"All in the Church are called to holiness."
Lumen Gentium, 39
A vocation is an invitation from God to give oneself in a particular way for the upbuilding of the Church and the sanctification of the world. While each person has a specific calling to live out the call to holiness, at the heart of a vocation is love. Love alone is the motivation to serve as a priest, a consecrated, or a married person.
Priesthood
"The priesthood is the love of the Heart of Jesus" (St. John Vianney). Just as Jesus Christ called some men to follow him as his apostles, He invites some men to lay down their lives so that others may have life.
Consecrated Life
God calls some to pattern their lives more closely after Christ by committing themselves to the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Marriage
"This is what marriage is all about: man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.
Discernment
What is discernment? - Because God's call to a particular vocation involves a commitment of one's life to follow the call, consideration of what God's call for one's life is necessary.
Resources
View the different resources we have made available. We have included resources for discernment and also resources for parishes and family members of anyone thinking about a vocation.Vocation Videos
Vocation an adventure of life – Limerick Diocese
Fr. John Mockler
Fr Chris O'Donnell
Sr. Phyllis Moynihan, RSM
What is your Vocation
I Will Follow--Two Catholic Priests' Vocation Stories
Fr. Philip Mulryne OP - Professional Footballer to Priesthood
All or Nothing: Sr. Clare Crockett (Full Movie)
Vocation News
Please, Pray for Vocations
Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only through prayer can they persevere and bear fruits. - Pope Francis
Vigil for Vocations
Jesus asks us to pray that the Master sends labourers into the vineyard. In anticipation of Vocations Sunday, join people around the world in praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life on Saturday 2 May 2020.
Rosary for Vocations
The Luminous Mysteries are prayed while reflecting on them as “Mysteries of Vocation”, imploring the Immaculate Heart of Mary for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated religious life within the Church.
Prayer for Vocations
I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for my sheep. John 10:14-15
Move: All or Nothing
Looking for a rainy-day film? Check out 'All or Nothing,' the inspiring story of Sr. Clare Crockett, a native of Derry who entered the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother and was tragically killed in an earthquake in 2016.
Mass in Thanksgiving of Sister Caitriona Kavanagh's perperpetual profession of vows
This weekend marked the celebration of a Mass in Thanksgiving of Sister Caitriona Kavanagh's perperpetual profession of vows which took place last July in Nashville, Tennessee.
Are you trying to figure out what to do with your life or do you know someone who is?
Hear people from the Diocese of Limerick share their stories of how they found what God was calling them to do.
Fifteen students begin their studies for the priesthood for Irish dioceses
Fifteen seminarians have begun their formation and academic programme for 2019 – 2020.
Discernment
What is discernment? - Because God’s call to a particular vocation involves a commitment of one’s life to follow the call, consideration of what God’s call for one’s life is necessary.
Resources
Consecrated Life
God calls some to pattern their lives more closely after Christ by committing themselves to the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Marriage
“This is what marriage is all about: man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.
Vocation Newsletters
Vocations Newsletter April 2021
Vocations Newsletter April 2021
Vocations Newsletter March 2021
Vocations Newsletter February 2021
Vocations Newsletter January 2021
December Vocations Newsletter
Vocations Newsletter
October 2020 Vocations Newsletter
Vocations Newsletter
Vocations Newsletter May 2020
Vocations Newsletter April 2020
Vocations Newsletter March 2020
