So many of us, raised in the Catholic faith in this country were educated and formed by scores of men and women who left Ireland as priests and religious sisters, and brothers. These immigrants became our pastors, teachers and principals, as well as spiritual directors and true leaders of the Church.
We have so much to be grateful for in our Irish ancestors of faith.They even became Presidents, Speakers of the House, and engaged the others for justice. Let us visit the land that nourished that rich Catholic-American heritage.
We will travel the roads and the byways of saints and sinners. We will gaze at cathedrals, monasteries, and places sacred to the memories of the likes of St. Patrick, St. Brendan, St. Brigid, and so many others whose lives changed the face of our country and of the world. Legends and traditions are rich in the land of Erie that still fashion our holidays and stories of the past, so let us hear the songs that still today inflame the hearts of many.