Fr Sean’s is first Ordination in Kerry Diocese since 2007
KERRY’S Academy of Dance is proudly celebrating two of its students who have been accepted onto the highly-prestigious Professional Dance Course at Dublin’s College of Dance.
After a tough application and audition process, Nela Budayova and Ciara Doogan Jones were accepted onto the programme and will be starting the course at the famous dance college next September.
Academy Director Clarissa Michaux described it as an unbelievable achievement which topped off a very successful year for tke Kerry academy.
“There have now been nine students from The Academy of Dance starting a career in dance and the arts.
“This shows that the talent in Kerry is extremely high and the need for further full - time training is apparent, and something I very much intend to achieve.
“It has been an outstanding year, I would so like to thank all the students for their hard work and to all their families, a big thank you for supporting them.
“We are so looking forward to all the exciting things we have coming up during the summer and a new school year of exciting times ahead in September.” LAST Sunday marked a special day for the parishioners of Moyvane as local man Sean Jones (30) became the first priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Kerry since 2007.
Fr Sean’s ordination was held in the Church of the Assumption in a ceremony presided over by Bishop Ray Browne.
Fr Sean’s family and friends gathered to witness the occasion and the Listowel choir certainly added to the event with a glorious range of music worthy of the occasion. It was a local moment in every sense for Fr Sean as his ordination took place in the same church where he was baptised and received his first Holy Communion.
It was with a huge sense of pride that he celebrated his first mass on the following evening (Monday) in the Church of the Assumption.
Fr Sean completed his training for the priesthood in the parishes of Listowel and Killarney and attended Tarbert Comprehensive School prior to studying for a degree in theology in Maynooth.
A message on the Diocese of Kerry’s webpage described the day as “an occasion to rejoice and give thanks to God.” Following the ceremony, the nearby Community Centre hosted a large crowd where refreshments were enjoyed in a special atmosphere.
Fr Sean also becomes the first priest to be ordained in Kerry since Bishop Ray Browne’s arrival in the county.