Vocations – Catholic Diocese of Wilmington

OFFICE OF PRIESTLY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS

_________ Take courage; Get up, Jesus is calling you! – Mark 10:49 _________

Our Quo Vadis 2018 program for young men of high school and college age will be from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29 at the Malvern Retreat Center in Malvern, PA.

This event offers a time of prayer, fraternity, and recreation focused on the life and ministry of the priest. It is an opportunity to learn more about the priesthood and to understand better God’s calling in your life with other young men who have that same interest or inspiration.

For more information about the event and what to bring click here.

Please register here to attend Quo Vadis. Registration extended to 7/13.

If you are under the age of 18, your parent/guardian must complete and return the FORM B permission form for you to attend Quo Vadis. Please click here for this form and turn it in when you arrive at the start of the program.

Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi… where are you staying?” He said to them,

Come and Seek

Come and Seek (CAS) is a monthly gathering for men interested in learning more about the vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood. If you think you might be called to the Priesthood, you’re invited to socialize, talk, and hang out with priests and men like yourself who think the Lord might be calling them to be a Priest.

All meetings begin at 6:30 pm, unless otherwise noted and food is provided. There are two locations one in the North of our Diocese and another in the South. For upcoming CAS dates and more information, click here.

Also see our upcoming Northern CAS events in the 2018 – 2019 Calendar.

+++ Vocations 2018 – Meet Our Men Studying for the Diocesan Priesthood +++

Please pray for our Seminarians! Learn more about them:

Michael Preston, Theology II — Adam Bauer, Theology I — John Enemuo, Theology I

Brennan Ferris, Theology I — Craig Kursinsky, Theology I — James Gebhart, Junior, College Seminary

+++ A Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood +++

Heavenly Father, in every age, You call men

to serve at Your altar as Your priests

and servants of Your people to witness to the Gospel

and to be like Your Son, the Great High Priest.

Through the intercession of St. Francis de Sales,

Patron Saint of the Diocese of Wilmington,

please grant our Diocese many good and holy priests;

Help me to discern what You want for my life,

and always give me the courage to say Yes to You.

May I not lose heart in considering my own weaknesses,

but be willing to answer Your call,

so You might fulfill your designs in me

and I might accomplish Your Holy Will. Amen.

Holy Mary, Mother of Priests, pray for us!

St. Francis de Sales, pray for us!

St. John Vianney, pray for us!

_______ I will give you shepherds after my own heart. – Jeremiah 3:15 _______

vocations Are you being called to the priesthood or religious life?

Find out more about the priesthood: diocesanpriest.com

Find out more about the religious life: religiouslife.com

Let us help you to discover God’s plan for your life.

E-mail: [email protected] or Call us: (302) 573-3113 today!

VOCATIONS OFFICE STAFF

Very Rev. Norm Carroll, Director of Seminarians and the Office of Priestly and Religious Vocations

Rev. Charles Dillingham, Associate Director for College and Post-College Vocations

Rev. Glenn Evers, Associate Director for High School Vocations

Rev. Jay McKee, Associate Director for Grade School Programming and General Vocations Awareness

Mrs. Mary Ann Peirson, Administrative Assistant

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: [email protected] Phone: (302) 573-3113

Mailing address: Office of Priestly & Religious Vocations, P.O. Box 2030, Wilmington, DE 19899-2030

Office Address: 1626 N. Union St., Wilmington, DE