"Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch." Luke 5:4
The Response Program is a process of ongoing prayer and discernment designed for adult Catholic men (college age and older) who have taken the initiative to express interest in diocesan priesthood.
• To provide for the spiritual growth needs of those who are looking at diocesan priesthood as a possible vocation response.
• To offer a forum for the mutual support needed for discerning a call to a priestly vocation.
• To bring together diocesan priests to assist participants in their discernment and movement toward decision-making.
All meetings are held from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm in St. Paul Dormitory Lounge of Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora. Click here for directions to the Seminary.
LIST OF ACTIVITIES
Response Group Meetings
2011 - 2012
Meetings - 6:00 to 9:00 PM
- Friday, September 23, 2011
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Friday, October 28, 2011
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Response Group members and their families are welcome and encouraged to attend the following events:
- September 9, 2011: Opening School Year Mass and Institution of Acolyte by Bishop Kmiec (Christ the King Seminary - 7:00 PM)
- November 4, 2011: Diaconate Ordination (Chris the King Seminary - 7:00 PM)
- March 24, 2012: Catholic Men's Conference (Cardinal O'Hara High School, Tonawanda - 8:00 AM)
- April 1-7, 2012: Seminary Holy Week Services (Christ the King Seminary)
- April 3, 2012: Chrism Mass (St. Joseph Cathedral - 7:00 PM)
- May 11, 2012: Seminary Graduation (Christ the King Seminary - 7:00 PM)
You are always welcome to attend the following weekly services in the Seminary Main Chapel:
- Sunday Mass, 10:30 AM
- Wednesday and Thursday Mass, 4:45 PM
- Friday Meditation and Evening Prayer, 4:30 PM
Prayer for Vocations
Holy Spirit, eternal Spring of joy and peace
it is You who open the hearts and the mind
to the divine call;
it is You who make effective every impetus
towards good, towards truth, towards charity.
Your 'inexpressible groans'
rise up to the Father for the heart of the Church,
which suffers and struggles for the Gospel.
Open the hearts and minds of young men,
so that a new flowering of holy voations
to the priesthood may show forth the
fidelity of Your love,
and all may know Christ,
the true light of the world
to offer to every human being
the sure hope of eternal life. Amen
Pope John Paul II
If not us, Who? If not here, where?
If not now, when? If not for the Kingdom, why?
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