Gwen Wiseman, Author at The Irish Catholic

More than an anniversary Cork marks a century of eucharistic witness

The rain fell steadily on Cork on Corpus Christi Sunday, but it did little to deter the more than 5,000 people who gathered at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne to mark the centenary of the city’s Eucharistic Procession. As the Blessed Sacrament emerged from the cathedral, the crowd followed Christ in the…

Francis lives here: Irish friar witnesses the living presence of St Francis in Assisi

Assisi has always drawn crowds. But this year is different. As the Church marks the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis, almost 450,000 pilgrims have registered to venerate the mortal remains of the Poverello of Assisi during a rare, month-long public display in the Basilica of St Francis. Among the Franciscan friars welcoming…

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