FEATURE: The lighting of a fire : Mater Dei Academy s plan to renew Catholic education -- and faith -- in Ireland thebostonpilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebostonpilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(OSV News) Claire Guernsey was eager to share her deeply held faith with the restless audience of Irish schoolkids. The students, however, didn t share her enthusiasm. In fact, they were practically surly. They did not want us there, Guernsey laughed, remembering the uncomfortable situation that occurred more than once during her two terms as a team member with NET Ireland, a Catholic youth ministry program specializing in school and parish ministry. Sometimes as she and her fellow team
Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, clergy and laypeople have cause for optimism about the renewal of the Catholic faith first brought to the Emerald Isle by St. Patrick in 432.
American Lay Missionaries Fan Embers of Catholic Faith In Ireland thetablet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetablet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.