Tearfund Ireland

Our virtual Game Night on Saturday was a great success!. Your support helped us to raise over a thousand euro for our Coronavirus responses in Lebanon and Ethiopia! The picture (right) shows Katie Prather, our winner from Saturday night, finishing off the crust of a pizza We are going to do it all over again this Saturday night - different questions, same wonderful cause. We would love to raise at least the same amount, if not more.  If you enjoyed yourself, please let your friends know and encourage them to buy a ticket and join us on Saturday!  

This year, to mark the season of Lent, we have put together a series of six reflections based on a new book by Ruth Valerio: Saying Yes to Life*. In the book, Ruth goes through the creation story, touching on themes of light, water, land, seasons, creatures, and humankind.   

We are currently experiencing a whole new terrain. Our society is not used to such drastic changes in our everyday lives, in such devastating ways. We are secure in our livelihoods and our vulnerabilities are not often laid bare. But the recent Corona virus has taken Ireland and the entire world by storm. Within a short period of time, the virus has stripped lives, jobs, and businesses and pushed hospitals and morgues to their capacities.  Our economies and infrastructures are struggling. Life changed in an instant and, for most of us, this is something new to navigate. Our livelihoods have been challenged in an unprecedented way.