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Vocation Information
If you are looking for resources on vocations to priesthood or religious life, begin your search with the following websites:
Vocations article from April/May 2011 issue of Momentum Magazine - this articles discusses three national celebrations held each year and a National Plan to promote vocations.
ForYourVocation.org - this Website is sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and lists a number of resources and links.
National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC): The NRVC is a professional organization of men and women committed to vocation awareness, invitation and discernment to consecrated life as brothers, sisters and priests. It publishes Vision magazine in print and online formats. A resource (May 2008) for catechists helps them understand the vocabulary of the vocation world and lists resources. It is a four-page booklet called The Ministry of the Catchist in Promoting Religious Vocations.
National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors (NCDVD):The National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors promotes diocesan priesthood, providing resources for the training, support, and advocacy of diocesan vocation directors as they work with the church to foster a culture of vocations, raising up new priests for the Body of Christ.
The Knights of Columbus: Supporting priestly and religious vocations is a top priority of the Knights of Columbus. Four K of C initiatives:
- Refund Support Vocations Program (RSVP) The Supreme Council encourages local councils to support vocations by giving a $100 refund to a local council whenever it donates $500 to a seminarian or postulant.
- Vocations Scholarship Fund
KofC maintains a vocations scholarship endowment fund, from which annual scholarships of $2,500 are awarded to deserving seminarians.
- Support of Seminarians Abroad
The Knights of Columbus also has funds to support the missions of the national colleges for priestly training in Rome: the North American College, the Pontifical Canadian College and the Pontifical Mexican College. Another fund supports the American College in Louvain, Belgium.
- Keep the Faith Alive
This series promotes vocations awareness through full-page color advertisements on the back cover of each issue of Columbia magazine. Each month features pictures and a vocation narrative of a person who has chosen to answer God's call to the priesthood or religious life.
Serra USA sponsors several parish-based programs:
- Called By Name
- The 31 Club
- Altar Server Programs
- Serra Club Vocation Essay and Poster Contests
- Scouting
- Parish Vocation Resources, and more.
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