Latest News and Updates
The Latest News & Updates
The Hills are Alive
RTE are showing a 3 part documentary on Kylemore Abbey. Episode 1 can be watched back now (from Ireland only) on the RTE Player. https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-hills-are-alive-a-year-at-kylemore-abbey/10011254-00-0000?epguid=IP10011262-01-0001
Congratulations
Congratulations to former member of Vocations Ireland Executive Keilah Blohm who got married recently. She worked as Advertising Manager with the Irish Catholic during her time here in Ireland and would have been very familiar to many of you. Wishing her every...
Vocations Ireland out and about
A busy weekend for AMRI and Vocations Ireland members and staff. Thursday to Sunday we were with Youth 2000 Ireland in Newbridge. Nine different congregations were present over the 4 days and were warmly welcomed by Youth 2000 staff, volunteers and the young people....
AMRI report from Rome
https://www.amri.ie/jubilee-of-youth-hope-does-not-disappoint-a-review-of-our-week-in-rome/
Job Vacancy
Do you have a passion for working with young adults? Join our team. https://tinyurl.com/2p9jsb3x
Vacancy – Lecturer in Pastoral Theology
https://tinyurl.com/h5a8b7ex
Sisters at Kylemore Abbey to Celebrate St. Benedict’s Week
The Benedictine Sisters will celebrate their founder's feast day for an entire week, from July 5-13, at the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception at Kylemore Abbey. Read More
Vocations Ireland Annual Conference in the News
An article about the Vocations Ireland Annual Conference, held May 10, 2025, has been posted to the National Catholic Reporter website: https://www.ncronline.org/columns/religious-life/open-doors-share-joy-and-throw-some-pizza
Cultivating Hope
Celebration
I recently had the privilege of enjoying a few days retreat in one of the hermitages of the Poor Clares in Faughart. The sisters were most welcoming and were delighted to welcome me to join the for the Divine Office and Mass. While I was there, I was blessed to be...
The Siena Rosary
From its foundation, the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) has acknowledged the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We have continuously experienced her care and protection through the recitation of the Rosary. This Gospel prayer with its meditation on the mysteries...
Vocation Story
https://youtu.be/8oDvy8h_Ph4
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 2023 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Vocation: Grace and Mission Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people! This is now the sixtieth time that we are celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, established by Saint Paul VI in 1964, during the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. This providential...
FLAME 2023
“Rise Up” was the theme for the event, from Luke 1: 39 “Mary arose and went in haste.” Flame was organised by the Catholic Youth Ministry Federation in the UK. It was well attended, about 8,000 young people from different parts of England and Wales. It was wonderful...
Pope Francis’ 10th anniversary: ‘Ad multos annos, Holy Father!’
As Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his pontificate, our Editorial Director and the Director of the Osservatore Romano explain Vatican Media’s coverage of this historic milestone, and offer their best wishes to the Holy Father. By Andrea Tornielli and...