As the Irish Inter–Church Committee met this week to reflect on the impact of Covid–19, participants were conscious that this is Mental Health Awareness Week (in the United Kingdom) and emphasised the need for care of mental health in all aspects of planning for the pandemic and its aftermath.
Co–Chairs Bishop Brendan Leahy and the Very Rev Dr Ivan Patterson issued the following statement after the meeting:
The mission statement of the Irish Inter–Church Committee is ‘Churches in Ireland — Connecting in Christ’. As we met this week, using video conference for the first time, we were talking…
