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June 2008 Retreat for Young Men PDF Print E-mail

ImageThe Queen’s Birthday long weekend saw fourteen men attend the first of two retreats for 2008.

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The Four Last Things PDF Print E-mail
ImageThe Following is a shortened version of a talk given by Fr Anthony Denton at the recent Retreat for Young Men held at Pallotti College in Millgrove.
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Rise in Number of Global Catholic Clergy PDF Print E-mail
ImageVatican City, May 27, 2008 (CNA).- The latest statistics for the Catholic Church have been released by the Vatican for the years 2000-2006. The results show that the overall population has remained stable but that Europe’s population has continued to decline while African and Asia have maintained strong growth.
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Prayers for Vocations at Carmelite Monastery, Kew PDF Print E-mail
ImageOn Saturday 26th April, The World Youth Day Cross and Icon arrived at the Carmelite Monastery in Kew to form part of a night of prayer for Vocations. Below is the Homily given by Bishop Tim Costelloe during the Liturgy. 
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Good Shepherd Sunday PDF Print E-mail
ImageOn Sunday, 13th of April, seminarians from Corpus Christi College were given the opportunity to speak about their vocation at parish Masses throughout the Archdiocese. The following is a talk given by one seminarian.
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Pope: All Vocations Have Missionary Character PDF Print E-mail

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Image VATICAN CITY, APRIL 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Vocation and mission are inseparable and the Church's many vocations should have an "intense missionary character," says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this today before he led the praying of the midday Regina Caeli with thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square. The Fourth Sunday of Easter, focuses on Christ as the Good Shepherd and is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
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Fishers of Men PDF Print E-mail
ImageFishers of Men is an 18-minute film commissioned by the Bishops’ Committee on Vocations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and produced by Grassroots Films.  The file is intended to renew priests’ sense of fulfillment in their vocation and to encourage them to draw on that satisfaction to invite other men to pursue the priesthood.
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