{"id":4401,"date":"2021-09-29T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2021-09-29T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:16:30","slug":"michaelmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/michaelmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Michaelmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, September 29th is Michaelmas Day, holy day of St. Michael the Archangel and traditionally a harvest festival of great celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monks of Holycross Abbey honoured St. Michael in a special way. From medieval times, Michaelmas Day was observed as a very special feast day in the monastic parish and is still observed as the parish patron day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures below show Canon Lynch, Dr. Morris &amp; Paddy Dwyer and the children of the parish in the Michaelmas Day Parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also shown is a newspaper clipping describing Michaelmas Day in 1914 in Holycross (thanks to Tom Burnell)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-698x1024.jpg 698w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-205x300.jpg 205w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-768x1126.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-1048x1536.jpg 1048w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-1397x2048.jpg 1397w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Parade-Canon-Lynch-Dr.-Morris-Paddy-Dwyer-scaled.jpg 1746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-1024x746.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-768x559.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Michaelmass-Day-1945-Front-of-Church-2048x1492.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"312\" height=\"883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/243353176_10161372255793574_9143471146875490249_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/243353176_10161372255793574_9143471146875490249_n-1.jpg 312w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/243353176_10161372255793574_9143471146875490249_n-1-106x300.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, September 29th is Michaelmas Day, holy day of St. Michael the Archangel and traditionally a harvest festival of great celebration. The monks of Holycross Abbey honoured St. Michael in a special way. 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