VOCATIONS CENTRE
ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM
Links
Family Life
Bishop’s Conference Department for Family Life
Area of the National Marriage and Family Life Project Office for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. This office coordinates the three year project throughout the country.
The Bethany Family Institute
Information and resources for parish family ministry and training opportunities for those who would like to get more involved.
Churches and Families
An ecumenical (Churches Together) site with lot’s of practical and simple ideas for celebrating the family.
Marriage Care
Marriage Care is a charity operating across England and Wales. Its purpose is to help people prepare for, achieve and sustain successful marriages and to support them should their marriages break down.
Youth
Archdiocese of Birmingham Catholic Youth Service
BCYS is the diocesan agency responsible for youth work throughout diocesan parishes and schools.
Youth 2000
Youth 2000 is an independent, international initiative that helps young adults aged 16-35 plug back into God at the heart of the Roman Catholic Church. Its main distinguishing feature is the emphasis it places on celebration of the Mass and Adoration of the Eucharist; next come a focus on active evangelisation and the organisation of retreats and spiritual events for young people throughout the world.
XT3
Global Youth Community and multimedia company created for and by young Christians whose desire is to build a new culture. Xt3 is a place of unity, vision and hope for all young Christians.
Catholic Gap Year
A joint initiative between the Catholic Church’s Vocation and Youth offices. It aims to provide young Catholics with information about how and where they can spend a gap-year in a faith environment.
Retreat Centres
Soli House
A retreat centre working with young people aged 14-18 years. Opportunities for gap year work available.
Alton Castle
A retreat centre working with young people aged 9-13 years which uses indoor and outdoor activities as a way to bring about personal, social and spiritual development. Opportunities for gap year work available.
General
Archdiocese of Birmingham
Website for the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.
National Office for Vocations
An Office of the Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales that seeks to work collaboratively with other agencies within the Church in order to build a culture of vocation in the Church in England and Wales.
Catholic Church in England and Wales
The official website for the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Religious Life
Conference of Religious
A website for the Conference of Religious who represent the leaders of religious life in England & Wales.
Compass
A website for those discerning a vocation to the religious life.
If you belong to a religious order and are working in/with the Archdiocese of Birmingham and have a regional website that you would like us to support on this page please contact us here.
Vocations Links
If you would like us to support your website on this page please contact us here.
Priesthood
Year for Priests
Archdiocese of Birmingham website to celebrate the “Year for Priests” announced by the vatican to run from June 19th 2009 - June 19th 2010.
UK Priest
The official website for diocesan priesthood in England and Wales.
St. Mary’s College, Oscott
Seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham serving the dioceses and religious orders of England and Wales.
