Vocations Resources
Homily Text
Homily given by Bishop Ambrose at the ordination of Andrew Shaw (pdf - opens in new wim=ndow)
Audio
Vocation to the Religious Life
Enquirers' Evenings
"Could God be calling you to be a Priest?" - Archive of Reports of Evenings looking at the priesthood for anyone thinking about the possibility of becoming a Priest.
Reflection on Ushaw Discernment Weekend
Reflection on Beda Experience 2007
Wriiten by one of the Enquirers.
Articles on Pastoral Placements
Articles describing Pastoral Placements undertaken by diocesan students training for the Priesthood
Articles on the Priestly Life
A series of articles written by Diocesan Priests
Diocesan Prayer for Vocations
Download Prayer sheet to print
Multimedia presentation
5 leaflets on how to promote vocations
Diocesan Vocations Team Leaflet
Film
Vocations videos
See Vocations Videos on YouTube
See Trailer for new American Promotional Film on Vocations to the Priesthood.
The film, produced by Grassroots Films of Brooklyn, NY, is a fast-paced DVD which shows many of the facets of a priest's daily life.
The film is part of a process of encouraging priests to step back from their daily lives and to reflect on the many positive reasons why they pursued a vocation to the priesthood, to discuss those reasons with their brother priests, and ultimately to share them with other men to invite them to consider the priesthood.
To reflect on
Follow Me: Extract from the Address by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Recognising Motivation for Ministry
Read Paper (pdf 150K)
A thought-provoking academic paper exploring the threads in our motivation for ministry.