Hearing God’s call at a later stage

RELIGIOUS orders have seen vocations heading in one direction over the past couple of decades — and, unfortunately, it hasn’t been up.

Hearing God’s call at a later stage

But a group of Cistercian sisters in Co Waterford have managed to attract interest in their work, despite falling numbers all around them.

With a Vocations Day coming up this Sunday, June 8, the nuns at St Mary’s Abbey in Glencairn near Lismore are readying themselves for inquiries from possible entrants to the order.

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