MATT TALBOT - Servant of God - Part 2
An amateur film - a tableau if you will - depicting the life of Matt Talbot (1867-1925), a Dublin labourer, who recovered from alcoholism due to a return to his Catholic faith.
With a script based on elements of the biography by Mary Purcell entitled: Matt Talbot and his times (Franciscan Herald Press 1970), it was written, produced and directed over a period of 5 years between 1990-1995 by George Bernard McNamara.
Sunday 19th July 2015 Matt Talbot and International Pioneer Association Pilgrimage.
Sunday 19th July 2015 Matt Talbot and International Pioneer Association Pilgrimage.
Lady of Knock, Soprano Solo
Deborah Sullivan, Choir Director at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT performs Lady of Knock, accompanied by Ralph Belvedere III on organ. This was performed on August 17, 2012, the feast day of Our Lady of Knock, at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Blessed Matt Talbot's burial site) in Dublin, Ireland.
Pope likely to meet with abuse victims in Dublin
Pope Francis is likely to meet with victims of clerical sexual abuse later this week, a papal spokesman announced on Tuesday. The proposed meeting would take place as part of the Holy Father’s two-day trip to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families.
In a briefing to journalists ahead of the papal trip to Dublin Aug. 25-26, spokesman Greg Burke said that if the encounter takes place, its purpose will be for the pope to listen to victims, and that it will be done privately, with no details released until afterward.
The possible meeting between the pope and victims would follow the same pattern as Francis’ meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse in Chile during his visit to the country in January 2018, that meeting was also unscheduled.
Though Francis is traveling to Dublin for the conclusion of the 2018 World Meeting of Families, Burke, who is the director of the Holy See press office, told journalists the pope is aware that any visit to Ireland cannot only address that event, though it will be his primary focus.
Following almost two months of limited audiences and appointments for the summer break, “the pope is well-rested and ready, and wants to talk about the family,” Burke said.
On the question of whether Francis will explicitly address the result of the May referendum which legalized abortion in the country, or the issue of clerical sexual abuse, Burke said it remains to be seen. Burke did underscore that the pope will give a total of six speeches over the two days, and that there will certainly be the “opportunity, or possibility” that these subjects would be addressed.
Francis’ schedule for the weekend already includes a moment of prayer for clerical sexual abuse victims, which will take place during his stop at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. There he will also meet with recently-married couples, speaking with them and taking a few questions.
Along the road to St. Mary’s, the pope will stop to venerate a relic of Venerable Matt Talbot, a simple Irish laborer who died in Dublin in 1925.
Other papal appointments Aug. 25 include a meeting with Ireland’s president and political leaders, members of civil society, and diplomatic corps; and a visit to a Capuchin-run day center for homeless families.
Lady of Lourdes (Immaculate Conception Church) Garden Inchicor, Dublin 8
Hello from San Giovanni Rotondo 1 of 2 -- Shrine of Our Lady of Knock
Part 1 of 2 -- Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. Link to Padre Pio TV:
Maggie from Mayo - RTE Documentary on Margaret Burke Sheridan 1962
Margaret Burke Sheridan (15 October 1889 — 16 April 1958) was an Irish opera singer. Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, she was known as Maggie from Mayo and is regarded as Ireland's second prima donna, after Catherine Hayes (1818–1861).
Sheridan had her early vocal training while at school at the Dominican Convent in Eccles Street, Dublin, with additional lessons from Vincent O'Brien. In 1908, she won a gold medal at the Feis Ceoil. From 1909 to 1911 she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, during which time she was introduced to the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, who was instrumental in arranging further studies for her in opera in Rome. With Marconi's help she auditioned in 1916 for Alfredo Martino, a prominent singing teacher attached to the Teatro Costanzi, and she made her début there in January 1918 in Puccini's La Bohème.[1] In July 1919 she appeared at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in the title role in Iris by Pietro Mascagni. Sheridan returned to Italy, where her career continued to grow, with performances at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, primarily in Puccini roles. In 1922 she first sang at La Scala, Milan, in La Wally by Catalani under the direction of Toscanini. For the next few years she would sing at La Scala with great success. Perhaps her greatest role was Madama Butterfly, which she sang extensively in Italy and at Covent Garden. When she played the part of Madama Butterfly, Puccini was said to be spellbound.
Sheridan made a complete recording of Madama Butterfly with the La Scala orchestra during 1929–30 on gramophone records, also a number of recordings of operatic duets with the tenor Aureliano Pertile, as well as arias from selected operas by Michael William Balfe, Arrigo Boito, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. She also recorded various Irish traditional song arrangements by Balfe, John William Glover, Thomas Moore and others.
Sheridan made a complete recording of Madama Butterfly with the La Scala orchestra during 1929–30 on gramophone records, also a number of recordings of operatic duets with the tenor Aureliano Pertile, as well as arias from selected operas by Michael William Balfe, Arrigo Boito, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. She also recorded various Irish traditional song arrangements by Balfe, John William Glover, Thomas Moore and others.
Once she was told that the famous Italian soprano, Renata Tebaldi, had retired and Sheridan waspishly replied: Retired from what?
Bríd Mahon, in her 1998 book While Green Grass Grows, p. 123, states that: It was rumoured that an Italian whose overtures she had rejected had blown his brains out in a box in La Scala, Milan, while she was on stage and that after the tragedy she never sang in public again. She died in relative obscurity in 1958 and her remains buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Despite her successes, Sheridan's career was short. Suffering vocal difficulties she went into retirement around 1930 except for a few concerts. She lived in Dublin for most of the following years, dying there in 1958.
Bibliography
C. O'Brien, L. Lustig & A. Kelly: Margaret Burke Sheridan, in: Record Collector vol. 33 (1988), p. 187–213.
Ann Chambers: La Sheridan, Adorable Diva. Margaret Burke Sheridan, Irish Prima-Donna, 1889–1958 (Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1989), ISBN 0-86327-230-4
Live Recording Of Novena At Knock Basilica Thursday Evening 21/08/2014
Live Recording Of Novena At Knock Basilica Thursday Evening 21/08/2014
Bernadette Did You Know
This a song that I wrote about ten years ago about Lourdes for a friend of mine who needed some music for a film he was making about this amazing place.also most importantly is that a great producer and engineer in Ireland done the whole production and some great vocals and mandolin playing her name is Marian Macavoy of Panchord studios Dublin she has a great gift of tapping into the vibe of a song and brining it to another level Marian thanks again. I was just in Lourdes for the first time and It was great and I want to thank My good friend Fran for showing me around Lourdes and everyone who i was with on the trip. I hope everyone enjoys this God bless and take care and dont forget yourshovel from davey
The Wedding Day of Orla & Cathal
Friday 16th September 2011. Ceremony at The Church of The Assumption, Our Lady's Island with The Reception at The Talbot Hotel, Wexford.