I just received this information a short while ago:
Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
Archbishop Burke is celebrating a Mass for Vocations in support of vocations to the priesthood and religious life. All the people of the Archdiocese of St. Louis are invited to attend and show their support, especially teens! After Mass, the Archbishop will host a private reception in Boland Hall for the young religious in formation, seminarians and all teens and young adults who would like to learn more about the vocation to the priesthood and religious life and meet Archbishop Burke, the seminarians and young religious.
This is a great opportunity to come in numbers to show them how much their dedication and commitment means to us, and to do a little soul searching ourselves about how the Lord may be calling each of us in our own lives. Whether you yourself have thought about an ordained or consecrated vocation, or if you just get excited about others who do, this is the event for you!
Please come and bring lots of friends!
For more information, please contact the Vocation Office at 314.792.6460.
I'll be serving at this Mass, and many seminarians and religious from throughout our Archdiocese will be in attendance.
Continuing a tradition I started my first year in the Seminary, I'll be spending the time from 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. in adoration and at Holy Mass. However, this year, instead of going to a private holy hour and Holy Mass at the Seminary, I'll be going to the event at Incarnate Word Parish. They have a holy hour, confessions, a Rosary, and midnight Holy Mass with Rev. Eugene Morris as the main celebrant.
All are invited—and if you live outside of St. Louis, check and see if any local parishes in your diocese are having similar liturgical schedules. What better way to start the new year than by receiving a plenary indulgence? (Well, that is, if the conditions [USCCB.org, CCC 1471-1479] are met...).
