Learn the story of Little Nellie, a young girl captivated by Jesus in the Eucharist, whose short life and love for the Blessed Sacrament was the sign needed by the Pope to lower the age of Holy Communion. Interventions from John O’Donovan, Sr Jennifer McAleer, Marie Duffy and Bishop Alphonsus […]
Tag: Ireland
Steen: ‘No’ side’s referendum victory the “best Mother’s Day present ever”
Source: Gript Media via YouTube. “It’s just the best Mother’s Day present ever”: Campaigner Maria Steen has hailed the win of the ‘No’ side in #Referendum2024 as a “victory for common sense.” Laoise de Brún of The Countess says the result shows a disconnect between the public and the “NGO […]
Debunking Myths About St. Brigid of Kildare
Source: Unam Sanctam Catholicam via YouTube St. Brigid of Kildare is one of the world’s most beloved saints. Unfortunately, her legacy is marred by distortions amd misinformation. I set the record straight using the actual historical sources. Referenced in the video: “Life of St. Brigid by Cogitosus”: https://www.cruachanhill.com/products… “The Life […]
Fr. Chris Alar: Ireland’s Dark Night of the Soul
Source: Fiona in her Kitchen via YouTube.com ‘Fiona’s comment’:“Hello and welcome back to my channel! I really hope you enjoy the video!! Divine Mercy Conference available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULrDw… Fr Chris Alar – Election Outcome States Constitutionalize Abortion and More – We Must Beg for Mercy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtK6M… Fr. Chris Alar Inquisition: […]
Brendan Walsh’s Testimony
Brendan Walsh, who lives with his wife Maria, in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland, tells how when young he attempted suicide with a drug overdose, but was rescued by a passing friend who called in to visit him. Mental illness followed from the drugs taken, until he was invited to a […]
The Truth Hurts-Fr Sean Sheehy speaks.
Source: Mark Leen via YouTube.com. A Catholic priest’s homily in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland has created a social media explosion of angry opponents and sympathetic supporters. A few examples below. Many other responses on all social media – just search for Fr. Sean Sheehy. Header image: Mark Leen via YouTube.com
Fr. Leon Pereira Homily (at Medjugorje)
Source: MarytvMedjugorje via YouTube. A homily from Fr. Leon Pereira in Medjugorje, in which he discusses how the Devil is anatomically ‘challenged’ – how he can’t give life, but only imitates it, can only take what is already created and deforms it. He goes on to say how in modern […]
The Truth about Tuam Babies.
Source: Hello Irlandia via youtube.com. In the summer of 2014 a scandal arose in relation to the Tuam Children’s Home in Co. Galway in Ireland. It was alleged that the nuns who looked after children there from 1925-61 had maltreated them. In this video, historians Eugene Jordan and Brian Nugent […]
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland
David Quinn interviews Crawford Gribben of Queen’s University Belfast about his new book, ‘The Rise & Fall of Christian Ireland’. They discuss the Christian legacy in Ireland (a net harm or a net good?), the early Church, the monastic movement, relations between the Church in Ireland and Rome, the impact […]
Our Vocation is a Great Gift – Poor Clares, Galway.
Source: Poor Clares Galway via YouTube We are an enclosed contemplative community of Poor Clare sisters whose monastery is in Nuns’ Island, Galway, Ireland. In fact we have been here in Galway for centuries, right back to 1642, having come through various stages from our beginnings in Gravelines, northern France, […]
‘Ireland is no longer Catholic’: Priest says modernity destroyed the land of St. Patrick
Source: The John-Henry Westen Channel via YouTube Join John-Henry as he sits with Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne to discuss what exactly led to the decline of the once strongly Catholic Ireland, and also the history of the persecution and resurgence of Christianity in the nation. Father Kilcoyne is working with Immaculata […]
Why Church-State relations in Ireland are unlike anywhere else
Source: James Bradshaw, via mercatornet.comReprinted with permission. Historically, the relationship between Church and State in Ireland was unique. Professor John Henry Whyte’s (1928-1990) Church & State in Modern Ireland, 1923 – 1970 was published in 1971. Whyte described the purpose of the book as being three-fold. He aimed to examine Church-State relations […]