Ruadhán Jones
Altar servers and children’s choirs have been slow to return in parishes after Covid. Photo: CNS We should read with concern last week’s National Safeguarding report. Aside from the rise in the number of allegations of abuse reported, the safeguarding body makes two references, small but significant, to children’s ministries. Twice the report states that, while 2022-23 saw the return of some children’s ministry, “in some places, this has been slow”.…
