National Catholic Schools Week

Last full week of January

Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week. Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.

Including vocation-related activities into this week each year strengthens the Catholic identity of a school.

Ideas

Design a Priest, Brother, or Sister
Decorate bulletin boards with vocations in mind
Hold an Art/Essay contest with a vocations theme
Distribute Family Discussion Table Tent at Masses, youth group, or religious classes
Hold a faith-based quiz bowl
Invite a sister, brother, or priest to visit the students at a school assembly or in the classrooms
Implement lesson plans from one of the free curricula for vocations
Make an announcement at Masses about activities
Order/Print out Church Book Rack Materials
Free copies of Vision Magazine at vocationnetwork.org
Ask a priest to speak about vocations at Masses
Invite married couples to speak to youth group
Ask priest to bless married couples at Mass
Play games and show vocation videos to kids
More ideas from National Catholic Education Association