Description
John Friel grew up and went to school in Derry before training for the priesthood. After ordination he first worked in youth ministry in Dublin later moving to Scotland where he worked in a Young Offenders institute and started studying for an Open University degree in Psychology. He then moved to Belfast founded the New Life Counselling service based in Ardoyne and worked as part-time Prison Chaplain in the H blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison between 1992 and1994. John graduated with a BSc in Psychology in 1994 then studied at Boston College in the US to become a Chartered Psychologist before returning as Chaplain in the H Blocks be...tween 1996 and 1999.
John Friel grew up and went to school in Derry before training for the priesthood. After ordination he first worked in youth ministry in Dublin later moving to Scotland where he worked in a Young Offenders institute and started studying for an Open University degree in Psychology. He then moved to Belfast founded the New Life Counselling service based in Ardoyne and worked as part-time Prison Chaplain in the H blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison between 1992 and1994. John graduated with a BSc in Psychology in 1994 then studied at Boston College in the US to become a Chartered Psychologist before returning as Chaplain in the H Blocks be...tween 1996 and 1999.
Title: | We had something in common |
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Description: | John Friel Catholic Chaplain in the H Blocks (the Maze Long Kesh Prison) describes talking to students there after his own Open University graduation. | Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
Contributor: | John Friel |
Duration: | 00:01:41 |
Master programe code and title: | John Friel Interview |
Master programme start time: | 00:13:24 |
Master programme end time: | 00:15:03 |
Master programme production number: | 093_O_01 |
Available to public: | yes |