Fr Kieran Creagh (57) was shot twice and seriously wounded at a hospice he set up to help people with Aids in 2007. He has established a 'Respite from Trauma Retreat' at Tobar Mhuire, Crossgar, offering a "space where people can come and be understood and listened to". Ordained in 1993, Fr Creagh worked with Aids patients in poverty-stricken areas for a decade before opening the Leratong hospice in South Africa in 2004. But he was determined to return to South Africa to complete the building of a church, crèche and health clinic on a site adjacent to the hospice. In a bid to help others, he has set up a 'Respite from Trauma Retreat' at Tobar Mhuire, where he is now based.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 08, 2020 01:07 UTC