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Welcome to the Office of Vocations


The Diocese of Lansing encompasses a 10 county area and boasts 250,000 Catholic members. There are 84 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 Earl Boyea is our lead Shepherd, installed as the Fifth Bishop of Lansing in April, 2008. He is truly a pastor of this diocese and takes an active interest in "all" the ministries within our Diocese.



Events and Resources:

Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hour for Vocations
7:00pm, Thursday, February 2, 2012
Church of the Resurrection, Lansing

 

Scripture for Discernment:

Pray the Scriptures to Ask God About Vocation

 

Discernment Books:
Suggested Books for Discerning Your Vocation

 

Articles and Essays:
Discernment With Mary and Ignatius (by Dawn Hausmann)
Building a Culture of Vocations (by Rev. John Linden)


Prayer for Vocations


 

Fostering a Culture of Vocations -
Resources for Parents and Teachers


Letter to Parents


Letter to Teachers


Holy Hour for Vocations
(format when priest is present)


Holy Hour for Vocations
(format without priest present)


 

Vocations Links

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Vocations Page


For Your Vocation.org


United States Conference of Secular Institutes


Vocation Boom

Catholic Religious Vocation Network(Vision)

Institute on Religious Life

LifeTeen

National Religious Vocation Conference


Take a Look!

SEVEN REASONS TO BE A PRIEST


Discernment Resources

How do we ... discern?

How do we know what God’s calling is?


Women’s Discernment Retreat
April 14-15, 2012
Camp de Sales Retreat Center, Brooklyn, MI

For more information, download flyer here.   For registration contact Dawn Hausmann via e-mail to: dhausmann@dioceseoflansing.org or call 517-342-2506.


Emmaus Discernment House for Women

Women interested in seriously discerning a vocation to Religious life and living in community with other women,  contact Dawn Hausmann, Vocation Coordinator, via e-mail to: dhausmann@dioceseoflansing.org or call 517-342-2506.


Consecrated Life

bullet Men's Religious Orders

bullet Women's Religious Orders


Deacons

bullet Deacon's Main Page

bullet List of Deacons


Priesthood

bullet 
Application Process

bullet  Do You Want to be a Priest?

bullet  Meet Our Seminarians

bullet  Vocation Stories (video)

bullet  Priest Discernment Stories

bullet  Various Seminaries for Our Candidates

bullet  What's a Seminary All About?

bullet  Words of Pope John Paul II on Priesthood Vocation

© Diocese of Lansing 2011