Breige O’Hare, a native of Omagh, is married and living in Belfast. She worked in the Diocese of Down and Connor for eight years, assisting in the training and formation of adults for family ministry, producing material for use on sacramental preparation in schools and helping to devise and deliver an on-going programme of faith development. She now works as a freelance speaker, writer and spiritual director, facilitating workshops and retreats and producing resources for parishes in Ireland and in the UK. Trained as a spiritual director by the Jesuits, with a Masters in Pastoral Theology from All Hallows College Dublin, Breige’s research and published writing on the theme of growth in relationship with God is used internationally to help spiritual directors in their own training and practice.

Her book “Whole Parish Catechesis: Faith development for the Faint hearted” and the resources produced regularly through www.catholicireland.net have been well received in by Irish and UK audiences. Breige has published articles in The Sacred Heart Messenger, Reality and Irish News as well as in The Furrow, The Pastoral Review, Spirituality and Presence.