Latest News and Updates
The Latest News & Updates
Pandemics
Story of pandemics in the past and the role of religious women in particular in nursing in these circumstances.
Cloister Day
The Poor Clare Sisters in Galway are hosting a Virtual Cloister Day on Saturday 2nd May.
The Identity of the Religious Brother in the Church and world of today.
As I begin, I wish to underscore the issue of the lack of understanding of the vocation of the Religious Brother and his identity both within the Church and in the world at large. While there is clear understanding of Priests and Priesthood, and that of Religious...
CONDOLENCES
The Executive of Vocations Ireland would like to offer their sincere sympathies to those Congregations who have sadly lost members of their communities to COVD19 It is particularly sad to lose someone who has been in a nursing home and therefore the community and...
Prayer Requests
There are many prayer requests coming into the Vocations Office so we post a number of them here and ask that people will remember them in prayer. We include the Prayer of Pope Francis as well.
Congratulations to the Faithful Companions of Jesus
Congratulations to the Faithful Companion of Jesus Sisters who are celebrating their bicentenary.
Today was a Difficult Day
A conversation of sharing and support when one is having a difficult day.
Greetings from Glencairn
The sisters of Glencairn monastery greeting all at this time of crisis. Assurance of Prayers and some good advice.
Lockdown – Br Richard
Poem written by Br Richard OFM Cap on the current lockdown because of COVID 19.
Prayer in time of Need
ord, in 1879 the Apparition in Knock gave comfort and hope to your people in a time of distress and worry. In the presence of Our Lady, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist and the Lamb of God you showed us that we are neither alone nor abandoned in times of great need, personally and as a people.
Prayer in Time of Need
We pray for our world – for all of us, each one now in some way impacted by COVID-19: but especially for those persons who are ill, those who have lost loved ones and those whose personal and work lives have been severely disrupted by the reach of this virus.
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2020
Pope Francis gives a message of hope and joy for Lent 2020
Arise
Information on the Arise Event at Knock Shrine on 7 March 2020. Speakers are Sr Susan Jones CHF and Fr Brendan Kilcoyne.
A Mighty Catch – Musical
Musical, A Mighty Catch, auditions, 29 February 2020, St Paul’s Arron Quay, Dublin, All over 18’s welcome
Come and See: Monastic Life Today
An opportunity to meet sisters living the monastic life int eh tradition of St Dominic, share in the liturgy and in the Eucharist. Explore the relevance of monastic life in today’s world, in the Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Drogheda, Co Louth.