Diocesan Prayer for Vocations
FATHER,
IN YOUR PLAN FOR OUR SALVATION YOU PROVIDE SHEPHERDS FOR YOUR PEOPLE. FILL YOUR CHURCH WITH THE SPIRIT OF COURAGE AND LOVE.
GIVE THE CHURCH MORE PRIESTS, WORTHY MINISTERS FOR YOUR ALTARS AND ARDENT BUT GENTLE SERVANTS OF THE GOSPEL.
GRANT ALSO TO US AN INCREASE IN VOCATIONS TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE. MAY MORE OF YOUR PEOPLE RESPOND TO YOUR CALL IN A SPIRIT OF JOYFUL GENEROSITY.
MAY THEY SERVE YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE BY FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST YOUR SON AND PROVIDE BY THEIR WAY OF LIFE A CONVINCING SIGN OF YOUR KINGDOM.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH, PRAY FOR US.
Vocations & Seminarian Formation
Director of Seminarian Formation
Very Reverend Jeffrey Bowker V.F.
984-900-3403 // Fr.Jeffrey.Bowker@raldioc.org
Promoter of Vocations
Reverend James J. Magee III
984-900-3403 // Fr.James.Magee@raldioc.org
7200 Stonehenge Dr Raleigh, NC 27613
919 821 9723
What you can do
- Make an annual or multi-year pledge of cash or stock to the Seminarian Partnership Program.
- Support an existing endowment.
- Create your own family-named endowment.
- Learn how you can get income for life when you give to charity.
- Remember the Diocese of Raleigh Vocations Program in your will.
Please make your check payable to:
The Foundation, Diocese of Raleigh-SPP
You may also give online at:
Seminarian Partnership Program
Current Endowments
- Diocese – St. John the Baptist – Seminarians
- Diocese – Seminarian Education Endowment
- Diocese – Seminary Fund
- Diocese – OLO Guadalupe Fund
- Ron & Jeanette Dogget Endowment Fund
- Nell Fletcher DeVane Endowment
- Lee Roy Lee Endowment
- Maffit Seminary Fund
- Marie L. & Leonard M. McManus Seminarian Fund
- Julie G. & Francis E. McVay Seminarian Endowment
- Randall & Ruth Proctor Seminarian Endowment Fund
- Frederick C. Rahdert Memorial Quasi-Endowment
Legacy Gift Options
Consider this!
- Which planned gift makes sense?
- Which gift option matches your interests?
- Consult with the Foundation and your tax advisor to answer these questions
*Income paid to you
What do you say to a young man who is considering a vocation?
“Do not be afraid. God knows your vocation will bring you joy. Do not just put discernment on the back burner, but really try and dive into it courageously.”
~Father Steven Di Massimo
Priest – St. Thomas More
3rd Theology – Saint Charles Borromero Seminary, Pennsylvania
Saint Luke the Evangelist – Raleigh, NC
“It can be a very unsettling thing to first feel you are being called. Do not be afraid. It takes courage to do so, but you will never regret doing it”
~Nicolas Rapkoch
3rd Theology – Theological College, Washington D.C.
2nd Theology – Theological College, Washington, D.C.
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral – Raleigh, NC
“Why not now?” God is waiting for you always; come to Him and He will be with you. Just say: “Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. I come to do your will.” Spend time in deep prayer and listen to God; He speaks to your heart. Ask Him, as St. Francis of Assisi wrote, “Lord, what would you have me do?” Pray the Rosary, and the Mother of God will bring you closer to Christ Jesus.”
~Cong LE
Pastoral year – Saint Francis of Assisi, Raleigh N.C.
1st Theology – Notre Dame Seminary, Louisiana
St Mary – Greensboro, NC
“To talk to the priest in his home church and ask if he can follow him for a few weeks, so that he can see the reality of what being a priest is. Also … to never be afraid to explore his vocation. Because answering God’s call is the best thing you can do with your life.”
~ Deacon Erik Reyes
4th Theology – Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pennsylvania
2nd Theology. Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pennsylvania
Sacred Heart Parish – Whiteville, NC
“To a young man discerning I’d say, have a little faith. God does have a plan, you just need to trust Him.”
~Philip Tooley
3rd College – Frassati House of Formation at Belmont Abbey College
Frassati House of Formation at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina
Sts. Cyril and Methodious – Cary, NC