Photo credit: Eamonn Keane
Pro-Lifers from the North and South of Ireland will be climbing Croagh Patrick to raise awareness of the need to protect human life.
Pat Buckley of the European Pro-Life Network invites pro-lifers from Ireland and abroad to take part in the climb on Saturday 7 May. Pro-Life T-shirts and other insignia are encouraged. The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal from Derry will be taking part, and my good friend, Fr Fidelis, will celebrate Mass at the summit, where there is an Oratory dedicated to St Patrick.
Photo credit: Paul McIlroy
St Patrick fasted for forty days on the summit of Croagh Patrick and, according to legend, threw a silver bell down the side of the mountain, exorcising the she-demon Corra, and banishing all the snakes from Ireland.
3 comments:
Now that's what I call real celtic spirituality.
I apologise in advance but that requires the corniest Irish joke in creation to be rehearsed:
What did St Patrick say while he was driving the snakes out of Ireland?
Are you all right in the back there, lads?
Any suggestions for a mountain climb held here in UK? Not Snowdon or Ben Nevis, or Parliament Hill or Box Hill, but something in between. There must be some mountain in UK with holy connotations.Of course it wont be as holy as Croagh Patrick, but it should do the job.
Am getting out the dubbin for my mountain boots and waiting...
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