I was baptised in a converted aeroplane hangar – and I’m always ready for take-off, though sometimes I have crash-landed and messed up my baptismal gown! I was clothed in Christ at St Agnes’ Church, which was built in Belfast after the Second World War. I almost missed my take-off. “You’re too late,” the priest…
Rediscovering the power of our baptism
Fr Joe Rooney with the pastoral council, Catherine Hare, Malachy Kearney, guest speaker Dr Orla Walsh, Bernie McKenna and Enda McKeever.

Martina Purdy