Lanarkshire churches have installed hands-free Holy water dispensers in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Parishioners at St Francis Xavier Carfin, at Carfin Grotto, and The Sacred Heart Church in Bellshill, are now able to bless themselves thanks to a generous parishioner’s ingenious idea.
Carfin man Paul Lawlor missed the use of Holy Water fonts, which had been banned from churches due to the risks, but after discussing an idea with his son, Chris Lawlor, of Lawlor Technologies, they came up with a solution.
Paul began building two prototypes in a shed and kindly donated one to St Francis Xavier Carfin and his former parish, The Sacred Heart in Bellshill.