The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...

Whitefriar Street Church, a Carmelite Church in Dublin, has housed relics of St. Valentine since 1836, making the location a popular stop for Catholics to receive blessings around Valentine’s Day.

In addition to the building of Dublin’s Whitefriar St. church, Our Lady of Mount St. Carmel, in 1826, Spratt also founded St Peter’s Orphanage; St Joseph’s Night Refuge Cork Street for the homeless ...

Pictured is the Shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin. Saint Valentine, a priest in ancient Rome, ...