Vocations

This summer the Rockford Diocese Vocations Office is hosting Encounter Retreats. These one-day retreats are led by the seminarians and priests, and will include engaging talks, fun games, Mass, Confessions and discovering the Lord’s will. 

There will be two age appropriate tracks:
Track 1 for grades 7 – 9 (at minimum, must be 12 years of age)
Track 2 for grades 10+ (at maximum, age 25 – though exceptions can be made)

The Rockford area one is July 15, 2023 at St. Bridget Church, Loves Park. There is also one on July 22 in Geneva, Illinois.

Visit www.rockfordpriest.org/events/ for more info or to sign up.

The word “vocation” means “to be called”. God created us and calls each one of us to be holy, to be His adopted children, to be servants and love to others, and to ultimately be with Him in Heaven for all eternity. However, while these are universal calls to every person, God has created each one of us with a multitude of different gifts and talents that has an enormous potential to be fulfilled within the context of a particular lifestyle. The four possible vocational lifestyles that God places before us are: Ordained life, religious life, married life, or single life.

If you would like to learn more about the Priesthood. Diaconate or other Religious Life, or if you know someone who would like to learn more, please contact the pastor or:

Diocesan Vocation Website