Diocese of Lansing | Office of Vocations

Upcoming Events

Date	Formation event/vocation	Newsworthy Notes
April 26 - 27	Women's Discernment Retreat	Any single woman is invited to discern God's call to consecrated life
April 28 - May 2	Priest Annual Retreat
May 4	Permanent Diaconate Discernment Day
* May 15	2nd Annual Gold Tournament for Seminarians	Raising money for seminarian costs
May 17	Permanent Deacon Aspirants Day of Reflection
May - June	Celebrating 30 years of Loyala program
* June 14	Holy Hour for Vocations	No vocations in 2008
June 27	Senior Priest Appreciation Luncheon
July 24	Priest Summer Day
* July 25	Lugnut baseball game	Celebrating vocations
* August 9	2nd Annual "Run thru Hell" fundraiser	Raising money for seminarian costs
August 9	Possible gathering to celebrate deacons
* August 14 - 17	Seminarian gathering
* August 16	Conversations in Ministry
* August 16	Candidacy Mass
* August 17	Prospective Seminarian Dinner with Bishop
* August 17 - 18	Discernment Retreat for seminarian prospects
August 20	Permanent Diaconate Rite of Candidacy
August 28	Permanent Diaconate Institution to Acolyte
October 3 - 5	Deacon Community Convocation
October 6 - 9	Presbyteral Convocation
October 12	Laity Sunday
October 17 or 24	Lay Ministry Convocation
* October 26	Priesthood Sunday (always the last Sunday of October)	something new that has been started to celebrate priesthood
November 8	Lay Ecclesial Commissioning
Novemer 22	Deacon Ordination???	this is not certain yet
November ??	Ongoing formation event???
* December 20 - 21	Seminarian Winter Gathering