Every year the fourth Sunday of Easter (also known as Good Shepherd Sunday) is a worldwide day of prayer for vocations.  It is also an opportunity for everyone to reflect on their own specific calling, whether that is to priesthood, religious life, another form of consecration, marriage or single life.   This year the World Day of Vocations is on Sunday 25 April.  In his message for the day, which is inclusive of all vocations in the Church, Pope Francis recalls that we are currently celebrating the Year of St Joseph. He writes:  “Saint Joseph is an extraordinary figure, yet at the same time
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During Lent, Sr Sally of Dysart Carmel took part in the INSPIRE series of Lenten prayer talks run by the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, speaking on Prayer as a Relationship reflected in the life of St Teresa of Avila. The talk was streamed live, after which Sr Sally answered some of the viewer’s questions. The complete video can be viewed here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJIPi5oxzYg
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On Easter Sunday, Sr Teresa of Quidenham Carmel spoke with Michael Berkeley on the popular BBC Radio 3 programme Private Passions. The hour long interview including Sr Teresa’s music choices can be heard on BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000tw5j
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