2012 VISION Vocation Guide

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Brother Raymond Dwyer, F.P.M. (left) and Andrew O’Connell, communications director for the Presentation Brothers, in Hyde Park, London during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Great Britain.

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Why I love being a brother! Religious brotherhood can be way of life that will bring you deep peace, real fulfillment, and great satisfaction in knowing that you are closely following Christ.

by

Brother Raymond Dwyer, F.P.M.

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t was a sunny Tuesday morning. I was in my final year of high school in Cork, a city in the south of Ireland. It was that time of year when we had to apply for college, and I had a problem: I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do when I left school. Brother Raymond Dwyer, F.P.M. is the vocations director for the Presentation Brothers in Glasthule, near Dublin, Ireland.

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I had a vague sense I wanted to do something to help people and thought I might like to be a social worker. But even that didn’t excite me very much. Yes, I had considered priesthood as an option. I went to Mass every Sunday and prayed every day but somehow I knew that priesthood wasn’t for me.

An intriguing possibility One morning as we sat waiting for math class to begin, our careers teacher arrived

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