Vocation Events
2023 Seminarian Appeal: Source and Summit
Please prayerfully consider investing in our future priests today.
11 November 2023
National Vocation Awareness Week
National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) is an annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the ...
World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men ...
Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday begins the Easter Triduum with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Today we celebrate ...
World Day for Prayer for Vocations
4th Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday) The purpose of World Day of Prayer for Vocations is ...
Priesthood Sunday
Priesthood Sunday is a special day set aside to honor priesthood in the United States. It ...
What do Priests Do?
Priests do far more than celebrate Mass and pray all day. The life of a priest is busy, demanding, challenging—and incredibly rewarding.
Why Celibacy?
Celibacy is always a top concern for men thinking about the priesthood, but rest assured that every priest had the same thought before he went to seminary.
Signs of a Priestly Vocation
If Jesus has placed a desire in your heart for priesthood, no matter what your age, don’t ignore it. Talk to a priest you admire about how you feel.
Priesthood Discernment Self-Test
Examining oneself using these twenty qualities or signs is a good way to begin one’s discernment of priesthood, but it should not be done in a vacuum.