Educators & Vocation Promoters

Vocation Curriculum for Educators

Vocation Lessons Curriculum

An online K-12 curriculum for both Catholic Schools and Faith Formation. Covers marriage, priesthood, and consecrated life. Contact our office for password for teachers and catechists. Website

Called: Discover Your Vocation

A DVD set with workbooks, great to help middle school and high school students start thinking about their vocations.Covers marriage, priesthood, and consecrated life. Buy online here

Guide to Parish Vocation Ministry

Rhonda Gruenewald, from her experience of leading a successful Vocation Ministry, has written  Hundredfold: A Guide to Parish Vocation Ministry providing information, activities, and inspiration to anyone starting, reviving, or refreshing a Vocation Ministry, and to make those ministries thrive. It is designed to inspire parishes to get involved in vocation work, to help new ministries start strong by providing a clear guide to the nuts and bolts of the ministry, and to reinvigorate long-standing committees with fresh ideas that attract new workers to God’s vineyard.

Who is a Priest?

Priests have a critical mission: …to bring people to Jesus and Jesus to people.

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.

Lear to Discern

“I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting Him encounter them.” – Pope Francis

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.

Overcoming Fear of the Priesthood

The first principle to remember is that God does not speak through fear. Perhaps the priesthood has crossed your mind, but fear pushes the idea away…

FAQs about Priesthood

The purpose of a priest is to bring people to Jesus, and Jesus to people. He does this primarily by preaching the Word and offering the Sacrifice of the Mass.

Seven Stages of Discerning Priesthood

Please keep in mind that every vocation is a mystery, and thus every man passes through these stages differently on the way to priesthood.

Lear to Discern

“I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting Him encounter them.” – Pope Francis