The Penal Laws targeted Catholics following the Protestant Reformation. Lay people faced penalties such as fines and imprisonment, while priests faced severe punishments, including death, if caught ministering to Catholics.
ACN Ireland launched the Mass rock initiative after this year’s Easter Octave. It said that the settings of Mass rocks, which it has presented on a map, varied widely. Some are located on Ireland’s coastline, while others are on mountaintops, in grassy fields, or under pine trees. The Mass rocks stretch from County Donegal, in the north, to County Cork, in the south.
On its website, ACN Ireland offered a breakdown of the 26 Masses, grouped into the four ecclesiastical provinces of Armagh, Cashel, Dublin, and Tuam.
ACN Ireland is inviting Catholics inspired by the Mass rock campaign to join it in praying for the renewal of the Catholic faith in Ireland through the Irish martyrs’ intercession.
The Feast of the Irish Martyrs is June 20.
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