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REGINA: Have you taken residence at Sacred Heart?
Canon Wulfran Lebocq: In the winter of 2013, we decided to move permanently into the church residence, despite its condition.
On January 29, 2013, the feast of St. Francis de Sales, the community moved into the residence.
As the first act in our new home, we sang the vespers of our patron and doctor of charity. The building was without heat and the conditions rough.
It would be more accurate to say we camped in the building for several months before it could be considered habitable.
Even today, we still live with very basic bathrooms, the entire living quarters lack heat, and what we call a kitchen more nearly resembles a campsite, with a sink and propane gas stove.
REGINA: What is daily life like at the Priory?
Canon Wulfran Lebocq: We work and pray, gently and without haste, transforming the residence and church. Personal sacrifices are necessary in reviving a dead building, and making the church truly suitable for Divine Worship.
Despite the ever-present cold and damp of the residence and church, we keep and maintain as much as possible the order of our daily community life.
Our days are rooted in the Sacred Liturgy: Lauds, Meditation, Holy Mass, Studies, Sext, work in the church or residence, Vespers, Adoration, and Friday Sacred Heart Devotions.
Likewise, we have Mass not only here in Limerick, but also in Galway city every Sunday and occasionally masses elsewhere in Ireland, sometimes as far as Belfast.