Posts tagged COVID19
INTERVIEW: Stories from Catholics in Lockdown

In this 8th CV Connect webinar we heard stories from our spiritual fathers and mothers in the faith, the clergy and consecrated. All our guests are men and women who have generously given their life in service to the Lord and and His Church. We want to know how, in theses extraordinary circumstances, a Seminarian, a Deacon, Religious Sisters, Priests, a Consecrated Virgin and a Bishop, have responded to the challenges and opportunities of lockdown.

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INTERVIEW: Dr Austen Ivereigh on The Pope in Lockdown: Pope Francis’ response to COVID-19

In our fourth CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Dr Austen Ivereigh, one of the leading interpreters of the Francis papacy and a British Catholic writer journalist and commentator. Austen is also one of the founders of Catholic Voices and his bestselling biography is: The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (2015). His latest book is titled Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church (2019).

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INTERVIEW: Meg Hunter-Kilmer on Stories of Faith, Hope and Love

In our third CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a cradle Catholic and revert to the Faith, who credits her reversion to a grace-filled Confession, and what she calls the supreme logic of Catholic doctrine. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame. Five years into her career as a religion teacher she quit her job, packed up everything into the boot of her car, and then set off driving around the country as a full-time missionary. You can find out more about her at her blog Pierced Hands.

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INTERVIEW: Br Richard Hendrick OFMCap, finding perspective in isolation

In our second CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Br Richard Hendrick OFMCap, author of the poem ‘Lockdown’ (a poem about the coronavirus pandemic which has been shared over 50k times). In this webinar, which took place live on Monday 30th March, Br Richard shared practical tips in the art of self isolation and how Christians should respond to this current crisis with prayer and creativity.

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INTERVIEW: Fr Conor McDonough OP on challenges and opportunities for the Church during coronavirus

In our very first CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Fr. Conor McDonough OP. This webinar took place right after the UK went into full lockdown (23rd March) and in it Fr Conor talked about how the the Church should ‘seize the digital continent’, whether the Bishops were right in cancelling public Masses and what St Thomas Aquinas would have understood by spiritual communion.

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