Rev Paul Grogan
Diocesan Priestly Vocations Director
Trinity And All Saints College
Brownberrie Lane
Leeds
LS18 5HD
Tel 0113 283 7199
Email dolvocs@aol.com
Discernment group
The monthly discernment group helps men, aged 17 or over, who think that the Lord may be calling them to the priesthood to reflect further on this possibility. Our Friday meetings, are characterised by prayer, solid catechesis and good fellowship. In addition members are encouraged to participate in key diocesan events.
The meetings, which take place in the Chaplaincy at Leeds Trinity and All Saints, Horsforth, begin with a cup of tea at 6.45pm. At 7.00pm we have a Holy Hour in the chapel which concludes with Evening Prayer and Benediction. There is an opportunity to go to confession during this period. Afterwards, a guest speaker gives a half-hour talk and those present share a meal. The dates of all meetings and the themes of the talks are listed below.
The talks this year (2010) will focus intially on themes emerging from Pope Benedict's Letter to mark the beginning of the Year of the Priest and then on more general teachings in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
In addition to the Friday meetings, participants are encouraged to attend some other important events in the life of the diocese. They also meet with Fr Grogan every six weeks or so. If it appears that they may indeed have a vocation to the priesthood, they are assigned a spiritual director. All prospective seminarians are encouraged to engage in appropriate charitable work in their parishes.
Programme of events
Friday 29 January: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest II: Appreciating and promoting the dignity of the laity and their special role in the Church. Discussion.
Saturday 6 February, 10am: Selection Advisory Conference I, Leeds Trinity Chaplaincy
Friday 12 - Sunday 14 February: Discernment Retreat, Ushaw College, Rev Paul Grogan
Thursday 18 February, 7pm: Open Lecture: Saint Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross, Rt Rev Terry Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough. Evening Prayer, 6.40pm; Leeds Trinity
Friday 5 May: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest III: The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus, Mgr Peter Grant
Thursday 18 March, 7pm: Open Lecture: The theology of the cross in Cardinal John Henry Newman, Professor Thomas Norris, Maynooth College, Dublin; Evening Prayer, 6.40pm; Leeds Trinity
Saturday 20 March, 9.30am-3.30pm: School of Prayer, part of Year Five of the diocesan renewal process, Come and See; Leeds Trinity
Friday 26 March: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest IV: "This good Saviour seeks us everywhere." The beauty of Confession, Canon Joseph Smith
Saturday 27 March, 10am: Selection Advisory Conference II, Leeds Trinity Chaplaincy
Wednesday 31 March, 7pm: Chrism Mass, Leeds Cathedral
Wednesday 28 April, 7pm: The INAUGURAL ANNUAL TRINITY LECTURE: "The Death of God." The Trinity and Human Suffering, Rev John McDade SJ, Principal of Heythrop College, at Leeds Trinity; Evening Prayer, 6.40pm; Leeds Trinity
Friday 30 April: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest V: The three evangelical counsels in the life of the diocesan priest, Mgr Philip Holroyd
Friday 21 May: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest VI: The fervour of a priest's life depends entirely upon the Mass The three evangelical counsels in the life of the diocesan priest, Mgr William Steele
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 May. Discernment Weekend, Ushaw College
Sunday 6 June: Corpus Christi Procession, Mount St Joseph's Home, Headingley/ Hinsley Hall
Friday 25 June: Holy Hour. Talk, Year of the Priest VII: Effective and affective priestly fraternity, Mgr Bernard Bickers
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 July: InVocation: a weekend Vocations Camp for young men and women (aged 16-30) who are open to the possibility of a vocation to priesthood or religious life; Oscott College, Birmingham
Friday 2 - Friday 9 July: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Friday 1 October: Holy Hour. Group reflection on the expected visit of Pope Benedict to Britain
Monday 4 October, 7pm: Batley Torchlight Procession
Friday 22 October: Holy Hour. Talk: Mary: Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church (CCC 963-972), Rev James Callaghan
Friday 19 November: Holy Hour. Talk: Praying the psalms in the Divine Office (CCC 1174-1178), Mgr Richard Atherton
W/b 20 December: Meeting with the Bishop and the diocesan seminarians
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Discernment Evening: Holy Hour. Group reflection on Pope Benedict's visit to Britain
Date: 01/10/2010 | | More Info >> |
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Batley Torchlight Procession
Date: 04/10/2010 | | More Info >> |
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Discernment Evening.Talk:
Date: 22/10/2010 | | More Info >> |
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Discernment Evening.
Date: 19/11/2010 | | More Info >> |
