Books, Babble and Blarney

Ireland's mystic Catholic history is steeped in the tradition of holy wells dotted throughout the island. It is said that rat...

One day I was glancing through a booklet entitled "The History of St. Patrick's Parish and Church" of San Francisco pri...

There are so many stories of St. Patrick, but one that sticks in my mind, (forgive the pun, you’ll see it in a minute), is the story of...

By now, we all have seen, That little eejit on the shelf, The naughty, spying git, The smug Christmas Elf. We forget he’s...

(Post originally published March 16, 2013) St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was famed for his strict fasts and his prac...

(Post originally published March 17, 2012) Happy St. Patrick's Day! According to Tradition, when asked by the Irish people to...