Father Mathew
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Theobald Mathew was an Irish Catholic priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew. He was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County T
Theobald Mathew, by Edward Daniel Leahy
Father Mathew monument in St. Patrick's Street, Cork
The Father Mathew monument in its former location on Dublin's O'Connell Street
Commemoration plaque of Father Mathew Bridge over the River Liffey
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant, the other
Father Mathew
…for a short time to Maynooth. From 1808 to 1814 he studied in Dublin, where in the latter year he was ordained to the priesthood. Having entered the Capuchin order, after a brief period of service at Kilkenny, he joined the mission in Cork. Statues of Mathew stand on St. Patrick's Street, Cork, by J. H. Foley…
Bernardino Ochino (1487–1564), co-founder of the Capuchin Order
The remains of 4,000 friars adorn the ossuary of the Santa Maria della Concezione
A Capuchin friar/priest ready to administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession).
Capuchin friars in Paraguay, wearing the traditional Franciscan habit.