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Priesthood Sunday Liturgy Ideas

STEP ONE: Plan a liturgy

October 28, 2007

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings of the day:

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:  Psalms 34: 2—3, 17—18, 19, 23
 
  1. Examine the history of success in the parish encouraging vocations to the priesthood.  Ask these questions:
  2. Invite a seminarian to speak after Mass about his experience being in the seminary today.  Have him address these questions:
  3. Have a seminarian from the parish address some of the questions in number two above in an article or a series of articles for the bulletin.
  4. Print information in the bulletin about whom a young man should contact in your diocese, if he has an interest in the priesthood.  Run this information in the bulletin regularly.
  5. Sample petitions for the prayer of the faithful composed by Ms. Ginny McGhee, Program Director, ODW, Archdiocese of Chicago:
  6. A prayer based on the English or Spanish Sacramentary and one based on Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers could be recited by the community as a Communion meditation.  These prayers could also be printed on a Holy Card and given to the people as they enter or leave church so that they could say them at home.
  7. Music suggestions from Mr. Chuck Kessel, Director of Liturgical Music for ODW, Archdiocese of Chicago.
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