Sr. Máire Bríd O’Driscoll made her Solemn Profession as a Redemptoristine nun in the company of her community, family and friends at a monastery in Drumcondra, Dublin on the 17th of August.
Sr. Máire Brid is a daughter of Pat and Ina O’Driscoll, Gortaleen, Enniskeane, and attended Coppeen National School and Mary Immaculate College, Dunmanway, before training as a primary teacher.
At the Solemn Profession of Sr. Máire Bríd O’Driscoll as a Redemptoristine Sister at Mount St. Alphonsus, Drumcondra, Dublin, are her family: (l to r) her brother Pádraig and baby Analise O’Driscoll, Zoe O’Driscoll, her mother Ina, Sr. Máire Bríd, brother Seamus, father Patrick and sister Siobhán O’Driscoll. Sr. Máire Bríd is from Gortaleen in Enniskeane Parish.
After a few years of teaching, she explored whether she had a religious vocation and was drawn to the contemplative life of the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer (Redemptoristines) with whom she began a period of exploration and then formation as a Sister.
Concelebrated Mass was celebrated at the monastery on Saturday during which she made her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience before the Prioress of the community Sr. Gabrielle.
Her parents, extended family, relations and friends travelled from Cork and her brother Seamus travelled from New York and all the visitors were treated to hospitality by the Sisters after the special Mass.
(Courtesy: corkandross.org)
Watch the recorded Mass and the Solemn Profession
