Vocations
Goal One – Culture of Vocations
At the 2022 Evangelization Summit, Bishop Fernandes described characteristics of an Evangelizing Community as a Church that goes forth, shows initiative, is involved or engaged with its members, accompanies others, is fruitful, is joyful.
Goal: Each school and parish will adopt a plan to promote opportunities for discernment of God’s call to the priesthood, Catholic marriage, and consecrated life by Advent 2027.
Vocations
Goal Two – Discernment Pathways & Accompaniment for the Priesthood
“To go forth to the spiritual and existential peripheries demands courageously leaving our comfort zone…We cannot simply maintain what we have or had. Second, the community of missionary disciples takes the first step: it shows initiative…We need to be proactive rather than reactive. We need to be spiritual entrepreneurs for Christ.”
— Bishop Earl K. Fernandes, 2022 Evangelization Summit