by Vocations Ireland | Jun 3, 2020 | 2020, Blog, News, Vocations Ireland
This reflection by John O’Donoghue is very appropriate in these times.This is the time to be slow,Lie low to the wallUntil the bitter weather passes.Try, as best you can, not to letThe wire brush of doubtScrape from your heartAll sense of yourselfAnd your...
by Vocations Ireland | Jun 3, 2020 | 2020, Blog, News, Vocations Ireland
The following is a letter written by a college professor to his students in Notre Dame University in the USA at the beginning of COVID 19 there. There are places in the heart that do not yet exist,and into them enters suffering,that they might exist.—Léon Bloy Dear...
by Vocations Ireland | May 26, 2020 | 2020, Blog, News, Religious Sisters
Oh when will this nightmare be over? When will it stop getting worse? When will our world recover? When will the darkness disperse? So many people are ailing, and far too many have died. Each day the news is depressing, at the end of the tunnel no light. And yet we...
by Vocations Ireland | May 22, 2020 | 2020, Blog, Celebrations, Events, News
Jean Murtagh and Jim O’Donovan are two front line doctors working in Cavan. Jean is from West Meath and Jim is from Limerick. Jean and Jim got in engaged in Kylemore Abbey in 2018 and set the date for the wedding on 22nd May. Unfortunately, with COVID19...
by Vocations Ireland | May 5, 2020 | 2020, Blog, News, Religious Sisters, Vocations Ireland
While reflecting on Sr Eileen O’Connell’s story I was left with a question to ponder. “This present time is gift. Seize that gift! Welcome it! It offers the space and silence needed to hear the voice of God – ‘a sound of sheer silence’ (1 Kings...
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