Saint Dymphna

Are you crazy? Meet your patron. Saint Dymphna was the daughter of a pagan king in Ireland during the seventh century. When her mother (who had passed on her exquisite beauty to her daughter) died, the pagan king wanted to … Continue reading

Our Lady of Europe

Gibraltar houses a Marian shrine that was once a mosque.  Gibraltar was under Islamic rule from 711 to 1462, except for the short interval from1309 to1333. The name of the peninsula is an Anglicized version of the Arabic “Jabal [Mount] … Continue reading