How to Increase Vocations to the Priesthood – Part 3

Sports Programs Take advantage of your seminary grounds and offer a sports camps filled with fun events for young men. The benefits of this program are unmatched.  Hundreds of young men will experience your seminary and it will give an opportunity for the vocations director to meet them. In addition you could institute programs in More >

Summer Internship Program Organize a summer internship program with Franciscan University, Ave Maria College, Christendom, and other orthodox Catholic colleges.  These students could work for the vocations office and help plan, organize, and coordinate every project talked about in this series.  In return you could offer them free room and board, access to the sacraments, More >

Part 5 of the ongoing series to promote vocations. Vocations Promotional Video A 4-8 minute promotional video should be professionally produced highlighting all the fun aspects of your seminary.  Many young people have no idea what the seminary process is like or what the role of a priest is in the Catholic Church Plan and More >

Part 2 of Vocations Series Technology Communications Upgrade By instituting the ability of key priest and vocations’ directors in the diocese to quickly relay information on vocations to the vocation office through Blackberrys, iPhones, Smart Phones the office will be able to build relationship wiht possible candidates to the priesthood and not allow young men More >

For some time I have been debating if I should publish a series on vocations to the Catholic Priesthood.  I have been holding out because I wanted to put together a manual of sorts.  Not that I am an expert, but after working across the country for different Catholic organizations, diocese, and speaking extensively I More >