Show Highlights
Today we discuss the Rise of Christianity throughout Ireland and the UK via the “apostles of Ireland.”
Show Notes
Hagiography – the writing of the saints, less about the history biography and more about a life as a pattern to emulate and exemplify.
Book recommendations: How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Quote from St. Brendan (patron Saint of navigation):
“Wind of God, fill the sail, and whatever shore I land, will preach the gospel.”
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