Musical project is dedicated to local healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19

A cross-denominational video involving over 300 Irish church groups has been launched on YouTube this Pentecost Sunday, dedicated to every healthcare worker on the island of Ireland dealing with COVID-19.

The Irish Blessing video is an initiative of Christians seeking God’s blessing on the people of Ireland in response to the pandemic. Participants include Moya Brennan as well as the Three Priests, brothers Fr. Eugene and Fr. Martin O’Hagan and Fr. Martin Delargy.

It has been organisd by Philip McKinley, former chaplain at Dublin City University and now in training for priesthood in the Church of Ireland, and Fr. Martin Magill, parish priest at the Falls Road and Belfast.

 

This article was first published in the Irish Times and was written by Patsy McGarry