Action on Vocations in Trowbridge

St John the Baptist Parish in Trowbridge has been enthusiastically embracing the Clifton Diocese vocations campaign. To mark the world day of prayer for vocations, Canon Liam O'Driscoll, Parish Priest of St John's, organised a Holy Hour to pray for vocations.

Tom Dubois, a seminarian in his fourth year of training for priesthood, spoke at all the Sunday Masses promoting vocation to priesthood. Tom has been in the parish since September and has spoken about priestly vocation in other parishes in the deanery as well as in St Augustine's School. In the school he has also been showing the Fishers of Men DVD produced by Grassroots Films of Brooklyn, New York for the American Catholic Bishops Conference to promote priesthood. Louisa Marr, a Religious Education teacher at St Augustine's said, “The Fishers of Men DVD is very powerful. A number of students have said that it's given them a new understanding of what priesthood is about.”

The vocations posters featuring Reverend James Finan have also been a great success. Parishioner Matt Doogue said, "The posters are fantastic. They show priesthood in a very positive and inspiring way.”

To find out more about becoming a priest in the Clifton Diocese, please contact our Vocations Director Father Robert King on 0117 914 0003 or email robert.king@cliftondiocese.com.