A group of young Religious from different Congregations with Bishop Fintan in Cork. Vocational Supplement
One can passionately trust that Religious Life, religious community, and the work they do, for example the Presentation Brothers, continue to fine news ways expression and relevance in our Church and world today.
As Presentation Brothers, we have kept praying. inviting, promoting, and encouraging new life and vocations to our Congregation.
We believe that it is our duty to invite and encourage. The rest is the work of the Holy Spirit. Rather than disengage, we co-operate with the Holy Spirit, in a secular society in Ireland, in a ministry of accompaniment with young people. This ministry is needed more than ever today. It is not about numbers or results, but about helping young people find God. Therefore, we hope. As Pope Francis says:
This is the reason for our hope: that God never tires of waiting for us. When we turn away, he comes looking for us; when we fall, he lifts us to our feet; when we return to him after losing our way, he waits for us with open arms. His love is not weighed in the balance of our human calculations, but unstintingly gives us the courage to start anew. This teaches us resilience, the courage always to start again, each day. Always to start over after our falls. God is patient.
– Pope Francis: The 25th World Day for Consecrated Life – 2021
Presentation Life – A Journey in Faith, an Adventure in Hope
The Presentation Brothers have launched a new initiative in vocations ministry in the Anglo-Irish Province. We will establish Vocation Discernment Groups – Places of Prayer and Support for the Spiritual Journey, for young men discerning a Call to Religious Brotherhood.
This new initiative is a collaborative effort with Brother Barry Noel, vocations director for Ireland, the Leadership Education And Formation Project, (L.E.A.F. Project), which has brought a new and creative dimension to our mission of Christian formation in the Anglo-Irish Province, and Br. Simon Fernandes, a young Religious Brother, based in the Mardyke House and working in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh.
In our Vocation Discernment Groups, young men will be invited to learn more about the life and mission of the Presentation Brothers and discern how God may be calling them to the Presentation Way of Life, in the context of Church and world today. Participation in group meetings will be over a one-to-two-year period.
If you, or you know someone who might be interested in talking part in our Vocation Discernment Groups, please share the information with them and invite them, or put them in contact with the Vocations Director:
Br. Barry Noel, Vocation Director for the Presentation Brothers: +353 87 7519794, barrynoel@presentationbrothers.org