World Priest Day (AKA World Day for the Sanctification of Priests) is all about praying for your priest and his holiness!  Every day our priests pray for us and our intentions as they preside over Mass, hear confessions, anoint the sick, or bury our loved ones. Don’t forget to tell your priest you are praying for him. You never know what he is going through, sacrificing out of love for us.

Ideas:

• Conduct a prayer drive
• Hold a Holy Hour in honor of your priest
• Make announcement at Mass- if there is a deacon, he can ask parishioners to pray for their priest
• Pray a Rosary for priests and their intentions.
• Add prayer for priest in the prayers of the faithful
• Distribute Prayer for Priest prayer cards (below)
• Display a World Priest banner or World Priest Day poster.
• Organize a time for parishioners to pray a rosary for priests.
•  Ask parishioners to fill out a spiritual bouquet for your priest(s)
• Email each major organization in your parish, asking them to pray in a special way for their priest on this day using the Prayer Card of a prayer written by Pope Benedict VI in 2008 for this day. You can download a single card or a set of 8 to print on card stock and give to parishioners at Mass.
• Send your priest a Thank You Card