Quotations

Yet above all, it falls to you, the Bishops, and to your clergy to offer young people an inspiring and attractive vision of the ordained priesthood. Our prayer for vocations "must lead to action so that from our praying heart a spark of our joy in God and in the Gospel may arise, enkindling in the hearts of others a readiness to say 'yes'".

Pope Benedict XVI speaking to Irish Bishops at the end of their 2006 'Ad Limina' visit


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Media

On this page, we will be posting links to recent media articles on Vocations, in general, and preisthood in particular; Please visit these links and see for yourselves;

Monday 1st June

Online viewing is becoming a hugely popular way of keeping up with whats going on in the world.  The Catholic Church is at the cutting edge of these developments in many ways.  Catholic TV is one of the most extensive sites for Religious Broadcasting on the web. 
They have a particularly popular breakfast show "This is the Day" which deserves a look.  Most of these programmes are downloadable as podcasts.  

 

Sunday 13th April

BBC - On Vocations Sunday, the BBC News department cover the topic of Vocation with some interviews on air and in writing with priests from the Catholci Church In this link, Fr. Paul Embry comments on the recent increase inentrants to Seminary; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7343178.stm;

This piece is a commentary on the 2008 Campaign for Vocations Sunday, by the Catholic Church; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7344879.stm

Fr. Paul and Fr. Joseph are interviewed about the challenges facing the Church in Vocations recruitment, and share something of their own journey; http://tiny.cc/yfybq

Robert Piggott, the Religious Affairs correspondent offers some commentary on the reasons for the shortage of priests; In this clip he mentions the situation in Ireland; http://tiny.cc/cszun

 

You Tube

This is the Film entitled GOD IN THE STREETS;


 


The National Conference of Diocesan Vocations Directors has also created a You Tube channel on which several videos have been uploaded. You can view these here;












 

RNN Interviews:
Religious News Network (RNN) supplies over 30 local, community and hospital radio stations throughout Ireland with live and recorded news, reaction stories and features. RNN sends out a fortnightly CD with 12 interviews edited and ready for transmission, reaching an estimated audience of 300,000.
We aim to provide local broadcasters with quality interviews.

Topics are of a religious and social nature and can fit into a number of categories:

• Church Year
• Calendar Year
• Faith/Spirituality
• Current Topics
• Social Issues
• Third World Issues
• Human Interest Stories

Each year we attempt to find new angles on Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, the New year and the new seasons. Questions of faith, belief, Christian Community, Spirituality, Scripture and the Sacraments are also on our list.

Over the years we have provided interviews on a range of social issues including social exclusion, poverty, basic income, housing, drug awareness, crime and the legal system, the environment, the place of women in society and education.

RNN Recently carried an interview with Fr. Paddy Rushe, National Co-Ordinator. It can be located by following these links (the format is mp3)

Part 1    Part 2      Part 3    Part 4

 
 


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