Bishop Noel Treanor. We all have a “civic responsibility and mission” to support and encourage the family, especially during challenging situations, Down and Connor’s bishop has said.
Visiting the ‘Families Matter’ programme at Maghaberry Prison which is run by the prison and Barnardo’s NI to support fathers who are in custody on August 19, Bishop Noel Treanor said: “The importance of this highly innovative Families Matter programme within prison affirms the significance of family life and family relationships for the prisoners.”
Challenging
He added that the programme highlights the many challenges faced within the family and society today and it is “precisely within these challenging situations” that the reality of family is lived and celebrated with Faith, trust, joy and hope.
“Recalling the words of Pope Francis, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’, family provides the foundation for the Church and society and that we have a civic responsibility and mission to support and encourage the family.”