The lockdown was very difficult for countless people, but for some it was an opportunity for new challenges. This proved true for Catholic writer, Jennifer Moorcroft.

“I enjoyed a few weeks of welcome rest when Covid-19 first hit”, she said, “but then I felt the urge to start writing again. I began working on a biography of Guite, Marguerite Chevignard, the sister of St Elizabeth of the Trinity, which was published last November, entitled ‘The Simplicity of Love’.

“I was received into the Catholic Church over 60 years ago now and have found such joy and fulfilment in my faith. Through my books I want to show that same sense of joy, peace, and love through the lives of people who lived their Christian live to the full.”

During the lockdowns, Jennifer, a parishioner at St Bride’s Church in Saundersfoot, managed to republish three of her books and write three more. Having celebrated her 80th birth last October, Jennifer has no intention of laying down her pen.

“I’ve just finished writing my third book about St Teresa of Los Andes, the first native Chilean saint and the first Carmelite saint of the Americas. Then I’m having to turn back to my biography on Guite. The first print run of that has already sold out and I’m now working on a second edition, because I have since had new material regarding her family to include. Then, I always like to have a new project in mind, so there is another book I want to write after that; I hope to still be writing while I can.”