Staff Reporter
The fifth annual Ballymena roundtable gathering on faith will this year address the issue of the family in preparation for next year’s WMOF in Dublin.
Held annually on a topical issue related to the intersection between faith and family life, the event has emerged as a key local invitative in Church renewal.
Due to be held at the parish centre, All Saints Church, Ballymena, Co Antrim on Saturday September 9, the guest speaker will be columnist with The Irish Catholic, Bairbre Cahill.
The programme runs from 1pm-4.30pm and organisers say all are welcome to come along and talk and listen to Bairbre, a wife and mother of four children who is a noted author and speaker on the issue of faith in family life.
Organisers say that the issue of faith and families has emerged as a talking point at all the gatherings in recent years. Bairbre most recently wrote about ‘The Experience and Challenge of Families’ in a new book called Exploring Amoris Laetitia, Opening the Pope’s Love Letter to Families. It was launched in Knock during this year’s novena.
Opportunity
A spokesperson for the organisers said “we hope that this meeting will be an opportunity to explore ways in which we can all, young and old, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, Godparents, work to grow faith within our own hearts, our families and in the family of our parish and Church.”
Other speakers are Baroness Nuala O’Loan and Fr Paddy Delargy. The event will be facilitated by Janice McKeith.
To register or for further information contact All Saints Parish Centre at 028 2563 1236, allsaintspc@outlook.com