Pictured at the 2025 Embrace Farm Ecumenical Remembrance Service are Teresa Roche, Chair of IFA Family Farm committee with Brian and Norma Rohan, co-founders of the Embrace Farm charity, Catherine Kennealy, Templemore, Embrace Farm staff, and the Rev Stephen Foster, Methodist Minister, Gurteen College, North Tipperary.

Embrace FARM hold Ecumenical Remembrance Service

Published: Mon 7 Jul 2025, 8:42 AM

On Sunday, June 29, Embrace FARM held its very well attended annual Ecumenical Remembrance Service to allow farm families from across Ireland to remember loved ones lost within their community. This service has become a pillar event for Embrace FARM, providing comfort for families impacted by a serious injury or sudden death on the farm, and honouring their memory. This year, the service was held in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary in Abbeyleix, Co Laois. It will also be broadcast on RTÉ One on Sunday, July 6 at 11am.

Continuing the tradition of adding names to the Remembrance List, Embrace FARM asked families around the country to submit the names of their deceased loved ones to be read aloud and remembered during the service. This year, 377 names were honoured in the roll call.

According to Norma Rohan, Co-founder of Embrace FARM: “Our community has faced unimaginable loss, and our Remembrance Service offers a safe, non-judgemental space for people who have had a similar experience to gather together and remember loved ones lost. Each name read aloud represents a cherished life and a family forever changed. Our commitment is to ensure that farm families impacted by serious injury or sudden death have a support system to walk this journey with them.”