Thursday 02 January |

Ireland

SAINT PATRICK

Philip Kosloski

Why is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated on March 17?

Philip Kosloski

What happens when St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday?

Students St. Brigid's Cross

Cerith Gardiner

Students form an incredible human St. Brigid’s Cross for peace

Saint Brigid Relic, NOT FOR REUSE

J-P Mauro

Relic of St. Brigid gifted to Kildare, where she built her abbey

SAINT BRIDGET;

Annabelle Moseley

The saint of hope and consolation for February

"St Bride" by John Duncan showing St. Brigid being carried to heaven by angels

Cerith Gardiner

How St. Brigid is responsible for today’s Leap Year proposals

Morgane Afif

The space between words: an invention of monks

SAINT BRENDAN

Daniel Esparza

The immrama: “Navigating” early Irish Christian literature

St. Brigid Cathedral, Kildare

J-P Mauro

Irish Christians to mark 1,500th anniversary of St. Brigid

Michael Coyne, 107, celebrates birthday

Cerith Gardiner

107-year-old man spends birthday in church of his baptism

Irish graveyard

J-P Mauro

Ireland starts lay funeral ministry as priest shortage peaks

D-Day landing at Normandy

John Burger

Irish woman whose weather forecast changed history dies at 100

Blessed Carlo Acutis relic in Ireland

J-P Mauro

Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis continues Irish tour in November

GLENDALOUGH,IRELAND

Daniel Esparza

Glendalough Monastery: Ireland’s sacred oasis

CLONMACNOISE

Daniel Esparza

Clonmacnoise’s high crosses: The Cross of Scriptures

Monastery, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Cerith Gardiner

This comforting poem for the departed was adapted by Irish monks

Irish crosses headstones

J-P Mauro

Irish bishops pen open letter to legislators on euthanasia

Old Irish woman leaning on window sill

Cerith Gardiner

Irish elderly share their pearls of wisdom with youngsters on Facebook

Blessed Carlo Acutis Relic in Ireland

J-P Mauro

First-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis back in Ireland

Daniel Esparza

A patron saint for your indoor plants

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