Former MP and UK Minister of State for Children and Families to talk about how faith prompted her to leave politics and work instead for the Jesuit Refugee Service.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said, "Our society has lost a dedicated public servant.”
South Tipperary Deputy Mattie McGrath sees "no reason why there could not be a specific space for prayer in the Oireachtas on a full-time basis”.
