Mags Gargan
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have offered to house a family of refugees at their retreat centre in Cork.
Fr Michael Curran MSC, leader of the Myross Wood community, is currently working alongside the Irish Red Cross to put the suggested relief plan into action. Myross Wood House has already been inspected by an Irish Red Cross representative, and it has been confirmed that the house will be suitable to accommodate a family as soon as some slight modifications have been put in place.
Family
“The rooms we have are adequate enough, but we will need to create family space, such as a kitchen and a living room,” said Fr Curran.
“We could take a family group of about 10 people, but the next step is to wait for the representative to come back to us to let us know if our offer is acceptable to the Irish Red Cross, and to receive their recommendations about the adaptations that will have to be carried out.”
Fr Curran said the community is glad “to be able to help in any way”. “We can accommodate about 40 guests in the house, but we have space for 10 refugees, because we will also need room to accommodate the people who come here on retreat,” he said.