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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)
Fostering a Culture of Vocations -
Resources for Parents and 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
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!
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
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
Vocation Stories (video)
Priest Discernment Stories
Various Seminaries for Our Candidates
What's a Seminary All About?
Words of Pope John Paul II on Priesthood Vocation
Diocesan parishes
