The image (above) shows a number of men and women around a board-room table; some of them have name-plaques indicating the vocational choices they have made and others are writing down possible choices to indicate that they are ‘discerning’. The business setting is a timely reminder that a vocation is an active decision not necessarily to pursue money, power or fame but to follow Christ use our talents in the service of others.
In addition to the poster, schools will have access to resources that will encourage students to reflect on the varieties of vocation in today’s Church and their own faith journey.
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Tomorrow is Good Shepherd Sunday, when we pray worldwide for vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious life. I would like to start a scheme where a different name each week takes to their house Canon Cochrane’s chalice, and prays each day for a week that God will send us more priests. If you would like to be part of the scheme, please put your name on the form at the back of church.(more info on vocations can be found on our website here or on the Diocese Vocations Blog here)
What is it like to be a priest? If you would like to spend a year seeing how priests live, and assisting them in day-to-day parish life, then in September 2009 places will become available at the House of Formation for Lancaster Diocese.
