Ireland Returns to Worship After Months Away From the Mass Posted by bcadmin | May 23, 2021 | News | 0 | St. Mary’s Chapel is pictured at St. Patrick’s Purgatory, on Lough Derg, which was closed to visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic on July 27, 2020. Dating back to the fifth century, the holy site is a place of Catholic pilgrimage, where the faithful usually flock for three days of fasting, barefoot prayer and all-night vigils. Ireland recently announced lessening restrictions, including for public Mass. Following a year of pandemic-induced disruption, Irish lay Catholics speak.
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