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DARE TO DREAM - An Assembly on Vocation
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/28/2007
- Other Vocations Prayer Services
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An Assembly on Vocation
Introduction:
When you are thinking of career choices, what comes firstly to your minds? Money, job security, fun times? Our Baptismal call challenges us to look at our lives as a call from God to use our gifts and talents to better the human community and to play a real part in establishing God.s reign on earth. Jesus. invitation .Come, follow me! is a call to transform the world and make it a better place. In Vocations Awareness Week, let us reflect prayerfully on this call to .come, follow me...
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Secure Area
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/28/2007
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Taize Prayer Service 1 Vocations Week
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/28/2007
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It is important to make the prayer-space as harmonious as you can. Participants may sit in a circle or facing toward a focal point. A place of prayer can be made welcoming with very little - a cross, an open Bible, some candles, icons, and flowers.
The lighting should be subdued, not glaring. A carpet might be placed in the centre for those who wish to pray while kneeling or sitting on the ground; chairs or benches should also be available around the edges for those who may prefer to sit on them.
Leading the prayer is a service to others. It entails preparing the prayer and making sure it goes forward in a way that allows everyone to remain focused on the essential, with no distractions.
Once the prayer has begun, there should be no technical announcements or explanations that interrupt the flow.
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Taize Prayer Service 2 Vocations Week
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/28/2007
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It is important to make the prayer-space as harmonious as you can. Participants may sit in a circle or facing toward a focal point. A place of prayer can be made welcoming with very little - a cross, an open Bible, some candles, icons, and flowers.
The lighting should be subdued, not glaring. A carpet might be placed in the centre for those who wish to pray while kneeling or sitting on the ground; chairs or benches should also be available around the edges for those who may prefer to sit on them.
Leading the prayer is a service to others. It entails preparing the prayer and making sure it goes forward in a way that allows everyone to remain focused on the essential, with no distractions.
Once the prayer has begun, there should be no technical announcements or explanations that interrupt the flow.
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Taize Prayer Serice P1- P2
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/28/2007
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Thinking About the Christian Job
God doesn’t put up billboards. Nor send down booming voices from heaven. At least not usually. Yet he hopes that people will still respond to what He wants them to do.
God has made it very clear what He wants all His friends to do and that has remained the same for over 3000 years. The first desire that God has for all of us is that we should be happy. Being happy is a choice. We can also take the risk of being unhappy by making wrong choices.
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How long will it take to become a priest?
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/26/2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
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Formation programmes vary enormously and can range from five to seven years depending on the nature and background of the candidate. While programmes can be tailored to the needs of the individual they generally involve the candidate receiving substantial education in philosophy and theology. Along with his intellectual formation time also needs to be given to forming the seminarian as a pastoral minister, spiritually mature and capable to ministering in a human way. The years of training include significant times of discernment about the vocation to priesthood. Following this time of preparation and discernment, the Bishop may call the candidate to ordination.
Who should consider becoming a priest?
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/26/2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
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It is important to say that there is no such thing as a typical priest or indeed a typical seminarian. Diocesan priests in Scotland offer a rich variety of characters, talent and interests. A suitable candidate should be single with average, or above average intelligence. He should be emotionally stable and capable of relating well to men and women. He should be in good health and be sincerely interested in serving as an ordained minister. Anyone attracted to becoming a priest should be interested in working with people and in serving God.
Clearly as a prospective minister in the Roman Catholic Church a suitable candidate should have a desire to serve the Church. He also needs to have a working grasp of things Catholic and be ready to embrace the vision of the Church as outlined by the Second Vatican Council and subsequent official Church documents. A suitable candidate should be generous in spirit and ready to take on the challenge involved in the seminary formation programme and in following Jesus Christ and his Church.
What does a priest do?
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/26/2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
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The particular ministry that a priest might get involved in is dependent on several factors. Firstly the needs of the Church especially the needs of the diocese in which he serves, the ordained minister has after all placed his life at the service of the Church under the authority of the diocesan bishop, but a priest’s own interests and talents are also important. A diocesan priest spends much of his time celebrating the sacraments; Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Marriage and Anointing. Some of his time should be set aside every day for prayer, especially the Liturgy of the Hours. He will be involved in visiting the sick, visiting the homes of people in his parish and working with various groups and organisations. His involvement with the people of the parish may lead him in any of a number of directions attending to the needs of young and old. He may find himself ministering in the local school or university. He will spend time with those caught up in the sadness of death and the joy of new birth. The parish priest strives to be available to the community whenever he is needed. He will be involved in offering counsel and comfort. He is also a spiritual leader in the community. Along with his parishioners, he addresses issues that touch all members of the community, particularly those who are abandoned and forgotten. Most priests working in parishes are responsible for all ministry provided by the parish. He is also responsible for parish administration and general organisation. Having said all this a priest is also charged with care of self. He must find time to relax, to look after himself and to recharge his batteries.
Why become a diocesan priest?
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/26/2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
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Everyone looks for meaning and fulfilment in life. As Catholics we look to our faith in God to provide us with that meaning and fulfilment. It is in the service of God that ultimately we find our calling as Christians. Discovering our place in God’s plan allows us to discover what form that service might take; single, married, religious or as an ordained priest. As a result, and after serious reflection, prayer and study, some men feel that they are called to ordained service as a priest. What is a Diocesan Priest?
- By System Administrator
- Published 04/26/2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
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What is a Diocesan Priest? A priest who is committed to working within a particular geographical are, for example Galloway, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop is a Diocesan priest. Most often diocesan priests will work in parishes and be located close by the church. In some dioceses, particularly in rural areas, the priest may have responsibility for more than one parish and he may have to travel to several Mass stations.
In addition to serving the needs of people in the context of the parish diocesan priest will often find themselves caring for people in hospitals, prisons, schools, or similar locations.
