By Katie Ascough - 04 April, 2020
Archbishop Eamon Martin.
Faithcast, the weekly faith podcast from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, is launching daily specials this Holy Week. The episodes will focus on how we can live Holy Week as people of faith in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Faithcast is a mixture of interviews, news and stories of faith from the Catholic Church in Ireland. The podcast, which is usually published weekly, will now have a daily episode from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
Contributors to the Holy Week reflection series are:
Contributors to the series will reflect on the meaning and symbolism of each of the days of Holy Week. The programme will begin with a reflection from Brother Richard Hendrick on Palm Sunday and will conclude on Easter Sunday with a message from Archbishop Eamon Martin.
Commenting on the Faithcast Holy Week initiative, Archbishop Eamon said, “As we prepare to celebrate Holy Week at home this year, we are offering people a chance to hear from different voices of faith. These daily reflections from bishops, priests and lay people will hopefully offer listeners a pause for thought from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
“I invite people to tune in to our Holy Week reflections. There are many people feeling alone and isolated at the moment and we hope that our short pieces of audio can assist people in living Holy Week in their homes.
“This podcast series is just one of a number of digital opportunities that we have been offering to people during these days. I would like to thank all those priests and people putting out into the deep of the net at this time and connecting with their parishioners on the digital highways.”
The podcasts will be available on www.catholicbishops.ie and on all Bishops’ Conference social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
You can also subscribe to the podcast here.
