Northern Ireland
Claire McCollum is on the north coast of her home of Northern Ireland looking back on memorable faith stories from across the region. Filmed before restrictions.
Claire McCollum shares her love of her home of Northern Ireland by looking back on some of Songs of Praise’s best faith stories from across the region. She revisits the time she spent with a Christian geologist at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway, and when she met a former professional footballer who was called to the priesthood. There is also another chance to see when Katherine Jenkins found out about thriving faith in the historic Titanic Quarter in Belfast, and when JB Gill took to two wheels cycling in Antrim with a group of Christian bikers. With hymns, old and new, recorded across Northern Ireland before the current restrictions.
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Hymn: The King Of Love My Shepherd Is
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Feature: Giant's Causeway
Duration: 02:45
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Webtrail: Northern Ireland
Duration: 00:54
Stories
Giant’s
Causeway
Another
chance to see when Claire visited the iconic Giant’s Causeway – a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. She speaks to a local geologist who explains how the remarkable
interlocking columns of rock were formed, and how he marries his science with a
deep faith in a creator God.Ìý Website
link for more information: Ìý
Cycling for Christ
Watch again when JB Gill took a ride
around the stunning Strangford Lough in County Down with a Christian cycling
group. He’s put through his paces on the narrow countryside roads and finds out
from the team leader how cycling brings them closer to God. Website link for
more information:
Pro-footballer
to Priest
We revisit when Claire met Philip Mulryne who left professional
football behind to become a Catholic Priest. Philip fulfilled the dream of many
a youngster in Northern Ireland by being signed up to Manchester United as a
teenager. He tells Claire about his journey to finding fulfilment in the
Christian faith which led him to the Priesthood and even a vow of poverty.
Dock Café
in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter
Another chance to see when Katherine visited a café in
Belfast where people only pay what they want, and where ‘loving thy neighbour’
is fully put into practice. She chats to café workers about how the biblical message
of compassion and welcome is key to how they serve others. Website link for more
information:
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Claire McCollum |
Actor | Katherine Jenkins |
Presenter | JB Gill |
Executive Producer | Cat Lewis |
Executive Producer | Emyr Afan |
Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
Producer | Jessie Bland |
Production Company | Avanti Media |
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Jun 2020 13:15