Men In Black Soccer

 

The first ever MIB Soccer Match was a great success!  Over 200 people gathered at  Holy Cross Academy in Oneida on Saturday, July 17 to watch the priests and seminarians take on the students from Holy Cross.  The game was tied 5-5 at the end of regulation and was decided by a penalty kick shoot out.  Click here to see photos and find out who won...

 

 

Religious Communities

Online Bulletin Boards

(click the links below)

 

News and Upcoming Events for Men's Religious Communities

News and Upcoming Discernment Events for Women  

 

(including an upcoming retreat opportunity for women

and news about the Sisters of St. Francis new members)

 

Vocations in the News

 

 

Oakland Athletics Prospect retires from professional baseball to enter the seminary.  Read about Grant Desme's decision to pursue the priesthood rather than the big leagues.

 

 

 

Kristin Holcum placed 6th in the 3,000 meter speed skating competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics.  Now she serves the poor in the Bronx, as a Franciscan Sister of the Renewal.  Find out more about this "skater nun."

 

 

 

Oprah Winfrey looks inside the life of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist.

 

 

 

Pursue Me

 

An album recorded by popular musician, Danielle Rose, recounts her vocation journey to the Franciscan Sisters

 

free copies are available

 

"Called to Serve"

Video Testimonies of Diocesan Priests

 

 Feature: Msgr. Eugene Yennock

(coming soon)

 

New Vocations Website!

This website is put together by the US Bishops Conference.  It collects the best vocation information from around the country.  Check it out! 

 

Promote Vocation Awareness in Your Parish

Click here to find Vocation Blurbs to add to your parish bulletin.  These brief reflections on the readings for each Sunday challenge parishioners to keep praying for and promoting religious vocations.  (The current set was written by a seminarian...check it out.)

Bishop's Vocation Picnic

On August 4th, Bishop Cunningham gathered with over 80 people at the annual Vocations Picnic.   Click here for to see the video that was shown.

 

The Ordination of Father Chris Ballard

Bishop Robert Cunningham anoints the hands of Fr. Chris Ballard during his Ordination to Priesthood on June 5th. 

One step closer to priesthood...

Seminarian Jamie Schultz was ordained a deacon by Bishop Cunningham on April 24, 2010.  His parents and family were on hand for the beautiful ceremony.  See more pictures on the Diocesan Priesthood Page.

 

 

 

 

Pope Benedict XVI

to the Youth

in New York,

April 19, 2008

"Friends, again I ask you, what about today?  What are you seeking? What is God whispering to you? 

The hope which never disappoints is Jesus Christ.

 

It is from within the Church that you too will find the courage and support to walk the way of the Lord.  

Nourished by personal prayer, prompted in silence, shaped by the Church’s liturgy

you will discover the particular vocation God has for you.

 

Embrace it with joy!"

 

 

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