Mags Gargan
The military chaplaincy has launched a prayer book app specifically for those working in the Defence Forces and their families.
The app is based on the Mingy Prayerbook, which was published in the 1990s to provide personnel with prayers and reflections during training that they could fit into a pocket or wallet.
Available from the App Store, the Mingy Prayerbook app now offers multi-denominational prayers and reflections to cater for personnel and their families and colleagues with whom they serve overseas.
Overseas
“Mingy is a unique Defence Forces word which grew up in the Congo on the first UN mission overseas,” said Fr Robert McCabe CF.
“The Irish soldiers would be patrolling the markets and would hear the word mingy, mingy, mingy, meaning we have plenty of fruit or sculptures. Mingy speaks to every member of the Defence Forces who have been overseas and their familes.”