A Zoom conference with well-known speakers has been organised for the month of October entitled ‘Evangelising Irish Culture Today’.
It is being organised by ‘The Hook of Faith’. In a letter about the event Wexford-based Fr Billy Swan said: “Pope Francis said that ‘it is imperative to evangelise cultures in order to enculturate the Gospel. In countries of Catholic tradition, this means encouraging, fostering and reinforcing a richness which already exists’” (The Joy of the Gospel, 69).
“This initiative is a response to those directives and tries to shine the light of the Gospel on the most important areas of Irish cultural life including medicine, law, science, the media, politics, family, education, sport and diocese/parish.”
Speakers include Bishop Phonsie Cullinan, Sen. Ronan Mullen, Fr Michael Drumm, Bairbre Cahill, Breda O’Brien, Fr Philip Mulryne OP, Seán O’Leary, Steve Warner, Patrick Treacy and Seán O’Leary.