“…One measure of a school’s success is its ability to foster a sense of vocation, of eagerness to live out the basic baptismal commitment to service, whether this be done as a lay person, religious, deacon, or priest.”

#232 Sharing the Light of Faith
National catechetical directory for Catholics of the United States

Lord Jesus,
Teach me, lead me
Guide me.
Make me your
Disciple.
Show me my
Vocation in life.
My way to
Love and follow
You.
Amen.

Vincentian Mission Prayer

Divine Savior, transform me into Yourself,
may my hands be Your hands.
may my tongue be Your tongue.
Grant that every faculty of my body
may serve only to glorify You.
Above all, transform my soul
and all its powers,
that my memory, my will
and my affections, may be the memory,
the will and the affections of You.
I pray You to destroy in me
all that is not of You.
Grant that I may live but in You,
and by You, and for You,
and that I may truly say with St. Paul,
“I live now, not I, but Christ lives in me.”

Vocations Parish

The Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office is planning a new “Vocations Parish” initiative whereby parishes will be asked to deliberately, actively, and joyfully make the promotion of all Christian vocations an underlying element of all parish activities. For more information on how you can help your parish to become a “Vocations Parish,” contact Susanne Smith in the Vocations Office at 312-534-5234 or susmith@archchicago.org.

“What is My Vocation?” (A Vocations-Awareness School Curriculum)

The Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office has created a Vocations-Awareness School Curriculum for 6th or 7th graders entitled “What is My Vocation.” The text covers all Christian vocations, and has received a Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur. For more information, contact Anna Freeman in the Vocations office at 312-534-1037 or afreeman@archchicago.org

www.whatismyvocation.com

Seminarian Prayer Calendar:

The Vocations Office is asking parishes, schools, seminaries, and other organizations within the Archdiocese of Chicago to take an active role in praying for our seminarians as part of your stewardship. To help facilitate this “prayer campaign,” Seminarian Prayer Calendars have been created which highlight a different seminarian each weekday from one of our seminaries /seminary programs. You may wish to use these calendars to:

• Include the seminarian of the day in your school-wide morning prayers
• Have copies of prayer calendars distributed to every classroom, hang calendars
  on classroom bulletin boards
• Encourage classrooms to “adopt “ seminarians: have each student write a
  different seminarian, commit to praying for him, send him a care package during
  the holidays, invite him to visit the class during his holiday breaks
• Invite seminarians to come to your school to speak about vocations and their
  own call to the diocesan priesthood

Seminarian Prayer Calendar October 2009 – May 2010

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