A chara, - While hoping that Mary Holland is right in her assessment of the repercussions of the visit of the Grand Master of the Orange Order to Harryville. Church, many will feel uneasy at this apparent gesture of goodwill.
Uneasy because it appears that this is just another cynical stunt in the battle being waged by those at Harryville and elsewhere who wish to equate Orange Order parades with the simple act of attending Mass in one's car or on foot with no political regalia.
No individual in the campaign for negotiated consent with residents in the matter of Orange parades has ever tried to stop anyone from attending worship in the manner to which Harryville Catholics are being subjected.
Is mise le meas,
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