October 2018 Why We Need to Encourage Vocations by Fr
October 2018 Why we need to encourage vocations by Fr. Joe Moriarty Rector Without vocations, we won’t have priests. Without priests, we won’t have the Eucharist. Without the Eucharist, we won’t have the means of salvation to nourish us onto eternal life. When we speak of supporting voca- tions, it’s not just the work of priests or sis- ters. It’s the work of all the baptized. If the member- ship, the baptized, doesn’t understand that it’s their 1) Pray for vocations, and in this time of responsibility to encourage vocations, we won’t have unrest in our Church, be sure to give priests to minister the sacraments, particularly the thanks for the holy men and women sacrament of the Eucharist. Without priests, we who have chosen a religious life in won’t have the Eucharist. Without the Eucharist, we dedication to our Church; won’t have salvation mediated to us in the person of 2) Talk to your pastor about how your Jesus Christ. It’s really very simple. We are all re- parish can support vocations—start a sponsible for encouraging vocations. vocations committee, or if you already While there are many ways to encourage voca- have one, consider joining. Invite your tions, in the context of Bishop Simon Bruté College committee to tour Bruté Seminary or call Seminary, I would suggest the following: me to explore how your group can sup- Continued on page 10 Vocations: continued from page 1 port our efforts. For example, parish groups fellow parishioners, siblings, teachers, etc.
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