The journey from Catholicism to a more peaceful way of life for some

In the second part of a two-day special report, Joyce Fegan asks six people about changing or losing their faith
Sr Isabel Keegan (left) and Sr Annmarie Stuart, Franciscan Sisters who were members of the Roman Catholic Church but are now ordained priests in the Church of Ireland, preparing for service in the Church of Ireland in Killorglin, Co. Kerry. They don't see their journey as leaving one religion for another. Photo: Don MacMonagle

Sr Isabel Keegan (left) and Sr Annmarie Stuart, Franciscan Sisters who were members of the Roman Catholic Church but are now ordained priests in the Church of Ireland, preparing for service in the Church of Ireland in Killorglin, Co. Kerry. They don't see their journey as leaving one religion for another. Photo: Don MacMonagle

In the second part of a two-day special report, Joyce Fegan asked six people to open up about how they left one faith behind, and about their new lives. 

And, despite the stereotype that people merely fade from a particular practice of religion, she discovered that each of them has been on a spiritual journey towards the life that is right for them.

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