She Talks to the Angels…And She’s Been to Heaven
By Sabina Clarke Irish author Lorna Byrne who lives a quiet life in County Kilkenny, Ireland has been seeing and talking to angels since she was a child. In 2003 she decided to tell her story to the world—at the angels’ prompting. From an early age, Lorna a mother of four was told by the [...]
Shared History – Shared Hearts
FROM COUNTY ROSCOMMON IN IRELAND TO NORTHPHILADELPHIA By Joanne Ennis and Eileen Troxell Saint Malachy Parish in North Philadelphia is celebrating its 160th jubilee. The first parishioners of Saint Malachy were part of the great migration from Ireland in the 1850s. They fled famine and tyranny to find a new life in America. They labored in [...]
Queen Elizabeth: Historic Reconciliation with Down-and-Out Ireland
By Peter Makem At the ultimate height of symbol and ritual was the deepest low of economic and social depression. When people were acclaiming the healing of the final wounds in the thousand-year-old Ireland/England saga, others were murmuring about the bankrupt country hosting the royal event. At the moment the Republic of Ireland had come [...]
Sr. Pauline M. McShain SHCJ, A Woman of Action
By Marybeth C. Phillips “Our lives of love and peace should speak louder than words,” said Sr. Pauline McShain, as she reflected on the motto of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, which reads, “Actions not words.” This philosophy is the foundation of every Holy Child ministry established during the past 164 years. Since 1946, when Sr. [...]
