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Sunday, August 18 | Service begins at 9:30 AM 

The Milwaukee Irish Fest Liturgy for Peace and Justice will be held on Sunday, August 18 at the American Family Amphitheater on the south end of the Henry Maier Festival Park.

The service will begin at 9:30 AM with musical selections from the Irish Fest Liturgy for Peace and Justice Choir at 9:00AM. Plan to arrive early as there is a distance from the parking lots to the Amphitheater. People may also be dropped off near the south end roundabout.

Irish Fest is pleased to announce that this year's Liturgy for Peace and Justice celebrant is, Fr. Frainc Mac Bradaigh, SJ.



Sunday, August 18 Gate Admission Promotion - South Gate Only

Sunday, August 18

Donate Nonperishable Food Items - Free Entry -  South Gate Only

  • 8:00 AM - The South Gate entrance opens for Mass
  • 9:00 AM - Irish Fest Liturgy for Peace and Justice Choir
  • 9:30 AM - Mass service begins
        *Location: American Family Insurance Amphitheater
  • 11:00 AM - Free admission with donation of nonperishable food items ends
  • 11:00 AM - Irish Fest opens - all gates

Donate nonperishable food items between 8 and 11 am at the South Gate entrance to receive free admission. The festival opens at 11 am. For anyone who donates food and chooses not to attend Mass, enjoy food from Ward's House of Prime (right inside the South Gate area), Catalano's Fruit Stand, and a Paddy's Cafe pop-up with morning buns, doughnuts and refreshments until the festival opens at 11 am, or receive a hand stamp to return at any time on Sunday until 9 pm.

All nonperishable items will be donated to The Hunger Task Force. The Hunger Task Force kindly asks for donations of cans of healthy fruits and vegetables or any non-perishable healthy food items.


 

About Fr. Frainc Mac Bradaigh, SJ

Fr. Frainc Mac Bradaigh, SJ, will be the celebrant for the 2024 Liturgy for Peace and Justice on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 9:30AM.  The service will begin with musical selections from the Irish Fest Liturgy for Peace and Justice Choir at 9:00AM.

Fr. Mac Bradaigh grew up in Wicklow but was schooled in Galway after age 9, where he learned the Irish language.  After the Jesuit novitiate he spent summers in Connemara helping in Gaeltacht summer schools.  He spent 13 years working in north Dublin central city.  He worked for 20 years in Ballymum with Gaelscoileanna.  He helped out in ten Gaelscoileanna from mid Ulster to Belfast.  Since 2012 he has been the editor of An Timire and FAS, the Irish language publishing house.  An Timire is the oldest Irish language magazine, started in 1911 by the Jesuits.  FAS began in 1956 and publishes in Irish in the area of spirituality.

Fr. Mac Bradaign, SJ will be spending cosiderable time in the Gaeltacht area at Irish Fest when he is not blessing the Irish currach's and the Irish dogs.

Milwaukee Irish Fest is delighted to welcome Fr. Frainc Mac Bradaigh, SJ.

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