Pilgrims from all over the world have walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. To mark the 2015 Year of Consecrated Life in the parish over the years the Parish of Ennis had its own ‘Camino’ journey of pilgrimage on the first Sunday in June 2015.
The booklet written by Sr. Canice Hanrahan rsm puts to print the details associated with the journey from Corrovorrin in the north of the town to Cahercalla in the south and recalls the events from 1240 to the present. The journey begins with the arrival in Ennis of the Ursuline Sisters in January 1829 and continues the journey with details of the arrival and stay of the Presentation Sisters of Galway, The Little Sisters of the Assumption, the Mercy Sisters, the second coming of the Christian Brothers, the Franciscans, Poor Clare Sisters, Brothers of Charity, Diocesan Priests, Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, La Sainte Union Sisters, Missionary Society of St. Columban, the Sisters of St. Columban, and the St. John of God Sisters.
On our journey we visit the locations associated with these religious orders. Within the walk we read about the work of Clare Social Services, the Mercy Sisters association with the workhouse and primary and secondary education in the town, the Christian Brothers arrival in Ennis setting up their school in the old corn store prior to their permanent home at New Road and much more.