Come & See Inspirations

On this weeks podcast we are delighted to welcome back David Bracken, archivist for Limerick diocese to tell us about the forthcoming publication of a new book "Of Limerick: Saints & Seekers". We have our regular run through the saints of the week, local notices and of course our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel.Of Limerick: Saints & SeekersIn Of Limerick Saints and Seekers we journey through a millennium and a half of Limerick history with scholars and scribes, poets and preachers, martyrs and missionaries, and founders of churches and religious communities. Drawing from early Ireland to present day, this collection of stories details the lives of extraordinary people from a variety of faith traditions and perspectives, from well-known saints to unknown and unsung religious and lay people, including figures such as St Íte, foster mother of the saints; Gille, Limerick’s first bishop; the medieval Askeaton Madonna; Terence Albert O’Brien, bishop of Emly; Sikh scholar Max Arthur MacAuli