From his years in church confessionals, Bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian is used to talking to people that he cannot see yet holding on to faith that they heed his message.
“One woman later said to me, ‘It’s great for us all to be together.’ She was talking about a reality where she was in her house and she knew that everybody else was in theirs, but that was how she described it.” “Literally, we haven’t been off the phone and email since Friday morning,” says Tony Bolger, director of Church Services TV. “We never really expected to be where we are.”Bolger’s company has long had a relationship with RTÉ, with its online streams available on RTÉ’s website.
Roger Childs, head of religious content at RTÉ, says the daily broadcasts will greatly serve those unable to attend Mass, especially during Lent. A five-minute reflection representing other faiths plays after the Mass ends. The effects will last long after coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, becomes a memory: “I think like everything else, when you are determined to learn something and you have somebody to help you, you’ll find a way.
Spirit in the sky
Daytime atheists, night time believers.
DavQuinn Because they are not going to the actual churches. Still made up nonsense of course.
PadraigSagart Will we shake off our delusions and re-embrace Our Father?
MariaLaoise Another solution emerging for the clergy shortage.