Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. Photo: CNS News In Brief
Missionaries at home should be thanked just as much as those who have worked abroad, the chair of the Bishops’ Council for Missions has said.
Speaking at a Mass in Maynooth organised by World Missions Ireland, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA, a onetime missionary in Africa, gave thanks for all those who made overseas missions possible.
“There are many who have worked tirelessly at home in order that missionaries abroad can do their work,” he said, emphasising that “a lot of the work couldn’t have been done without the efforts and support of the ordinary people of Ireland”.