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4,000 people flock to Rossnowlagh Friary for Relic of St Peregrine blessing

An estimated 4,000 people flocked to the Franciscan Friary in Rossnowlagh last weekend for a blessing with the Relic of St Peregrine. He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses. Remarkably, ...

18 May 2022 at 14:33

Scotland

Descendants call for relics of massacre kept in Scottish museum to be returned

Museum bosses are in talks with the descendants of Native Americans killed in a massacre over the future of historic artefacts. Glasgow Life, which runs museums in the city, said it had received a request for the return of relics from the ...

15 Feb 2022 at 18:25

Local News

Rossnowlagh's Fr Vincent Finnegan is moving parish but he will remain a Friar

Franciscan Friar Fr Vincent Finnegan is set to leave Rossnowlagh - but he his not travelling too far. Fr Vincent took to Facebook on Monday to address speculation about his move. He said: "It’s only today I can officially say that I am ...

25 Sept 2023 at 15:33

Local News

Relic from the body of beatified teenager Carlo Acutis will visit Derry this week

A relic from the body of a beatified teenager who is expected to be canonised as a saint will be presented at four dioceses across Ireland this week. The relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis - who was beatified by the Pope in 2020 - ...

13 Sept 2023 at 13:33

Pictures & Videos

In Pictures: Fr Vincent Finnegan’s farewell Mass in Ballyshannon

Fr Vincent Finnegan OFM celebrated Mass in St Patrick’s Church in Ballyshannon ahead of his departure to the parish of Stranorlar. Click on the arrows to view Philip Mulligan's photographs. The farewell Mass took place on ...

02 Oct 2023 at 09:33

Local News

Fr Vincent will have St Peregrine reIic at his final Mass in Ballyshannon

Fr Vincent Finnegan OFM will have the Relic of St Peregrine available for those who seek a blessing as he celebrates his final Mass in Ballyshannon. The Franciscan Friar is based in Rossnowlagh but is on the move, having ...

27 Sept 2023 at 08:33

Your community

Hundreds join Good Friday walk in Kilkenny

Over 300 people too part in this year’s annual Good Friday Walk which was led by Bishop Niall Coll in solidarity with the people of our country and world who carry the cross of homelessness, war, famine, migrancy, ...

05 Apr 2024 at 11:33

Thurles

Mass of welcome for relics of two Polish martyrs to take place at Tipperary church

The Archbishop of Cashel and Emly will celebrate a mass of welcome for the relics of two Polish martyrs at a church in Thurles next week. Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly will celebrate mass in honour of Blessed ...

16 Apr 2024 at 10:33

South Donegal

St Peregrine relic permanently gifted to Franciscan Friary

Following the recent huge reaction to the arrival of St Peregrine's relic at Rossnowlagh Franciscan Friary, it has emerged that they have now been permanently gifted one of his relics. Upwards of 4,000 ...

06 Jul 2022 at 17:33

South Donegal

How a relic of St Peregrine became a Rossnowlagh Friary favourite

It is a typical wet and windy Friday afternoon. I am sitting in a special room where people get some precious moments with the relic of St Peregrine at the Rossnowlagh Franciscan Friary. These are now ...

05 Nov 2022 at 09:33

South Donegal

How a relic of St Peregrine became a Rossnowlagh Friary favourite

03 Nov 2022 at 13:33

World

Holy relic the Crown of Thorns to return to Notre Dame Cathedral

An ancient relic that some Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s Crown of Thorns has returned to Notre Dame, nearly five years after it was saved from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 ...

13 Dec 2024 at 18:20

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