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Life is precious
Amidst all the rich variety of life on earth, human life is cause for special wonder. We alone can contemplate the beauty around us. We alone can create art and music and literature to express this beauty. We alone can love one another.
Each human being has the capacity to experience and express this beauty and love in a unique way and, in doing so, to enrich others. We know that we did not create the beauty and the love around us. We know that we did not create ourselves.
When we say that human life is sacred we are recognising something that is sensed not only by religious people but by everyone who appreciates the wonder of human life. As human beings we depend on one another and so others have the right to expect something from us – it is the right to be recognised and respected and never to be treated as less than he or she is. That is true at every moment of our life – from its first beginnings to its natural end.
Positive Mental Health & Suicide Prevention:
Turning the Tide on Suicide: Founded to raise awareness and funding to lower the suicide rates in Ireland through dedicated research, educational support and intervention in the problem of suicide in Ireland http://www.3ts.ie
National Office for Suicide Prevention: http://www.nosp.ie
Pieta House -Pieta House offers a specialised treatment programme for people who have suicidal ideation or who participate in self-harming behaviours. http://www.pieta.ie
GROW runs groups for people with mental health diffficulties and for those trying to maintain good mental health. http://www.grow.ie
Childline is 24-hour service for children and young people up to 18 years of age. http://www.childline.ie
Teenline: http://www.teenline.ie
Headstrong: The national centre for promoting youth mental health - http://www.headstrong.ie
Barnardos supports children and families through providing a number of direct family support services located throughout the country. http://www.barnardos.ie
Parentline provides support, guidance and information on all aspects of being a parent. http://www.parentline.ie
Addiction Services
Helplines
SAMARITANS - 1850-609090 (24 hours) providing confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
AWARE - 1890-303302 (10am- 10pm - 7 days a week) Providing support and assistance to people whose lives are affected by depression
Catholic Organisations/Groups
Irish Catholic Communications Office
Education in Faith in Ireland - catechetics website
Pontifical Mission Society in Ireland - missionary information