Vocations Week

Again this year, throughout the Church in Australia, we celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week from August 3/4 until August 10/11.

The theme of the first weekend is that every baptized Christian has a vocation and is called to holiness of life and to participate in the life and mission of the Church. We acknowledge the calling to Marriage and Family Life, the Single Life and Lay Ministry in the Church. It’s on the second weekend that we specify this baptismal call further and celebrate and pray for an increase in the vocations of the Priesthood, Diaconate and the Consecrated Life.  

Everyone is welcome to attend:

Weekend Masses August 3-4 – Celebrating and praying for the unique vocation of all baptised Christians.

Saturday August 3 – Rosary for Vocations in Mary MacKillop Plaza adjacent to the Cathedral at 8am.

Tuesday August 6 – “Adoreamus” for Vocations at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, including Adoration, Reflections and Benedictions 6.30pm.

Saturday August 10 – Discernment Group - those discerning Diaconate or Priesthood, in Cathedral Sacristy – 9.30am - 11am.

Weekend Masses August 10-11 – Celebrating and praying for an increase in Vocations to the Diaconate, Priesthood and Consecrated Life of Sisters and Brothers.

'Leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.' – Matthew 4:22

Click here to read Vocations stories published in The Southern Cross newspaper August 2024 edition.

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