- Capuchin Friars arriving at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three. Photos: John McElroy
Marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis, faithful gathered in Dublin to celebrate with a Triduum organised by the Capuchin Community on Church Street. The first evening, on October 1, took place in St Mary of the Angels Church Street with ‘The Canticle of the Creatures’. On the first evening, Orazio Schillaci, Italian Health Minister spoke. Also present on the first evening was Italian Ambassador to Ireland Nicola Faganello.
On the grey and rainy second evening, those present processed from Church Street to Adam and Eve’s, Merchant’s Quay, where a prayer service took place after.
The final evening, October 3, the day of the anniversary, was ‘The Transitus of St Francis’, and took place in the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fairview.
Fr Severino Pinheiro OFM CAP reciting ‘The Canticle of the Creatures’, a poem written by St Francis of Assisi which praises God in all of Creation, on evening one.
Fr Kevin Kiernan with Aoife and Mary Martin arriving at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three.
Members of the Brazilian Catholic Community providing the music on evening one.
Srs Madeline, Peter and Lucia from St Clare’s Convent in Harolds Cross in Dublin arriving at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three.
Pictured are some of the congregation on evening one in St Mary of the Angels Church in Dublin.
Orazio Schillaci, Italian Health Minister, who spoke on evening one of the Triduum in St Mary of the Angels Church.
Pictured are some of the congregation at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three.
Roy and Riz Vergara arriving at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three.
Italian Ambassador to Ireland, Nicola Faganello, and Orazio Schillaci, Italian Health Minister, who spoke on evening one in St Mary of the Angels Church in Dublin.
- Capuchin Friars arriving at the Church of the Visitation in Fairview on evening three. Photos: John McElroy 
