Vocations News

May 17 to May 26

The Blessed Monstrance for Vocation, initiated by Pope John Paul II, will be in the Detroit area. Events scheduled are holy hours, exposition, adoration and benediction. See the complete list of fifteen sites, dates, times and events on the Information Center board. Some highlights include:

• Sunday, May 18 at 1:30 -- Holy Hour and reception at Sacred Heart Seminary. Bishop Quinn will preside.
• Sunday, May 18 at 7 p.m. --St. Lawrence Church --Holy Hour, Vocations Fair, and all-night Exposition and Adoration. Bishop Flores will preside.
• Monday, May 19, --St Lawrence Church -- 8 a.m. Mass and 2:30 p.m. Benediction.

What Can You Do To Promote Vocations?

PRAY for the Lord to send more “workers for the vineyard” to serve the Church.
INVITE young men and women to consider a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. Young people respond to invitations.
LOVE those priests and religious who serve you. There is no greater recruitment model than someone who is supported and affirmed.
LIVE your own vocation to the utmost.

Vocation Awareness

Take some time this week to talk with the young people you know about the importance of their Baptismal vocation. Each person, by virtue of their Baptism is called to serve God and be a witness for Jesus. Such awareness lays the foundation for a person to consider that God might be calling them even further into a “career” of service to the Church through priesthood, religious life or professional lay ministry. And pray together for those now in Church ministry...