Talking to my pastor about Priesthood

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Hello,
I have felt the call to priest a lot and I want to talk to my pastor about it. The problem is that my family while we are all catholic they don’t practice the faith. Due to this I am not known in the parish community or to my pastor. I really want to talk to him and for him to get to know me but I am not sure how to approach this. Any advice and prayers welcome.
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I don’t understand. You don’t need to be “known” to the priest. Just call the office and ask if you can make an appointment to speak to him. Shouldn’t be an issue.
 
Are you a minor? If so, get your parents approval.

Google.the name of your Diocese and the term vocations director. There will be information there that you can read.
 
As a mom, I would want, no I would insist, that I be consulted before my minor kid met with clergy from a religion of which I were not an adherent.

Our OP said his family are not practicing Catholics.
 
Not practicing, but he has writte they are all Catholics.

A meeting does not need to be planned. It can be a little more casual when an apportunity happened during a Church’s meeting for eg.
 
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Hi Thomas welcome to CAF.

As one who’s been there done that (okay it’s been a while but still) the best advice I can give you is to just go for it - phone him, email him or just bowl on up to him after mass (you could even try all three!). I know that taking that first step of speaking to someone about your call to priesthood isn’t easy and tbh more than a bit daunting. Your family not practicing the faith isn’t really too much of an issue (I’m guessing you do) but your pastor will want to talk about how they might feel about your calling to priesthood (i.e. supportive, hostile or just indifferent). If you haven’t already done so this is something which you need to talk to them about. Your pastor will also be interested in hearing about your life, faith journey, and prayer life, and why you believe God is calling you to priesthood, what it is about priesthood that attracts you.

I’ll offer mass for you tomorrow.
 
Hello! I appreciate your response and you’re right, I should just go for it. I suppose I am a little nervous and needed someone to tell me to just do it. I am going to call to tomorrow and see if I can make a meeting happen. Also, thank you for offering mass for me, that is a real source of confidence for me and I greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your help!
 
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