Open Heart Open Arms

Welcoming Migrants to Ireland
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-910248-48-5
Verlag: Messenger Publications

Buch, Englisch, 48 Seiten, Format (B × H): 181 mm x 119 mm, Gewicht: 92 g

The aim of this booklet is to help foster an understanding of the plight of migrants that leads to action in the local faith community. Understanding of the role of the Christian towards the ever more present reality of migration and of the great Catholic tradition of hospitality is more important than ever, especially if we want or desire to make the appropriate response. The actions may not change situations in the homelands from which people migrated in the first place but the action we undertake in our neighbourhood where we live together can have amazing impacts for the stranger, for us and for our community, eventually influencing policy via our mutual understanding of the way our world is functioning or not functioning. The information in this booklet will hopefully help nurture the instincts of those who wish to make a difference in the face of the current crisis which brings with it so much tragedy. Author interviewed on High Noon on Newstalk with George Hook.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hilliard, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Über Autor(innen)

Hilliard, Alan
Fr Alan Hilliard grew in in Dublin’s suburb of Coolock. He is currently Administrator of the Parishes of City Quay, University Church and Westland Row in Dublin's south Inner City. He spent much of his ministry in the world of migration specifically in emigration and prisoners overseas and in third level chaplaincy. He is a regular contributor to RTE’s A Word in Edgeways

Previous titles with Messenger Publications include Dipping into Lent, Dipping into Advent and Dipping into Life.

Fr Alan Hilliard is a chaplain at DIT Bolton Street, Dublin. He was formerly Director of the Irish Bishops Commission for Emigrants and Prisoners Overseas.