The Vocation Ministry will help foster an environment that will encourage and advocate for all Catholic Vocations through, prayer, promotion, and support. The purpose of the Vocation Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God's call to their vocation as married, single, or to their religious life. 

OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of the Vocations Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God’s call to their vocation as priest, single, married, or religious life. Holiness is the universal call to all. 

PLEASE PRAY FOR..
For the members of our Parish - the young men currently in the seminary:
 • Michael James Arienza - Seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, TX
 • Ryan Berger - Seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, TX
 • Luke Parmenter - Seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, TX


PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Loving and Generous God, it is You who call us by name and ask us to follow You. Help us to grow in the Love and Service of our Church as we experience it today. Give us the energy and courage of Your Spirit to shape its future. Grant us faith-filled leaders who will embrace Christ's Mission of love and justice.  Bless the Church of Saint Bartholomew by raising up dedicated and generous leaders from our families and friends who will serve Your people as Sisters, Priests, Brothers, Deacons and Lay Ministers. Inspire us to know You betterand open our hearts to hear Your call. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
 Amen.
 

Bring the Traveling Icon or Traveling Chalice into your home for one week!
* The Holy Family icon will be used to pray for the vocation of Sacramental Marriage and Chaste Single Life.
* The Traveling Chalice will be used to pray for the vocation of the Priesthood and Religious Life.
 
Please sign up below and choose which vocation you will be praying for and the Mass time that you will attend. Each will come with a carrying case with daily prayers you can offer, or you may pray your own.
Upon arriving at Mass, please let the Mass coordinator AND acolyte know that you are there to receive the Holy Family icon or the chalice.  Near the end of Mass, they will call you to the front and present you with the icon or the chalice. After Mass, go to the sacristy (the room behind the portrait of St. Bartholomew in the narthex) and retrieve the carrying case to transport the icon or chalice to and from your home.  
The icon and chalice are to be returned to the church the following Saturday between
 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm and should be given to Sister Lucy or Sister Raphaella.  Thank you for taking the time to pray for vocations.

Click the link below to sign up to take home the icon or chalice:
 

SIGN UP HERE - CLICK HERE 

ANOTATE AQUI