Trinity reConnecteD

40 years after graduating from Trinity College Dublin, Gerry Foley catches up with fellow grads from across all disciplines to see how their careers and lives have turned out. Over the course of 12 episodes between January and the end of June , Gerry will be chatting to entrepreneurs, social workers, leading scientists, engineers, poets, academics, fellow journalists and senior clergy . Each episode will also feature 1982 news headlines from Ireland and abroad. Find out , what happened next to 'the class of 1982" on TrinityreConnecteD

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TrinityreConnecteD. Episode 8 The Religious Life

April 27, 2022 • Gerry Foley • Season 1 • Episode 8

Gerry Foley talks to 2 more 1982 graduates from Trinity College Dublin. Both men have dedicated their lives to the service of God. One, Father Gerry Whelan is now a Jesuit Professor in Rome. The other, Dr Charles McMullen looks after a vibrant large Presbyterian congregation in Northern Ireland. He is also a former Moderator of the Church. Together they talk of their respective journeys towards ordination , that 'moment of surrender' to a life with Jesus.

Trinity memories include running the "brill cream ball' as a member of the Rock and Roll Society , the miscommunication that can occasionally occur when a Northerner tries to book a plane ticket from a Dubliner ! And why they both have very special, albeit entirely different ,
memories of life changing moments just by Trinity's Campanile.