‘The most excellent parts of the universe are God’s saints’ (St Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Romans).

The pilgrim path up Mayo’s holy mountain has been in the news recently. It’s a very ancient pathway indeed, and was once overseen by the Kings of Connacht! We visited Ballintubber Abbey to find out more.
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Striking.

These Syro-Malabar baby crowns are so cool. I always explain anointing with chrism during Baptism as a manifestation of royal dignity, but wearing an actual 👑 makes it all the more vivid!

The form of this argument is so dominant in Irish public discourse.

- In the last 50 years, we’ve introduced A, B, and C, and now it’s time for D.
- What are the merits of D?
- Don’t worry about that. It’s progress. It’s the next step. It’s the new Ireland.

I had the privilege today of praying with this man's family in the presence of his mortal remains, renewing in ourselves the hope which animated him.

'... as our faith in your Son, raised from the dead, is deepened, may our hope of resurrection also find new strength'.

Nowhere are land and sea more fite fuaite than in Ballyconneely. Just look at that sheep coming out of the sea like Aphrodite 😄

Abide With Me 🥲

Strong vibes of the East.

Evangelical-dominican ecumenical group discussing the Bible in the conventual garden

Delighted to announce that the Honan Chapel has a new website honanchapel.ie hope it will be a window into the beauty of the Chapel and assist all those who enquire about information on weddings, group visits, times of liturgy etc.

Nice triple crown too: virgin, doctor, martyr.

On her feast #otd - she died in #Rome 29 Apr 1380, here’s Catherine of Siena as drawn by Nicolaas van der Horst, c. 1614-1638.

(British Museum)

Our Manuscript of the Week is an Astronomincal Treatise (RIA MS B ii 1). We usually post the rotating volvelle, so today we thought you might be interested to see the back of it and to admire how neat and sophisticated the construction is.

New sermon idea just dropped.

This community of Cistercian nuns has been continuously present on this site since 1255. Last time I checked, their morning prayer began at 3.45am 😬

Wonderful to see the skilled work of Galway’s Dominican nuns featured on RTÉ One Irelands Hidden Treasures Dominican Sisters Irish Dominicans History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland