In September 2015 we invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) to conduct a review of our Community’s child safeguarding policy and practice. We very much welcome the findings of the report on our Community which was published today and accept all its recommendations. We are completely willing and open to collaborating fully with the NBSCCCI into the future to further improve our child safeguarding practices, something to which we are strongly committed. We are deeply saddened that so many children have suffered as a consequence of abuse by priests and religious in the past and we continue to pray for all survivors of abuse and their families.
TOWARDS HEALING:
Counselling Support Service
Free Phone Ireland: 1800 303416;
Free Phone UK: 0800 0963315;
www.towardshealing.ie
Monday – Thursday 11am – 8pm; Friday – 11 am – 6 pm
TOWARDS PEACE:
Spiritual Support Service.
Tel: 00 353 (0) 1 5053028;
Mobile: 086 771 0533;
Web: www.towardspeace.ie
The insight of the Saint of Lisieux is the conviction of the Church, repeatedly voiced by the Magisterium: “The Church is deeply aware and, without hesitation she forcefully proclaims, that there is an intimate connection between prayer and the spreading of the Kingdom of God, between prayer and the conversion of hearts, between prayer and the fruitful reception of the saving and uplifting Gospel message”.
‘Verbi Sponsa’ 43
