VMPriesthood Sunday
Last Sunday in September
Each fall Vocation Ministry has the perfect opportunity to guide parishioners in showing their priests appreciation and love. This can take various forms from a note or prayer to a more complicated reception for all parishioners. No matter the form, assuring the priests of the loving care and gratitude of the parish will stay with him long after Priesthood Sunday is over.
Ideas
- Buy your priest a set of Thank You cards and give one to each major group within the parish. Collect them and then give him a basket of cards with treats.
- Coordinate a parish pot luck dinner to celebrate “Father’s Day”
- Coordinate a coffee cake reception following Masses
- Offer an essay, poster, or poetry contest on this or similar topic: “Why Fr. _____ is so amazing!”
- Include the Priesthood Sunday banner in front of the church or a Priesthood Sunday Poster
- Include a biography of your priest in the bulletin
- Have everyone sign a BIG card for your priest. Your parish may be so large that each Mass has its own BIG card. Great! Then display them at the donut and coffee reception on that Sunday.
- Build him up and let him feel the gratitude and love from your parishioners.
- Gather a picture of when your priest(s) was younger and share with your parishioners in the bulletin, church email newsletter, or on a poster.
- Ask your priest ahead of time to fill out the Get to Know Your Priest Questionnaire to know what he would like best. Share his answers in bulletin blurbs leading up to this day or share them all at once on a science fair board on Priesthood Sunday.
Priesthood Sunday is the perfect opportunity to guide students and parents to show their priest’s appreciation. This can take a variety of forms from a note or prayer to a more complicated reception for all. No matter the form, assuring the priests of the loving care and gratitude of the students will stay with him long after Priesthood Sunday is over.
Ideas
- Encourage students and parents to pray for your priest. There are hundreds of ways to do this, but below is a prayer card designed for this day.
- Coordinate a coffee cake reception following the school Mass
- Offer an essay, poster, or poetry contest on this or similar topic: “Why Fr. _____ is so amazing!”
- Include the Priesthood Sunday banner in front of the school or a Priesthood Sunday Poster
- Include a biography of your priest in the newsletter
- Have everyone sign a card for your priest that can be downloaded below. Each class may want its own BIG card. Then, display them at the donut and coffee reception.
- Coordinate a Prayer Drive for Priests, where students and parents sign up to pray for their priest, using the downloads below.
- Gather a picture of when your priest(s) was younger and share it with your students and parents in various ways.
- Ask students to write a note of thanks to the priest on the Dear Father Letter below.
- Ask your priest ahead of time to fill out the Get to Know Your Priest Questionnaire in Phase I to know what he would like best. Share his answers in newsletter blurbs leading up to this day or share them all at once on a science fair board at a Priesthood Sunday reception.
Resources
Kids Activities
Prayers for Priests
Cards for Priests
Prayer Drive
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