Loving God, the provider of all our needs, we, your faithful people, ask that you bless this parish and our Diocese with an increase of men and women for priestly and committed ministry. Help us all to discern and pursue our vocation in life with strength and courage, making of us a priestly people. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, the priest and servant of our hearts. Amen.

~ English Prayer for Vocations, as Obtained from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Try It On!
When you come home at night and the rooms are all dark, you might as well be blind. You don't know where you're going until you turn on a light. Sometimes, life is like that too. You don't know where you're going.

So increase the Light. Ask God to reveal what path you should take: marriage, single life, priesthood or religious life.

Call the Vocations Office at (313) 237-5875 or visit our website: www.vocationsdetroit.org.

We are Seeking Disciples to Serve on the Vocations Committee

Our mandate is to help parishioners to ask and explore the question of God's purpose for their lives. The answer is personal and unique for all lifestyles: married, single, and divorced; those still raising children and "empty-nesters;" "cradle Catholics," new converts, and "fallen away" Catholics who believe God may be calling them back to the Church.

So ask yourself, might I be interested in learning and spreading the word about vocational discernment? The Vocations Committee advocates the necessity of discerning God's call. Is God calling me to live a celibate life as an ordained priest or deacon, religious sister or brother? Am I called to the single life? Is God calling me to the married life? A vocation is a call from God to a distinctive state of life, in which the person can reach holiness. To which vocation does God call me?

Having asked this all-important question, how then am I to find an answer? Although some people experience dramatic visions or other overt signals from God telling them exactly what to do, most of us make the effort to find the right path for us and, equally important, walk down it. The Vocations Committee advocates vocational discernment by:

• Inviting everyone in our faith community to ask, "What does God call me to do with my life?"
• Raising awareness about the need to explore and answer God's call.
• Conceiving and offering opportunities for vocational discernment.
• Presenting the priesthood and religious life as a fulfilling, viable vocation in the modern world.
• Honoring the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

Service to the Vocations Committee is not binding. We invite you to participate in three or four monthly meetings on a trial basis.

Contact the Parish Office for more details at (586) 268-2244.