The Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration in Ireland

 

 

The Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration in Ireland is a separate but similar organization. They are approved by their national conference of bishops. A member of their team is also on our advisory team.

Each diocese sets up their own local diocesan adoration committee and sends laity to visit parishes in their diocese for adoration sign-up presentation weekends. The laity deliver a sign-up invitation presentation after Holy Communion and ensure things get well organized.

For the setting up of a diocesan committee, a letter goes out to all the priests asking them to send at least two delegates who would be interested in setting up adoration to attend an information meeting.  Then there are a few training meetings to get things organized and a diocesan committee set up.  

HOW IT WORKS IN EACH DIOCESE

They have a prayer support team who prays for the success of parish adoration sign-up presentations.

A diocesan adoration committee team member organizes dates suitable to the parish priest. Then they have a meeting with helpers from the parish before the weekend prior to the presentations weekend.

There is a three week preparation before the presentation weekend to give the parish time to notify parishioners that it will take place and to get everyone praying for it. The parish hands out a prayer to those attending Mass on the weekend before the sign-up weekend. The parish priest leads and prays the prayer with Mass goers at all Masses. This helps parishioners to desire this.

Sample video with photos of a parish posted by the national Apostolate before a presentation weekend:   

Above YouTube (1min 34s) Adoration takes place in the Sacred Heart Chapel daily from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

THE PRESENTATION WEEKEND

On the presentation (or renewal) sign-up weekends, sign-up invitation cards with pens attached are handed out at each entrance when parishioners arrive for Mass. Here are a few similar samples on our own website:

At each Mass, the priest mentions adoration in his sermon and after Holy Communion, he invites the lay representative from the diocesan committee to speak before the final blessing. During this presentation, everyone is guided to complete the invitation cards and to hand them back completed to the volunteers stationed at all exits of the church after Mass. If the parish only has, or is aiming for, adoration on certain days and hours of the week, people are told to select only those days and times on the Invitation card/form.

If you would like a copy of the text of one of these presentation and to see a video of a Mass where it was delivered, we have them.

After the sign-up at Masses, they have a meeting with parishioners interested in adoring and organizing adoration again to set up a small committee of parishioners who will look after the running of adoration going forward.  They give them a template for a register of adorers to  mark each week, so that attendance can be monitored to ensure the Blessed Sacrament is not left unattended. 

In addition to Ireland, this Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration has been invited by local bishops to help some dioceses in the UK (which consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) to get this set up.

Other countries, dioceses or parishes may be interested in implementing the successful system and methods of the national Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration in Ireland: eucharisticadoration.ie

A member of their team is also on our board of advisors. In Canada, those interested in starting a diocesan Adoration committee or helping to set up diocesan Adoration committees are also welcome to Contact us – APOSTOLATE OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION INC.