Fr Gerard O’Connor, CSSR

Track 1: Growing up in Limerick in the 1970s and 1980s. He talks about joining an accountancy firm and working there for a number of years. He discusses the reasons why he changed direction and joined the Redemptorists in 1990. Track 2: He recalls his time in Brazil, 1995-97, during his seminarian years. He talks about his first assignment to Limerick before he was appointed as Vocations Director for the Redemptorists, a role he remained in for eight years. Track 3: In 2003 the setting up of SERVE and running that organisation until the present day. He discusses its objective, working in partnership with missionaries.