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  • GOD CALLS – an app from NOV designed to help you grow in faith, develop in discipleship and follow God’s call.

  • “Do your part in the work of Christ the Priest with genuine joy and love.” – The Rite of Ordination to the Priesthood

  • Vocation comes from a Latin word meaning “calling”. Usually when we hear the word vocation, we think of the priesthood. However, every single person in the world is called by God to love and serve Him…

  • The state of being single is what we’re all born into. For some people, the single state is their lifelong and stable response to the call of Christ.

  • Jesus calls many women and men to the vocation of marriage and being parents. Married couples promise to serve each other with love and to serve the whole Church. They enter into a life-long covenant of love.

  • Consecrated life is the Church’s way of referring to the wide range of opportunities for individuals to dedicate themselves to a life of prayer and service, often as sisters, nuns, brothers and monks.

  • Do not be afraid to accept this call. You will surely encounter difficulties and sacrifices, but you will be happy to serve, you will be witnesses of that joy that the world cannot give. – Pope John Paul II

Vocations Sunday

Vocations Sunday will be celebrated on 12th May 2019. This day flows from the broader culture of vocation, and is when the universal Church asks the Lord to send more labourers to the harvest.

You can now download resources for Vocations Sunday, which can be used in your parish, school or community. Please click here to view the resources.

  • January 27, 2019
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World Youth Day 2019

World Youth Day is fast approaching, taking place from 22nd – 27th January in Panama. Please keep the event in your prayers, that it will be a rewarding and spiritually-nourishing experience for everyone attending. Please also pray that some vocations to the priesthood and religious life will be borne out of WYD.

Sr. Elaine from the National Office for Vocation is going, and will post on the NOV Facebook page and Twitter page. Please share the posts and help spread the energy of the event.

  • January 11, 2019
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Sister Wendy Beckett Obituary

Tributes have been made to Sister Wendy Beckett, a Carmelite nun who found fame in the 1990s with her popular TV programmes critiquing art, who passed away on 26th December 2018.

Sister Wendy was brought into the limelight with her series Sister Wendy’s Odyssey (1992) and Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting (1996). She had devoted her life to solitude and contemplation (since 1970 in a caravan in the grounds of the enclosed Carmelite monastery at Quidenham in Norfolk). For more information about Sister Wendy, please visit www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/26/sister-wendy-beckett-obituary, where you can also watch Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting.

  • January 7, 2019
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Living the Dream

Ever wondered if there’s more to life? The BBC have created a documentary following three young people living an alternative lifestyle, one of them being 27-year old Brother John, who is a Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey in Somerset.

To watch the insightful documentary and find out about what life is like in a monastery, please click here.

  • October 18, 2018
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New Vocation Seeker Group for Portsmouth Diocese

Portsmouth Diocese are launching a new discernment group for those wishing to explore what vocation God has planned for them to live out. Taking place the first Friday of the month, starting 2nd November from 7-9pm at Sacred Heart Church, Portland Street in Fareham. The evening will consist of sharing a meal together, prayer, reflection and friendship! If you’d like to come, please contact:

Rev. John Cooke on 01329 318 869 or at jcooke@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

Mrs. Clare Ryan on 01329 318 869 or at cryan@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

  • October 5, 2018
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Bishops’ Synod on Youth, Faith and Vocation Discernment

From 3rd – 28th October 2018, Catholic Bishops from around the world will meet in Rome to discuss and debate on the subject: “Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment”. Pope Francis chose this theme as he feels very strongly on the importance of addressing how the church helps and accompanies young people. Please keep the Synod in your prayers, that the Holy Spirit will guide the Bishops in shaping the future of the Church for young people.

For more information on the Synod, please click here.

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