Last May, the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, DCU, launched a survey called Coronavirus, Church & You, which attracted nearly 1500 responses. This week, DCU launches a follow-up survey called COVID-19 & Church-21, again in collaboration with UK colleagues.
The research team aims to get a sense of how clergy and lay people are coping after many months of varying restrictions. The blossoming of different forms of online and socially distanced worship has shown the creativity of local churches, but also the variations in how much can be achieved. The researchers would like to make a detailed audit of what has been done, how those who produce, or access services feel about them, and what might faith in the future for adult churchgoers in Ireland look like?
The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education is making the survey available in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and it is open to all churchgoers over 18 years in Ireland, priests, religious and lay people. The survey takes 20-30 minutes to complete:
https://www.dcu.ie/materdei-centre-catholic-education/news/2021/jan/covid-19-church-21-new-survey