The Irish Repertory Theatre's 35th Season Celebration Running through May 5, 2024 The Irish Repertory Theatre is celebrating its 35th season by presenting three plays by Brian Friel, Translations, Aristocrats, and Philadelphia, Here I Come! running through May 5, 2024. Brian Friel was a dramatist and writer often referred to as the ‘Irish Chekhov’ for
When Irish voters approved a referendum repealing a constitutional amendment banning abortion in 2018, Catholic bishops throughout the country deemed it a devastating blow to a faith that has long bee.
Sixteen years old and from a well-to-do family, this teen never applied himself to his studies, let alone took his Christian faith seriously.
And yet, through one of those dramatic reversals of fortune that God sometimes allows, the sluggish youth met the Lord and went to become Ireland’s great evangelizer, St. Patrick.
Patrick himself tells the story in his moving
Confession. Unlike the many legends that sprang up after his death, this authentic account of his conversion and development is a window into the life of a real person. In it, Patrick speaks honestly of his regrets, struggles, and successes, and always in a tone of heartfelt thanks that “the Lord had mercy on me thousands and thousands of times.” In this fifth-century bishop, we touch the faith of someone who threw himself completely on God’s love someone who inspires our own faith that, if we accept it, divine love can transform and equip us for God’s service, too.