Vocation Awareness Week

National Vocation Awareness Week, November 2-8, is an opportunity to celebrate and promote ordained and vowed vocations. Dioceses, parishes, and religious communities honor vocations this week in many forms, including holy hours, homilies, prayers for the faithful, post-communion talks, etc. Some resources:

VISION Vocation Network articles on prayer & discernment; Vocation Calendar of Events--remember to post your upcoming events there; sample homiles; vocation prayers; and more.

U.S. bishops: prayers, videos, homilies, and more

Serra USA: liturgy planning guide, Spanish materials, etc.

NRVC resources for purchase: such as Year of Consecrated Life banner, video of young religious, prayer cards, Spanish materials, etc.

Education/awareness resources: for parish and classroom

Vocation song, "Wake the World with Dawning Joy." Free download of the audio and sheet music.

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