In the light of Covid-19, our human relationship with the organic world, and particularly with other life forms, is an ethical and spiritual issue of growing significance. The implications for how we are called to live and practice our faith are quite substantial and will be reviewed in detail in this program.

Resource Person: Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist most of whose working life has been in social ministry, predominantly in London, UK. In that capacity he has worked as a couple's counsellor, in bereavement work, AIDS-HIV counselling, and in more recent times, with homeless people and refugees. As a workshop leader and group facilitator he has worked in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, The Philippines, Thailand, India and in several African countries, facilitating programs on Adult Faith Development.  He is currently working on a book for Orbis, provisionally entitled Spirituality after Covid 19, which will be released September 2022.   He now lives in Dublin, Ireland.