

Welcome to the Office of Vocations

The Diocese of Lansing encompasses a 10 county area and boasts 250,000 Catholic members. There are 95 Parishes within the Diocese. Serving these Parishes are 103 priests, 9 Pastoral Coordinators, 56 Deacons, 154 Ecclesial Lay Ministers, 13 Brothers and 410 Religious Sisters who continue to further the work of Jesus. Bishop Carl F. Mengeling is our lead Shepherd ordained to serve here in 1996. He is truly a pastor of this diocese and takes an active interest in "all" the ministries within our Diocese.
Take a Look!
'Leap of Faith': The Story of an Aspiring Priest
This is an article about one of our seminarians, Jeremy Meuser, published by The Michigan Daily.
Consecrated Life
Men's Religious Orders
Women's Religious Orders
Deacons
Deacon's Main Page
List of Deacons
Priesthood
Application Process
Do You Want to be a Priest?
Meet Our Seminarians
Priest Discernment Stories
Various Seminaries for Our Candidates
What's a Seminary All About?
Who Would Make a Good Priest?
Words of Pope John Paul II on Priesthood Vocation