- Welcome from Bishop Drennan
- Note from the Vocations Director
- Vocations Sunday 2012 / Resources
''There is nothing more beautiful than to know Christ and to tell others of our friendship with him. It is a service to joy, to God's joy which longs to break into the world.'' - Pope Benedict
"Unless we give God to others we give them too little"- Pope Benedict
True joy comes from being close to God. A priest is called to find that joy and bring it to the people he serves. Prayer and a life of service keep that joy alive and enable it to deepen. In Galway diocese most priests serve in parishes. Others serve as chaplains to hospitals, to the Defence Forces and to the University. Wherever they serve, they are ministers of hope. That hope is based on their experience of Christ whose gospel message gives us the certainty of victory over death and over every form of evil.
A great leader is one who leads people to where they have never been before. It is the privilege of a priest to lead people closer to God, to friendship with God that will last forever.
When he wants to give us a great gift, he gives us a longing for it ? Do you feel you are being drawn by God to spend your life as a priest, serving God and his people ?
If you want to know more, please contact Fr. Diarmuid Hogan or any priest of the diocese.
+Martin Drennan - Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
"Christian vocation is the renewal of the personal friendship with Jesus Christ, which gives full meaning to one's existence and makes it receptive to the Kingdom of God. The Church lives off this friendship, nourished by the Word and by the Sacraments, holy truths especially entrusted to the ministry of bishops, priests and deacons consecrated by the Sacrament of Holy Orders."
"For this reason the priest's mission is irreplaceable and it must not be doubted that God continues to call some men to leave everything and dedicate themselves to preaching the Gospel and to pastoral ministry."
Pope Benedict XVI
The harvest is truely great in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and we are asked to pray continualy for labourers to assist in the work of evangelisation here in the West of Ireland. While Jesus Christ calls each person to play a specific and unique role in the life of the Church, it is undoubted that He calls some to the diocesan priesthood. This website is intended to support and assist those who feel this particular call might be for them.
For further advice or information please speak to your local priest or get in touch with me directly - my details are in the 'Contacts Section' of this site.
With every blessing on all those who seek to discern the call of Christ.
Fr. Diarmuid Hogan
Vocations Director
