There will be a retiring collection today for the Priests’ Training Fund

We currently have three students discerning their vocation in seminary; one in the first year, one in the third and one in the fourth. The normal course is of six years duration.

• The cost of training a student to priesthood is £120,000
• Last year our collection raised £40,000
• We (the Diocese) had a legacy of £28,000

Today a new collection box for the Priests’ Training Fund is being launched.

Boxes are available in our parish; may I encourage each family to have a box in their home and support all the efforts being made to raise funds for the training of present and future priests for our Diocese.

Three of our priests have died in the past 18 months – Frs Jimmy Purcell, Austin O’Neill and Joe O’Brien; in total 146 years of priestly service.

Please remember them and all our priests in your prayers.