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St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society

Mission Statement
We believe at this critical time our Society is called to a renewal of faith, to proclaim boldly
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to work in partnership towards creating a greater understanting of Christ's call: 'Come Follow Me'

St Joseph's Young Priests Society exists to help student clerics on their journey to priesthood. The Society fosters vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It assists students for the priesthood both financially and by prayer. It promotes the vocation of the laity and fosters a greater understanding and love of the Mass.

The Society holds prayer meetings for the vocations, and arranges pilgrimages, eucharistic adoration, vigils, seminars and retreats so that its members may give witness of Christian living.

The Society works through a branch group formed in the parish with the approval of the parish priest. Each branch meets monthly to pray and to organise the Society's activities in it's community.

The Society is important as we need priests to celebrate the Sacraments. There is a shortage of priests, and we must look to the future of our children and grandchildren. We have the responsibility to hand on the Faith - to hand on a love and understanding of the Eucharist.

The Society helps all students for the priesthood from any diocese in Ireland who are recommended by a Board of priests appointed by the four Archbishops of Ireland. We also help students where the need exists worldwide. The Society helps seminarians both spiritually and financially.

The work of the Society is so important as we need priests and religion. The task of fostering vocations depends on the whole Christian community. By being involved in St Joseph's Young Priests Society we can help in this important work and we can also support our priests.
 


Welcome to the website of the Archdiocese of Armagh.

Our diocese of sixty-one parishes, from four counties, North and South of the Border, is knitted together closely to form the historic local Church of Armagh. As a diocese we seek not only to be faithful to the message of Jesus Christ himself, but also to embrace the challenges of the present and to look forward with confidence to the opportunities of the future. We strive to do this primarily by reflecting the healing love of Christ and the Truth of his Gospel through the ministry of his Church in the various parishes and pastoral agencies you will find outlined in this website.

I pray that visitors to this site may find the information it contains, the aspirations and resources it promotes, useful in helping to understand the mission of the Archdiocese of Armagh in building up the Kingdom of God in the twenty-first century.

We place it under the protection of Mary, Mother of the Church, who advised us to do whatever her son, Jesus, tells us. We invoke the help of the Patron Saints of the diocese, Patrick  and  Brigid, Malachy and Moninne  and the martyrs, Oliver Plunkett and Patrick O'Loughran,  that this website may prove to be of great help to all who strive to follow Christ faithfully.
 
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