corpus Christi is a solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The feast is observed by the Catholic Church, but also by the Western Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican Churches. It comes just two months after the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday during Easter Week. The feast of Corpus Christi was proposed by St Thomas Aquinas to Pope Urban IV in 1264, in order to create a feast focused solely on the Holy Eucharist, emphasising the gift the Lord has given us in the Eucharist being the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

It was wonderful to see so many people from the city parishes and beyond come together to celebrate this wonderful Feast – it was reminiscent also of the Ordination weekend at St Kieran’s College when the seminary was there on the June bank holiday weekend the people from Kilkenny would come to the College to receive the First Blessing of the newly ordained Priests.

Key Dates

Key Dates

Please note: It may be necessary to reschedule some of the below times and dates. Please check the school website throughout the year for confirmation of the most up to date information.

August (25/26)
Wednesday 20th
Staff Day (No school for students)
Thursday 21st
6th Years return at 8:50
Friday 22nd
3rd Year students return 8:50am / 1st Year Induction at 11am
Monday 25th
2nd / 5th Years and TY students return to school at 8:50am
September (25/26)
Monday 22nd
Free Day (No school for students) (Provisional - to be decided)
October (25/26)
Friday 24th (1pm)
Midterm Break Begins
November (25/26)
Monday 3rd (8.50 am)
School Reopens after Mid-Term Break
Friday 28th
Staff Training Day (No school for students)
December (25/26)
Friday 19th (1pm)
Christmas Holidays Begin
January
Monday 6th (8:50am)
School Reopens after Christmas Holidays
Monday 20th
Oide Staff Training Day (No school for students)
Thursday 23rd (4.15pm - 6.45pm)
1st Year P/T Meeting
Thursday 30th (4.15pm - 6.45pm)
2nd Year P/T Meeting
February
Monday 3rd
St Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday - No School
Tuesday 4th - Friday 14th
TY Work Experience (TBC)
Tuesday 4th - Friday 14th
Mock Examinations for JC & LC
Friday 14th February (1pm)
Midterm Break Begins
Monday 24th (8.50 am)
School Reopens after Midterm Break
Thursday 27th (4:15-6:45pm)
TY P/T Meeting
March
Saturday 1st
Entrance Assessment Test
Friday 7th
St Kieran’s Day Activities
Monday 17th
School Closed (St Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 18th
Free Day (No school for students)
Monday 24th - Friday 28th
Easter Exams (1st & 5th Years)
April
Friday 11th (1pm)
Easter Holidays Begin
Monday 28th
School Reopens after Easter Holidays
May
Monday 5th
School Closed (Bank Holiday)
Monday 26th
Summer Examinations Begin (Provisional)
Friday 30th (1pm)
Summer Holidays Begin
June
Wednesday 4th
Junior & Leaving cert exams start

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