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Mass with the Monks of Silverstream Priory
(Photo Credit: Alex Choong)
REGINA: What did you think of Ireland’s fight to preserve the Faith, both in the past under English rule and in today’s secular society?
EMILY: When I think of Ireland’s struggle to preserve the Faith in the past under English rule, I immediately think of Oliver Plunkett and all those who lost their lives under the persecution and struggled for religious freedom for so long. Given all of that tragic history of bloodshed, it’s very sad to come to terms with the tremendous decline of Catholicism observed today amidst an increasingly secular society.