The audience in a packed Cork City Hall were on their feet in praise of the almost five-hundred young people who keep them entertained and inspired
The Maranatha concert was the high point of the first music and faith-based day for post-primary school students across the diocese.
Students from more than twenty schools in the Diocese of Cork and Ross participated in Maranatha 2025 at Cork City Hall.
The event was created to bring young people together to celebrate faith and identity through music and have fun at the same time.
Addressing the young people and the hundreds of attendees from across the Diocese in the audience, Bishop Fintan Gavin thanked everyone who made it possible and said Maranatha’s purpose was focused on an important question for all young people.
“The biggest question all of us face in our life is about our identity: Who am I? In a sense, our whole life is trying to work out who we are,” he said. “If there's anything, I want you to hear this evening coming out of Maranatha it is this: you are the beloved daughter and son of God. You are loved by God!”
Maranatha, the first annual faith-based high energy music for Post-Primary Schools in the Diocese of Cork & Ross took place at Cork City Hall featuring pupils from all over Cork City and CountyPhoto: Brian Lougheed
