A coffee shop set up with the support of over a dozen different Catholic groups offers a model of outreach and co-operation which could be vital for the Church going forward, organisers say.
Brew132 on Cork’s Washington Street aims to provide a place where students on their way to and from college might be exposed to the Faith.
Among the orders backing the project are the Franciscans, Bon Secours Sisters, Presentation Sisters, and Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, while younger Catholics from such groups as NET Ministries and the UCC Catholic Chaplaincy will run the café.
According to Fr Maurice Colgan OP, the orders immediately realised the potential of the idea, and that similar ideas could be tried elsewhere.
“It’s a matter of let us do this, let us test the waters, and see what is the best way of doing it and what works, and then let’s bring it to elsewhere, because when you have all these groups involved, it makes it so much easier.”
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