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Posted by Daniel P. McLaughlin on March 28, 2024 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
To bear His heir, perfection
No stain or fault, detection
This House of David's promised place
Her conception full of grace
Original sin, suspended
Eden's triumph, upended
I AM's ark of flesh and blood.
Whose prophecy withstood
Herod's…
Posted by Margaret M. Johnson on March 25, 2024 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
It’s a safe bet that you’ll find slices of this cake offered in tea rooms, coffee shops, home kitchens, and take-aways throughout the Emerald Isle. It’s a “standard” to which bakers often add a personal touch — think extra lemon (or orange) zest in the cake or fresh herbs in the drizzle — and it would be…
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Praise to the Lord in all His glory.
(Note: This was originally posted April 9th, 2020)
Last week,…
ContinuePosted by Joe Gannon on March 15, 2024 at 8:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
It was two days before Christmas 1917, as James McCudden pulled gently back on the control stick of his British S.E. 5 biplane. He had spotted what appeared to be a German two-seat scout flying slightly higher, a little over 18,000 ft, to the west of him, over Peronne, about 90 miles north of Paris. As he got closer, he recognized it as a Rumpler.…
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Posted by The Wild Geese on January 20, 2014 at 9:30pm 4 Comments 6 Likes
Waterford City, Ireland - From his perch as rector of the Irish College of St. Isidore in Rome, Waterford-born Franciscan Friar Luke Wadding welcomed a steady stream of refugees from the land of his birth - men forced to leave Ireland to pursue their vocations. He came to understand then,…
ContinuePosted by Joe Gannon on February 1, 2024 at 12:00am 3 Comments 2 Likes
Seán Hales, a TD (member of the Dáil Éireann) from County Cork, and Padraig Ó Maile, a TD from County Mayo, emerged from the Ormond Hotel along the north bank of the Liffey River in Dublin at about 2:30 PM on December 7, 1922. Just the day before, the Free State had been formally established by…
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Nothing warms the heart on St. Patrick’s Day more than the mashed potato-topped casserole known as Shepherd’s Pie. In a land where sheep were traditionally a primary food supply, it’s not surprising that lamb is the foundation for many Irish farmhouse dishes, especially this…
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As February’s Black History Month fades into memory and March’s Irish History Month begins its ascendancy, there’s a brief moment where the black takes on a tinge of green.
Few realize that these two ethnic groups, African-Americans and Irish-Americans, who together make up one-quarter of…
ContinuePosted by Mike McCormack on January 31, 2024 at 2:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
(An 18th-century drawing of a Delaware River ferry boat)
February 1 is the Celtic feast of Imbolc, which signifies change or rebirth. In Luke’s Gospel, it is when Jesus was presented in the temple to begin his…
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