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| Prayer card for the Venerable Matt Talbott |
On Tuesday 11th September
at St Walburghe's Day Chapel,
Balmoral Road, at 7.30pm
Fr Brian Lawless, will share more about the life of the Venerable Matt Talbot, his devotion to the Eucharist and to Mary, which gave him the grace and support he needed to give up drinking. He will also show relics (objects) that belonged to Matt Talbot.
For more information about the life of the Venerable Matt Talbot, click here, to see the website and for some videos about his life click here
Matt Talbot
Over the weekend, Fr Brian Lawless, talked about the life of the Venerable Matt Talbot. In his life he faced great poverty, he hardly went to school and from an early age developed a drink problem and became an alcoholic. When he was 28 years old, he made a pledge to give up drinking. He spent the rest of his life going to daily Mass, helping the poor and had a great devotion to Mary. After his death in 1925, people suffering from addiction and their families prayed to him as a patron (supporter) of those with addictions, especially alcohol. In 1996 an Apostolate (a group of people called to support the work of the Church) was formed to pray for the Venerable Matt Talbot to be canonised and become recognised as a Saint.