This new Matt Talbot icon was posted 03 February 2013
at http://www.togherparish.ie/parish/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251%3A130203mt&catid=25%3Athe-project&Itemid=2.
It was created by Sr. Irene Gibson of Raheeny in Dublin and commissioned by the
Cork Regional Pioneers.
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The broken bottle is a symbol of his break from the slavery of addiction. Chain round waist, which he wore as a penance after his conversion, is symbol of his enslavement to the Blessed Virgin Mary. (http://peaceofzionicons.blogspot.com/2013/01/venerable-matt-talbot-icon.html)