Memories of the past - April 2024

On Easter Sunday, Brother Barry and Brother Alexius, a member of the Alexian community in Hungary, visited the ruins of the Carmelite Abbey of Ballinasmaula, just outside Knock. The monks of the abbey, founded in 1288, were engaged in education and continued to do so despite the storms of history for almost 600 years, until 1870. The ruins of this beautiful complex are now a cemetery.