National Vocation Awareness Week
First full week of November
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National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual week-long celebration dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, and marriage through prayer and education. We renew our prayers and support for those who are discerning their vocation.
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Ideas
- Make an announcement before school about activities
- Give out Table Tents to spur discussion at home
- Invite married couples to speak to older youth
- Suggest to teachers to play games and show vocation videos to kids
- Be creative; introduce prayer for vocations this week.
- Ask a priest to give a homily about vocations at school Mass and to visit classes.
- Invite consecrated sisters to speak at a Vocations Assembly.
- Display a National Vocation Awareness Week banner or National Vocation Awareness Week poster
Sample Week of Activities
Look at Vocation Curricula for lessons for this week.
Sunday: Place a bulletin insert from Vianney Vocations into each bulletin. If there are leftovers, this is perfect for the church book rack or vocation table. Pass out a prayer card for vocations or download and print this “ABCs of Fostering Vocations” page.
Monday: Parish School Religion teachers and catechists introduce vocations to their students, using the Quick Reference Vocation Guide. Pass out a prayer card to each student – “Jesus Loves Me” Prayer for Vocations
Tuesday: Assembly for 5th-8th graders: guest speaker. It could be a priest, seminarian, and/or a sister or brother. Hopefully, there will be time for them to visit the classrooms of schoolchildren who will be eager to meet them.
Wednesday: At the all-school Mass, ask an alumnus who graduated from the parish and answered God’s call to become a priest, brother, or sister to visit and tell their vocation story.
Thursday: CCE classes are given new Vocation Worksheets to introduce vocations in a fun way to the students. Teachers could also use Stories of Service or grade-level lesson plans from the USCCB website.
Friday: Pass out this prayer card for students at junior high youth ministry from Prayer to Discover My Vocation.
Saturday: Give out this prayer card: Prayer to Know My Vocation at a High School/Young Adult Bible Study or Youth Ministry.
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National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual week-long celebration dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, and marriage through prayer and education. We renew our prayers and support for those who are discerning their vocation.
![](https://www.vocationministry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NVAW-web-768x576-1.jpg)
Ideas
- Make an announcement before school about activities
- Give out Table Tents to spur discussion at home
- Invite married couples to speak to older youth
- Suggest to teachers to play games and show vocation videos to kids
- Be creative; introduce prayer for vocations this week.
- Ask a priest to give a homily about vocations at school Mass and to visit classes.
- Invite consecrated sisters to speak at a Vocations Assembly.
- Display a National Vocation Awareness Week banner or a National Vocation Awareness Week poster
Sample Week of Activities:
Look at Vocation Curricula for lessons for this week.
Monday: Parish School Religion teachers and catechists introduce vocations to their students, using the Quick Reference Vocation Guide. Pass out a prayer card to each student – “Jesus Loves Me” Prayer for Vocations. Send the “ABCs of Fostering Vocations” page home with each student or add to the newsletter.
Tuesday: Assembly for 5th-8th graders: guest speaker. Could be a priest, seminarians, and/or a sister or brother. Hopefully, there is time for them to visit classrooms of schoolchildren who will be eager to meet them.
Wednesday: At the all-school Mass, ask an alumnus who graduated from the parish and answered God’s call to become a priest, brother, or sister to visit and tell their vocation story.
Thursday: Pass out age-appropriate Vocation Worksheets to introduce vocations in a fun way to the students. Teachers could also use Stories of Service or grade-level lesson plans from the USCCB website
Friday: Pass out this prayer card for students in junior high from Prayer to Discover My Vocation
Resources
Kids Activities
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Table Tents
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