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"People think you have to be a nun to work with the poor"

Ivan speaks to Alice Leahy about her life and life's work

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18.22 11 Apr 2019


"People think you have to be a nun to work with the poor"


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18.22 11 Apr 2019


As part of our on-going Lenten series "What's It All About", Ivan spoke this evening to Alice Leahy about her memoir “The Stars Are Our Only Warmth" and her personal spirituality.

 

Alice spoke about her early years helping people in Dublin who fell through the cracks of society, all the way through to the work the Alice Leahy Trust does today- and what motivates her to do it.


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Alice Leahy Homelessness Lent Poverty Spirituality

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