Photo op last Misa de Gallo 2016. Our very own Rev. Fr. Marc Ramos planked by our home-grown seminarians: Bro. AJ Piedad, Bro. Jan Immanuel Tambaoan, Bro. Jeremy Josef, Bro. Patrick Arriola. (Photo: Marlon Santos /MPIM)
SAN MATEO, Rizal – (Updated) Vocation campaigns were again promoted this year in all of the parishes under the Diocese of Antipolo. This was last October 22 during the Sunday masses. The purpose of these campaigns is to raise awareness of vocations to the priesthood. It is important for young people to begin to open their minds and hearts to the direction in which God is calling them. There is still time to plan a way to promote this every now and then. We have several resources listed below to get you started. It is imperative to the future of our faith that parishes are promoting and encouraging the youth to consider becoming a priest or pursuing the religious life.
Our Lady of the Angels Seminary. (Marlon Santos / MPIM)
Fortunately, there are many great ministries striving to provide resources to help those discerning a vocation find direction and encouragement. One website, TheLivingPerson.com, has developed a mini-series titled “My Vocation is Love.” The series is described as a way to help others discover God’s plan: “The word vocation means so much more than the four we are taught: (1) priesthood, (2) religious life, (3) marriage and (4) single life. These are the right answers, but like many things involving our faith, it is a word that is overflowing with beauty and complexity. It is our hope to capture these stories and communicate them in authentic, artful, and engaging ways.”
In a local setting, our very own Vocation Ministry Official Page on Facebook, shared about what vocation is. Take a few moments to watch and be inspired. This would be a wonderful series to use for upcoming Vocation Promotion Sunday or to promote vocations within your youth group.
What Is Vocation?
More Resources for Vocation Promo
1. Vocations that only seek to ‘climb the ladder’ are dead, Pope says 
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square during the Wednesday general audience on May 22, 2015. (Stephan Driscoll/CNA).
Every consecrated person must be careful to ensure that they bear fruit, he said, explaining that from the start, those who accompany the vocational process must “encourage a right intention, a genuine desire to be configured to Jesus.”
“When these processes are not nourished by this true sap that is the Spirit of Jesus, then we experience dryness and God learns with sadness that these branches are already dead,” he said.
4. How To Listen To God’s call (Part 1)
A mini-series about discovering God’s plan for our lives. Episode 03 Jim shares how he listens to God’s call. These videos aren’t even close to the fullness.
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftv_k1qaVOs
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