Holy Orders (Priesthood/Permanent Diaconate)

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“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so am I sending you.” Is Jesus trying to send you to proclaim his truth and peace as a priest, sister or brother? Speak to your local priest or Diocesan Vocations Director, or email the National Vocations Office: email:  info@vocations.ie

If you have an interest in finding out more about the path to priesthood or the permanent diaconate in this diocese, you are very welcome to contact our Diocesan Vocations Director: Fr Seamus McEntee.

Fr. Séamus McEntee
Vocations Director
Tel: 086 7750177
vocations@dublindiocese.ie

Assistant Vocations Director:

Fr. Bill O’Shaughnessy
Assistant Vocations Director
Tel: (01) 459 0746
bill.oshaughnessy@dublindiocese.ie

Director of Diaconate:

Very Rev. John Gilligan:

Tel: (01) 808 7561  Email: jgilligan@abhouse.org

Assistant Directors to Diaconate

Fr. Joe Mullen & Reverend Deacon Noel Ryan

Tel: (01) 857 4198
Email: diaconate@dublindiocese.ie

You can read Pope Francis’ message on World Day of Prayer of Prayer for Vocations here.

Religious life ought to promote growth in the church by way of attraction. The church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! . . . It is this witness that I expect of you. Religious should be men and women who are able to wake the world up.

—Pope Francis, meeting with the Union of Superiors General, November 29, 2013