Ireland is set to recognize the extraordinary charity shown to its people by a Native American tribe during the country’s 19th-century famine. Continue reading
Filed under Memorial …
Annie Adams’ famous uncles
The Doris Brothers Bridge Continue reading
Centenary of Archbishop Mannix’s ‘Trade-War’ Speech
Come to the centenary re-enactment of the speech, by noted actor Rod Quantock. Continue reading
Impromptu music at the 2016 Famine commemoration at Williamstown
Ambassador Breandán took an inclusive and humanist approach, linking the sufferings of the victims of the Irish Famine with those of people displaced today. Continue reading
Famine Rock Memorial
Arrival of Irish Famine Orphan Girls in Melbourne
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Commemoration of Archbishop Daniel Mannix’s First Speech Against Conscription.
As the pool of Australian volunteers had begun to dry, Prime Minister Hughes, ever an avid defender and supporter of the British Empire and of Australia as a key dominion, sought to conscript additional Australian manpower. Continue reading
Daniel Berrigan SJ, peacemaker, poet and priest,
The peacemaking legacy of Daniel Berrigan, S.J Continue reading
