What's Your Story? - Not for the Faint Hearted!
April 1st, 2022
When I was a child, growing up in a Catholic household, there was a young priest who we all loved to be around. His name was Fr John. And boy did he live up to his name which means: “Graced by God...  Read More
What's Your Story? - How Straightforward It Was!
March 18th, 2022
It comes as something of a surprise to people today when I tell them that I always wanted to be a priest. I was convinced from a very early age, perhaps from about five or six, that joining the pr...  Read More
What's Your Story? - Would I Do It All Over Again?
March 11th, 2022
It’s the simplest of stories; the story of an altar-boy who wanted not just to serve Mass but to celebrate Mass.   So, very quickly I found myself in Maynooth and then the trouble started!Like...  Read More
What's Your Story? - On the Edge...
March 4th, 2022
This time forty years ago I was on the edge of making a life-changing decision. Though life has always been kind to me, it had kicked me up the backside in the previous year or two and mad...  Read More
The Life of the Priest Today: Pope Francis
February 19th, 2022
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISINTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRIESTHOODPaul VI Audience Hall17 February 2022"Dear brothers, good day!I am grateful to have the opportunity to shar...  Read More
What's Your Story? - Rev. Colm Hagan
February 19th, 2022
"I embarked on formation for the priesthood in 2015 at the age of 37 having spent over a decade in professional life. In the course of my work as a barrister I gradually discerned with the support of ...  Read More
Praying the Greatest Prayer
September 13th, 2021
Praying the Greatest Prayer: The Holy MassHow the Church describes the priest’s role concerning the Last Supper ‘command’ and the celebration of the Eucharist (Fr. Gerald Dennis Gill, published at www...  Read More
Priesthood Today: Personal Character, Not Credentials
August 30th, 2021
By Fr. Richard Gribble CSC and published at www.thepriest.comContemporary society marks people as “important” if they have the proper status and credentials. Credentials are found in various forms. Ti...  Read More
Pope Francis to priests: Weakness is a chance for encounter with God
June 18th, 2021
Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on Monday that weakness is a chance for encounter with God, and not something they should try to overcome by their own strength.“My fragility, the fra...  Read More
7 Characteristics Every Man Called to Priesthood Has
May 4th, 2021
In my life I’ve listened to diverse opinions about what candidates for the priesthood should be like, how they should behave before entering the seminary and how they should lead an impeccable life. M...  Read More
"Closeness is key in the life of a priest"
April 27th, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The priesthood “is not a career, it is a service,” Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.The service to which priests are...  Read More
Bishop Michael on Responding to God's Call
April 22nd, 2021
Our own Bishop Michael offers some advice to those discerning the call to priesthood, diaconate and religious life... ......  Read More
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