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Eucharistic adoration for vocations is growing and spreading rapidly in this Year of the Eucharist.
After the Vatican learned about this particular effort, promoted in some dioceses in the United States, the Congregation for Catholic Education launched a similar worldwide initiative in January. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops immediately answered the Vatican’s call to spread adoration for vocations during the Year of the Eucharist.
To launch the U.S.-Canadian role in the Vatican’s year-long effort, the bishops’ conference held a day of Eucharistic adoration for vocations Jan. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was the first time a special monstrance blessed by Pope John Paul II was used.
The monstrance was one of six the Pope blessed during his Nov. 24 general audience. They are designated for Eucharistic adoration for vocations for each major continent or geographical area around the world.
On Jan. 3, Father Edward Burns, executive director of the bishops’ Secretariat for Vocations and Priestly Formation, received the monstrance from Daniel Gonzales, national director of the website Vocation.com, and Legion of Christ Father Anthony Bannon, who was until recently North American territorial director of his religious order.
“We are so excited about this,” Father Burns said. “We are grateful for this opportunity to pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send workers into the harvest.”
From the shrine, the monstrance went to Chicago for adoration for vocations during the Serra International conference, held Jan. 14-16. Father Burns’ office will schedule the travels of the monstrance to cathedrals, parishes and college campuses. Requests should be made through the bishop’s office in each diocese.
“We are still in the process of contacting all the dioceses in North America,” Father Burns said. In fact, the Jan. 12 kickoff, during the middle of Vocation Awareness Week, came before the month the Vatican designated — February — as America’s official month of responsibility for this adoration.
The Serra USA Council and Serra International will help move the monstrance throughout the country. Father Burns said his office will post the schedule on the Internet at www.Vocation.com.
“Our hope is, through this collaborative effort of the USCCB, Adoration for Vocations, Vocations.com and Serra International, we might combine our resources and really promote this Vatican project so that it may touch the lives of many, many young men and women who may be called to the priesthood or consecrated life,” Gonzales said.
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After the Vatican learned about this particular effort, promoted in some dioceses in the United States, the Congregation for Catholic Education launched a similar worldwide initiative in January. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops immediately answered the Vatican’s call to spread adoration for vocations during the Year of the Eucharist.
To launch the U.S.-Canadian role in the Vatican’s year-long effort, the bishops’ conference held a day of Eucharistic adoration for vocations Jan. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was the first time a special monstrance blessed by Pope John Paul II was used.
The monstrance was one of six the Pope blessed during his Nov. 24 general audience. They are designated for Eucharistic adoration for vocations for each major continent or geographical area around the world.
On Jan. 3, Father Edward Burns, executive director of the bishops’ Secretariat for Vocations and Priestly Formation, received the monstrance from Daniel Gonzales, national director of the website Vocation.com, and Legion of Christ Father Anthony Bannon, who was until recently North American territorial director of his religious order.
“We are so excited about this,” Father Burns said. “We are grateful for this opportunity to pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send workers into the harvest.”
From the shrine, the monstrance went to Chicago for adoration for vocations during the Serra International conference, held Jan. 14-16. Father Burns’ office will schedule the travels of the monstrance to cathedrals, parishes and college campuses. Requests should be made through the bishop’s office in each diocese.
“We are still in the process of contacting all the dioceses in North America,” Father Burns said. In fact, the Jan. 12 kickoff, during the middle of Vocation Awareness Week, came before the month the Vatican designated — February — as America’s official month of responsibility for this adoration.
The Serra USA Council and Serra International will help move the monstrance throughout the country. Father Burns said his office will post the schedule on the Internet at www.Vocation.com.
“Our hope is, through this collaborative effort of the USCCB, Adoration for Vocations, Vocations.com and Serra International, we might combine our resources and really promote this Vatican project so that it may touch the lives of many, many young men and women who may be called to the priesthood or consecrated life,” Gonzales said.
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