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Vocations Stories
Msgr. Kevin Hale, Vicar General for the diocese of Brentwood share his thoughts on priesthood and gives us a glimpse of his own journey to holy orders.
Fr. Graham Smith, Parish Priest of the Catholic parishes of Sacred Heart in Southend and St. John Fisher in Prittlewell, Vocations and promoter for the cause of the canonisation of Fr. Thomas Byles shares his vocation story .
The Rev. Canon John Harvey, Parish Priest of St. Edmunds Catholic Church in Loughton shares his vocation story .
Fr. Dan Mason, Parish priest of The Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Billericay Essex and National Chaplain to the travelling community shares his journey to the priesthood
Paschal Uche, a 5th year student at Scott seminary in Birmingham for the diocese of Brentwood shares his vocation story.
Fr. Tom Jordan, parish priest of St. Edward the Confessor in Romford, shares his vocation story.
Fr. Maurice Gordon, St Alban in Elm Park
Canon Brian O’Shea BA(Hons), MA(Dist), St Thomas of Canterbury in Grays
Gary Dench explains how he felt called to be a priest
Fr. Philip Denton in the centenary year of the diocese shares his unique story of how he became a priest.
Michael Barwick, a seminarian for the diocese of Brentwood, shares his love for Our Lady and how she directed him towards giving himself to train as a priest.
Rev Stephen Morrison O Praem of the Norbertine community in Chelmsford, Essex shares his vocations story.
Jonathan Burden - Message for Good Shepherd Sunday
A Day in the Life of a Seminarian
Saint of the Day
- Servant of God Francis Garces and Companions
Servant of God Francis Garces and Companions Feast date: Jul 17 A contemporary of the American Revolution and of Blessed Junipero Serra, Francisco Garcés was born in 1738 in Spain, where he joined the Franciscans.After ordination in 1763, he was sent to Mexico. Five years later he was assigned to San Xavier del Bac near Tucson, one of several missions […]
- Jul. 17 Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Alexis (early 5th c.), "Man of God." He was an Eastern saint whose veneration was transplanted from the Byzantine empire to Rome, whence it spread rapidly throughout western Christendom. Together with the name and veneration of the Saint, his legend was made known to Rome and the West by means of Latin versions based on the form current in the Byzantine […]