The annual National Religious Vocations Personnel Conference will take place on Saturday 3^rd November at Our Lady of Victories in Kensington.

This year we will have Fr. Richard Reid as our main speaker, speaking on the topic of ‘Vocations Promotion and Accompanying Discerners’. In the afternoon there will be two sessions, one on using social media in vocation ministry, and another on boundaries in vocation ministry. We have also invited five people who are relatively new in religious life to give us a few minutes on what it’s like entering today.

Friday 7th and Saturday 8th September 2018 from 12pm – 7pm

Curious about consecrated religious life or the diocesan priesthood? Come and discover how they serve our communities, and speak to friendly listeners about the direction of your life. Find a rolling programme of workshops, talks and discussions by clicking here.

Come, meet and pray with consecrated religious and diocesan priests. All are welcome. Tea and light refreshments available.

Location: St. Patrick’s Church, Park Place, Liverpool L8 5RA

The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur in Liverpool are organising sessions for men and women who are looking to deepen their spiritual life, with an open heart to what God might be calling them to do with their lives.

For information on their 12 month vocational discernment programme, please click here. For details of their informal coffee drop-in sessions with the sisters please click here. To find out about their sessions on ‘Breath, Movement, Creativity and Spirituality’ please click here.

We are in the immediate run up for The Day of Prayer for Vocations, which is being celebrated on Sunday 22nd April. The theme for this year is ‘It’s Your Call’. Please click here to visit our page of resources.

If you would like to have some guidance on what kind of life God may be calling you to live out, perhaps you would be interested in having a vocation guide. You would meet up on a one-to-one basis once a month and discuss your possible calling. Please email enquiries@ukvocation.org if you would like to apply for a guide.

Alternatively, why not sign up for a retreat with a religious community for quiet reflection and time with God? See a list of upcoming retreats on our webpage: www.ukreligiouslife.org/events.

Pope Francis says in his message for the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, “Consecrated life is born and reborn of an encounter with Jesus as he is: poor, chaste and obedient. We journey along a double track: on the one hand, God’s loving initiative, from which everything starts and to which we must always return; on the other, our own response, which is truly loving when it has no “ifs” or “buts”, when it imitates Jesus in his poverty, chastity and obedience.”

For the full message please click here

The National Office for Vocation has launched a mobile phone app called “God Calls”, designed to help users deepen their faith and discover their vocations. The app includes daily prayers and meditations on the Gospel and the lives of the saints, as well as a news section and Twitter feed to connect users to the life of the Church. It also includes a journal so that users can monitor their spiritual growth and understand more clearly how God might be calling them. Download the free app at www.godcalls.co.uk.