Archdiocese of Philadelphia Celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week
The Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood supports men who are discerning a call to the diocesan priesthood.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will mark the local observance of National Vocation Awareness Week (Sunday, November 7- Saturday, November 13, 2021).
This national initiative of the Roman Catholic Church is intended to raise awareness about and promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated religious life.
National Vocation Awareness Week is sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and began in 1976. The Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has planned various events across the five-county region.
Sunday, November 7, 2021 – 12:00 p.m.
Opening Mass for Vocation Awareness Week
Saint Eleanor Parish
647 Locust Street
Collegeville, PA 19426
Father David Friel, Vocation Director, will be the main celebrant & homilist.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 – 7:00 p.m.
Holy Hour for Vocations
Nativity of Our Lord Parish
605 West Street Road
Warminster, PA 18974
Father David Friel will be the main celebrant.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 – 6:30 p.m.
Mass for Young Adults at the Catholic Center for Young Adults
Saint Stanislaus (Upper Church)
242 Fitzwater Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
A seminarian panel and dinner will follow the Mass. Father David Friel will be main celebrant and homilist.
Thursday, November 11, 2021 – 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Vocation Awareness Day
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
100 East Wynnewood Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Students in Grades 7-12 enrolled in classical schools or homeschool families/co-ops will learn about a call to vocation.
Friday, November 12, 2021 – 7:00 p.m.
Holy Hour for Vocations (in Spanish)
Saint Charles Borromeo Parish (Bensalem)
1731 Hulmeville Road
Cornwells Heights, PA 19020
Father Manuel Flores will be the main celebrant.
Saturday, November 13, 2021 – 10:00 a.m.
Vocation Basketball Game – Holy Hoops
Holy Rosary Regional School/Epiphany of Our Lord Parish
3040 Walton Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
All welcome to watch the seminarians play the local CYO team.
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Editor’s Note: For more information on vocations to the diocesan priesthood or National Vocations Awareness Week activities, please contact the Vocations Office for the Diocesan Priesthood at 610-667-5778 or visit https://heedthecall.org/.
For information about vocations to the diaconate, please contact the School of Diaconal Formation at 610-664-2213.
For more information on vocations to religious life, please contact the Office for Consecrated Life at 215-587-3795.