Vocation Stories
Fr. John shares his story
It seems rather novel these days to be able to pick up a news article which does not mention the Credit Crunch. Our present global economic crisis has dominated the national and international media, so maybe we could expect our own Oblate Connections to be free from such a secular agenda, especially when it concerns vocations to the religious life and priesthood, yet the Sacred and the secular are not parallel worlds that do not interact. The Truth of the Incarnation reveals to us that God is made flesh, and it's in the flesh of everyday ordinary life that God continues to reveal and call his people to the fullness of life. Ultimately...
Br Michael shares his story
My name is Michael Moore and I am an Oblate Brother. Presently I am working in the Pastoral Area / Mission Centre of Bluebell, Mary Immaculate and St. Michael’s. These are three parishes that we have brought together in an attempt to work as one clus- ter of parishes, sharing our skills, gift and talents as we try to develop a new model of ministry and a new way of being Church. With the other members of the parishes, I am part of the Pastoral Area Team. My work and ministry is varied; I work in the local schools, working with and supporting teachers, I am involved with young people and adults as we prepare the liturgy for our Family Mass. I work with a group of adults in parishes breaking open scripture and the documents of Vatican II. During Advent, I was with a group of women for a day of prayer and reflection as we listened to the voices of Mary, Elizabeth and Anna, it was an uplifting...
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