PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
 
Gracious God,
 
You have called us through Baptism to discipleship,
believing in your Son, Jesus Christ,
who has sent us to bring the Good News of salvation to the world.
 
We pray to you, asking that you grant us more priests and religious
who will help us build up your Church in the Diocese of Belleville and the world.
 
Stir up the grace of a religious vocation in the hearts of many of our youth.
Grant to them the willingness and generosity to give of themselves
in service to our Lord Jesus and his people.
 
May a new generation of priests, deacons, sisters and brothers
be a sign of your presence among us.
 
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
Amen.  

 

For information on the Diocese of Belleville vocation
opportunities, please click on the link below:

https://www.diobelle.org/vocations
 

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April 28:

“I grew up in a Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic family in Pennsylvania and attended a Roman Catholic high school where some of the most joyful teachers were Sisters of Christian Charity.  Every year, the school held a Forty Hours devotion that included all-night adoration, praise and worship, and a Eucharistic procession.  During these powerful days, I experienced Jesus’ unique and personal love for me, and I felt drawn to give myself to him as a Sister of Christian Charity.  Visiting the sisters, I had learned about their foundress, Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt.  Mother Pauline’s devotion to the Mother of God and to the Blessed Sacrament also resonated with me.  Entering the motherhouse chapel for the first time, I saw two familiar sights: an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Jesus on the altar during adoration.  I knew I had found the place where I belong.   
Sister Maria Angeline Weiss; Sisters of Christian Charity, Mendham, NJ; Columbia Magazine, Oct. 2023

 

 

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