Sisters of the Troubles

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The whole world saw the picture of Father Edward Daly waving a bloodied handkerchief as he escorted a dying teenager out of the line of fire on Bloody Sunday; many books have been written about the role of Catholic priests and Protestant clergy during 30 years of “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland. But the stories of Catholic Sisters working in schools or living on the Peace Line in Belfast, have not been heard. These are stories of trauma, anger and shaken faith but tales too of laughter, hope and reconciliation.

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0:00.0	From the BBC World Service, welcome to the latest edition of the documentary podcast.
0:06.0	Every week we bring you a range of stories from our presenters and reporters across the world.
0:11.0	Please do rate the documentary on your podcast app and leave a comment. Let us know what you think. Oh, For 30 years a sectarian conflict raged in Northern Ireland. More than 3,600 people lost their lives. Scores of thousands were injured.
0:48.3	The British government sent in troops in 1969 in an attempt to maintain order among Protestant and Catholic communities who appeared
0:57.2	unable to live side by side.
1:00.4	That looks like a petrol bomb over there flashing its way across.
1:03.6	The role of Catholic clergy during the Troubles is well documented.
1:07.5	It was not without controversy.
1:09.4	A small number were seen as active supporters of IRA violence but the bigger story is one of
1:16.0	huge risk-taking in the cause of peace. Priests spoke out on behalf of their
1:21.4	communities, officiated at far too many funerals, some put their lives
1:27.0	on the line, acting as intermediaries between government and men of violence.
1:33.0	There is another story that is less well known,
1:36.0	and that's the story of Catholic nuns.
1:40.0	You might find a mention of us in the index of a book, but rarely within its chapters.
1:45.0	And that's where the witness seminars come in.
1:49.0	Hello.
1:50.0	Great.
1:51.0	Have you?
1:52.0	Good to see you very well nice. Over a period of two years,
1:55.0	a period of two years, Roman Catholic sisters gathered together to share our memories of 30 years of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
2:05.3	The witness seminars, as we call them, were initiated by an independent scholar
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