In recent months there has been huge media coverage of medical and economic issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, but religious questions have less often been addressed. Where is God in the pandemic? Can we draw meaning out of the present suffering? How have parishes been affected, and what can church communities do in these times of restrictions? Finally, what could be the lasting effects on church life?
Members of the theology and philosophy faculties at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, have been reflecting on this topic. As a result, a day-conference on COVID-19 using Zoom was held in January, Below you will find the links to the presentations that were held on the day
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19 symposium, 21 January 2021. Anne Codd & Fr Michael Hurley
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19 Symposium, 21 January 2021. Michael Shortall: "Grief Observed
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19 symposium, 21 January 2021. Salvador Ryan. The Final Rupture?
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19. Jessie Rogers. Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land.
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19 Symposium. Gaven Kerr - "God and the Problem of Suffering"
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19. John-Paul Sheridan: COVID19 & the Spiritual Lives of Children
Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19 Symposium. Jeremy Corley: Exile & Sabbath as Scriptural Models
Faculty members of the college and associates are also publishing a book, entitled Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19. This volume will offer short reflections on religious aspects of COVID-19 from various pastoral and theological angles. The book is due to be published by Messenger Press (Dublin) in the early months of 2021.
