From Fr. Mark Catalana-Director of Vocations
I’m writing you to enlist your support of a vocations event that will take place on February 2nd at Mitty High School. That evening (at 7:00) a group of priests will play a basketball game against our seminarians. My hope is that you will support this event by buying a ticket, attending, and allowing us to sell tickets at your parish the weekend of January 6/7. The seminarians, Knights, and Serrans would come to your parish that weekend and do all the work. The suggested donation is $10 per adult, $5 per child or a donation of the individual’s choice. We’d also like to put a piece in your bulletin some time in December so that people will know about this. Since Mitty’s gym holds 1200 people comfortably, we’re hoping to sell that number of tickets.
As you know, every three years the Church holds World Youth Day. In 2008, this gathering will take place in Sydney, Australia. Talking with vocation directors around the country, it’s very clear that a significant number of seminarians have gone to a World Youth Day and been encouraged to pursue their vocation while there. For the past year, I’ve been laying the groundwork to have our seminarians go to Sydney with the youth and young adults of our Diocese. So far, we’ve raised $30,000 to do this. However, we anticipate that it will require about $60,000 to send all of our seminarians there.
Some may argue that there are better uses for this kind of money. However, as our diocese is highlighting, in our pastoral plan, ministry among youth and young adults, this seems a superb way to have our future priests mixing with and supporting the youth of our Diocese. And I hope and pray that among those attending World Youth Day will be some whom the Lord is calling to the priesthood or consecrate life. Supporting those vocations should be among the highest priorities of our Diocese.
I greatly appreciate your support of vocations in general and the work I do in particular. Please know that I keep you and your people in my daily prayers.
Peace,
Mark Catalana
Vocation Director, Diocese of San Jose
As you know, every three years the Church holds World Youth Day. In 2008, this gathering will take place in Sydney, Australia. Talking with vocation directors around the country, it’s very clear that a significant number of seminarians have gone to a World Youth Day and been encouraged to pursue their vocation while there. For the past year, I’ve been laying the groundwork to have our seminarians go to Sydney with the youth and young adults of our Diocese. So far, we’ve raised $30,000 to do this. However, we anticipate that it will require about $60,000 to send all of our seminarians there.
Some may argue that there are better uses for this kind of money. However, as our diocese is highlighting, in our pastoral plan, ministry among youth and young adults, this seems a superb way to have our future priests mixing with and supporting the youth of our Diocese. And I hope and pray that among those attending World Youth Day will be some whom the Lord is calling to the priesthood or consecrate life. Supporting those vocations should be among the highest priorities of our Diocese.
I greatly appreciate your support of vocations in general and the work I do in particular. Please know that I keep you and your people in my daily prayers.
Peace,
Mark Catalana
Vocation Director, Diocese of San Jose
posted by Diocese of San Jose @ 2:39 PM
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