Archbishop Eamon Martin To help mark this year’s Week of Witness (25 November-December 1) in support of persecuted Christians around the world, Aid to the Church in Need (Ireland) has released a short film which follows how a commission from Archbishop Eamon Martin for a devotional statue to St Oliver Plunkett, that would also lead people to see the suffering and sacrifice of Christ in all who are persecuted for their faith, was fulfilled by the artist Dony McManus.
Commenting on the film, Michael Kinsella, ACN National Director said that the “short film is intended to introduce people to this magnificent statue. It all revolves around how between Archbishop Eamon and Dony something truly inspirational has been created. As Dony says in the film ‘Christ was working through us, that is the only way I can explain it’. Obviously, the dedication of the statue to the martyrs of yesterday, today and tomorrow should give us all pause for thought. As Archbishop Eamon reminds us in the film ‘Christian persecution is not something of the past, it’s real, it’s happening today’. I hope this film and this message will be widely shared.”
The film, which was produced by iCatholic, can be viewed at acnireland.org