The Vocation Ministry will help foster an environment that will encourage and advocate for all Catholic Vocations through, prayer, promotion, and support. The purpose of the Vocation Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God's call to their vocation as married, single, or to their religious life. 

OUR PURPOSE

The purpose of the Vocations Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God’s call to their vocation as priest, single, married, or religious life. Holiness is the universal call to all. 

Spiritual Bouquets

During this month, we encourage you to pray for our Deacons. One way to do this is to offer a Spiritual Bouquet of prayers for them. Our Vocations Ministry will gather lists of all the Spiritual Bouquets being offered and will send a special card to each of them this week letting them know you are praying for them.

Offer a Spiritual Bouquet for our Priests who work so hard for us every day!

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Bring the Traveling Icon or Traveling Chalice into your home for one week!

* The Holy Family icon will be used to pray for the vocation of Sacramental Marriage and Chaste Single Life.

* The Traveling Chalice will be used to pray for the vocation of the Priesthood and Religious Life.
 

Please sign up below and choose which vocation you will be praying for and the Mass time that you will attend. Each will come with a carrying case with daily prayers you can offer, or you may pray your own.

Upon arriving at Mass, please let the Mass coordinator AND acolyte know that you are there to receive the Holy Family icon or the chalice.  Near the end of Mass, they will call you to the front and present you with the icon or the chalice. After Mass, go to the sacristy (the room behind the portrait of St. Bartholomew in the narthex) and retrieve the carrying case to transport the icon or chalice to and from your home.  

The icon and chalice are to be returned to the church the following Saturday between
 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm and should be given to Sister Lucy or Sister Raphaella.  Thank you for taking the time to pray for vocations.

Click the link below to sign up to take home the icon or chalice:
 

SIGN UP HERE - CLICK HERE 

ANOTATE AQUI

Prayer for Vocations
Jesus, high priest and Redeemer forever, we beg you to call young men and women to your service, as priests and religious. May they be inspired by the lives of dedicated priests, brothers and sisters. Give to parents the grace of generosity and trust toward you and their child so that their sons and daughters may be helped to choose their vocation in life with wisdom and freedom. O God, you have called us to salvation and have sent your Son to establish the Church for this purpose, and you have provided the sacred ministers. The harvest is ever ready but the laborers are scarce. Inspire our youth to follow Jesus by serving Your People.

Amen.

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