Feast of the Ascension

On a wing and a prayer: Men of faith jump for hospice

20 May 2012

SIX PRIESTS took to the skies for “A Leap of Faith�, a charity skydive coinciding with the Feast of the Ascension in Co Offaly yesterday.

Bernardine of Siena

19 May 2012

Born in Siena, September 8, 1380, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and died May 20, 1444 in Aquila. St. Bernardine, known as ‘The Apostle of Italy’ was the greatest Italian missionary and preacher of the fifteenth century.

Saint of the Day

19 May 2012

Born in Siena, September 8, 1380, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and died May 20, 1444 in Aquila. St. Bernardine, known as ‘The Apostle of Italy’ was the greatest Italian missionary and preacher of the fifteenth century.