Fr. Alan Valencia
Director of Vocations and Seminarians
(520) 838-2531
[email protected]
Sophia Herrera
Administrative Assistant to Vocations
(520) 838-2537
[email protected]
Vocations Office
520-838-2531
[email protected]
There are many ways we can all promote holy Vocations through time, talent, and treasure. Below, you'll find prayers, classroom lesson plans, Vocations Days to celebrate throughout the year, parish activities, the Padre Kino Vocations Ministry, and Catholic Foundation's seminarian fund. We are all called to holiness, and we can help one another on the journey towards Heaven!
Diocese of Tucson Vocations Prayer
Heavenly Father, we praise you for providing those faithful priests and vowed religious
who pour out their lives in generous service of others.
We ask that you speak gently into the hearts of those you call today to priesthood or vowed religious life.
Through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, help these chosen sons and daughters to hear your loving call in our homes and our parishes, so that they may respond with faithful and loving hearts.
We also ask that you use each of us, in whatever way you choose, to help make your call known, so that ministry may be abundant in the Diocese of Tucson, our loving home.
We make this prayer in faith, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
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There are many things your parish can do to support Vocations within the Church. Here are just a few ideas to get you started.
Below is a list of resources, lesson plans, and activities recommended by USCCB to teach students about Vocations. More free, pre-made resources in English and Spanish can be found at VocationMinistry.com.
✎ Preschool
✎ Elementary & Junior High School
✎ High School
Free resources for these Vocations Days can be found online at VocationMinistry.com.
School Resources Parish Resources
National Catholic Schools Week (Last Weekend of January)
World Day for Consecrated Life (First Weekend of February)
World Marriage Day (2nd Sunday in February)
National Marriage Week (February 7-14 each year)
Religious Brothers Day (May 1, Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker)
Uplift Your Priest (2nd and 3rd weeks of Easter)
World Day of Prayer for Vocations (4th Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday)
World Priest Day (Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus each year)
(AKA World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests)
Deacon Sunday (Second Sunday in October)
Priesthood Sunday (Last Sunday in October)
National Vocation Awareness Week (1st full week of November)
World Day of Cloistered Life (November 21, the Presentation-BVM)
Twenty-six percent of the funds raised by the Catholic Foundation's Annual Catholic Appeal are used to support seminarian and clergy education and support.
These funds cover 55% of the Office of Vocations’ efforts to recruit and select qualified candidates for discernment as well as the formation and education of seminarians.
Support current and future seminarians by contributing to the Catholic Foundation’s Annual Catholic Appeal.
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