Vocation to Carmel?
Welcome
to the Vocations section of our website! We hope that we can be of
help to you in your discernment of God's plan for your life.
If
you are interested in Carmelite life, we invite you to also visit the
Daily Life, Prayer and Resources sections of this site, where
you
should find a lot of helpful information. After browsing the site, if
there is anything else you would like to see that you can't find here,
or if you have any further questions and would like to make
contact with one of the Sisters, please write or email to the address
below. We will endeavour to respond to you as quickly as possible.
Thank you, and God bless you on your journey of faith and trust!
NEW!!! We have added a new vocation video to You Tube.
Click here to have a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7c3ITXxmmAE
Download our vocation leaflets
(PDF format):
My Vocation
is Love
Thoughts
on the Carmelite Vocation by St. Therese of Lisieux
Are you ready
for God's challenge?
The
Ascent of Mount Carmel, by a junior sister
Bliss
at 47
The vocation story of Sr Mary Paul
Me? A Carmelite?
Answers to common objections about joining religious life
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The
Carmelite Vocation
Leaving all for love of Jesus is life's greatest adventure, opening out
onto a whole new freedom that unifies and simplifies one's entire
being.
All one's energies and gifts are channelled into loving, so that with
Therese we can say: 'Love is all the skill I have.' To enter
Carmel is to fall
into a fortune! It
is to inherit the vast riches of our Carmelite tradition, the wealth of
example and teaching of our many Carmelite saints, especially the
inspired writings of our three Doctors of the Church, Teresa, John of
the Cross and Therese. It is to be welcomed into the heart of a warm
loving extended family of sisters and brothers from all walks of life,
in whom that rich tradition is incarnated for today's world; the same
spiritual blood, as it were, flows in our veins.
For some points of help on discerning a Carmelite vocation, please click here.
Prayer for Vocations
Please join
us in praying for the blessing of new vocations by saying our Vocations
prayer:
Lord
Jesus, I thank you for the Carmelite way of life, for those priests and
nuns
who dedicate their lives to God in prayer on our behalf. May
you call many more women and men to continue this way of life in our
Country.
Give me the courage to invite by name those whom I feel may have a
call. Help
me to encourage and support those who are already discerning their
vocation. Bless
all who are in formation in Carmel
in Ireland
and
those entrusted with their care. May all Carmelite Communities be good
soil to
nurture the seeds you will send them. Lord
Jesus, I make this prayer trusting in your promise: “Ask
and you will receive”, knowing that “by
your power working among us, you can do infinitely more than we can
ask or imagine”.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Mt Carmel, pray for us.
St Joseph, pray for us.
All
the Saints of
Carmel, pray for us.
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| Meet
our "Novitiate" Sisters |
My
name is Sr Mary Noeleen of Jesus and I'm the Novice Mistress at
Kilmacud, and also the contact person for anyone interested in
vocations. It is my role to accompany those who respond to God's call,
and as it is such "sacred space", I must rely on the Holy
Spirit
and on Mary the Mother of God to help me. You may be
wondering what this "call" is, and
how it comes? Well, I invite you to read our page on discerning a vocation to
learn more. A vocation is a gift from God and is unique to each person.
Should you
feel the stirrings inside you of this call, please do not
hesitate to get in touch with me, I would be very happy to help you on
your journey...
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Hello! My name is Sr Mary Fionnuala.
I'm 35 years old and from Dublin. I obtained a degree in Science and
worked for about 9 years before I joined the community at Kilmacud in
2006. I made my First Profession in January 2009 when I took
temporary vows for three years. I wear a white veil to show
that I
am still "in formation" -
this
means that I have not yet taken my final vows. Until then, I continue
learning more about the Carmelite life and receiving the support and
guidance of Sr Mary Noeleen. If you would like to read my
vocation
story, please click here:
My vocation
story...
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Address and email for vocation enquiries:
Sr. Mary
Noeleen
Carmelite
Monastery of St Joseph
Upper
Kilmacud Road
Stillorgan
Co. Dublin
Email:
vocations @ kilmacudcarmel .
ie
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Attention Interested Men:
If you are a man interested in Carmelite life, we hope you
find lots
of useful information
on this site, and we are also happy to refer you
to the vocations sections of
our Friars in Ireland.
Please
follow these links:
Discalced Carmelite Friars:
http://www.ocd.ie/carmelites.php?article=vocations
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