Ireland is filled with billboards inviting people to pray the Rosary
Ireland is filled with billboards inviting people to pray the Rosary
Ireland will see in the coming weeks an unusual sight in today’s Western Europe: dozens of billboards openly inviting people to pray the Rosary. The initiative is part of the promotional campaign for the All Ireland Rosary Rally, a large Catholic gathering that will take place on June 6 at the Marian shrine of Knock and aims to become one of the country’s largest religious events in recent years.
According to El Debate, the organizers have installed around 50 billboards across the island—including Northern Ireland—with messages encouraging citizens to take part in the day of prayer and pilgrimage.
The Rosary returns to Irish public space
Far from limiting themselves to parishes or social media, the promoters of the event have chosen to bring the message directly to the country’s roads and cities, reviving a strategy reminiscent of the historic campaigns of Father Patrick Peyton, the Irish priest who during the 20th century popularized massive Rosary crusades around the world.
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