20 March 2009

Year of Vocation- Our Ordinands.

We would be most grateful if you could include the following men in your prayers over the coming weeks.

1. Rev. Martin Whelan, Ardrahan, who will be ordained Priest for the Diocese on the 7th June 2009 in St. Teresa’s Church, Labane (Martin was with us last summer in the Sacred Heart).

2. Patrick O’Donohue, Lisdoonvarna, who will be ordained Deacon for the Diocese on Easter Monday, 11th April in the Church of Sant’Agata de’Goti, Rome.

3. Rev. Patrick Madden, Moycullen, who will be ordained Priest for the Diocese of Portsmouth in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Moycullen, on the 2nd May.

4. Brother Sean Duggan, Renmore, who made his Final Profession for the Redemptorists on the 15th March last will be ordained Deacon in Dublin on 30th May and who will be ordained Priest in Dundalk on the 6th December.

5. Padraic Higgins, Castlegar, who will be ordained Deacon for the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas on the 25th July in the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven & St. Nicholas, Galway.

You'll get all the links for the Year of Vocation on the menu bar, at the side of this page. Don't forget the Open Day in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, on Sunday, May 3rd. Monsignor Malachy, Father David, or Sister Catherine are always happy to meet anyone who is considering a vocation to priesthood or religious life.