Church concerned over fall in vocations

MORE young people must be encouraged to enter the priesthood with only eight ordinations taking place across the country this year, it was urged yesterday.

Fr Kevin Doran, the national co-ordinator of vocations for the Catholic Church, said priests were concerned that the numbers considering a vocation must rise - with no ordinations to the Dublin Diocese this year.

“I don’t remember a year when we hadn’t one before. It is probably the first time in living memory,” he said.