Family Vocation Ministries

New Spiritual Motherhood Materials Available

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:24:13 +0000

We have great news for those interested in supporting or taking part in the vocation of Spiritual Motherhood for priests!

We have just finished – and will soon be printing – our latest updated materials for this apostolate. We now have the following available for download from our site (please note that all files are in PDF format and will open in a new window).

Please contact us if you are interested in receiving printed copies of these materials, or if you are interested in hosting a Spiritual Motherhood vocation day.

God bless you and please continue to pray for our ministry.

Our Latest Newsletter Has Been Released!

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:09:50 +0000

March 2012 Issue of Mary Queen of Families Has Been Released

We’ve been busy preparing our latest newsletter in time for you to participate in the Novena of Masses and Devotional Prayers in Honor of St. Joseph. The Novena begins on March 11.

This issue of the newsletter contains updates on our ministries, photos from past events and more about the call to vocations. Feel free to download the issue and share with your friends.

Here’s an excerpt of what you’ll find in the March issue:

“Today it is difficult to promote religious vocations to the youth because the seeds of a divine vocation have not been planted in them, especially due to the lack of faithful parenting. I often preach:

“If parents don’t pray, their children won’t pray.”

“If parents don’t go to Church, their children won’t go to Church.”

“If parents don’t love God and communicate with Him, their children won’t experience true love, because you cannot give what you do not have.”

The priesthood and the consecrated life are radical vocations to live the Gospel, so if children are not living a virtuous life and answering their universal call to holiness, chances are, they probably won’t want to look any further in giving their life completely to God in a divine vocation of service. “

As always, your support – whether that is in prayer, time or treasure – is greatly appreciated.

Join Our Novena in Honor of St Joseph

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:43:51 +0000

Novena of Masses and Devotional Prayers
Uniting Priests, Religious and Families

Family Vocation Ministries is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title “Queen of Families and is also under the patronage of the Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph.” We look to St. Joseph, as the Head of the Family, to help us in our ministry’s apostolate. Therefore, it is a great honor and pleasure for Family Vocation Ministries to offer a nine-day novena of Masses in honor of St. Joseph, for the intentions of all the members, benefactors, board members, religious communities, dioceses and families who have attended our vocation days. Along with the nine-day novena of Masses, we have asked each religious community, diocesan vocation director, member and family in our ministry to offer during the days of the novena: Holy Communions; rosaries; holy hours of adoration; and liturgical hours of the Divine Office. With so many priests, religious and families praying the novena, we can be assured that our prayers will certainly be heard. Now is the time to ask God for the conversion of your family and friends; for religious orders and dioceses to petition to God for more vocations to their community or diocese; for an end to the culture of death; and for any of your personal intentions.

Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity of prayer; it is not often we have so many religious communities, priests, and families, all praying at the same time for the intentions of one novena. If you desire, please pass this newsletter to your extended family and friends who need prayers offered for their intentions. The intention request form may be filled out online at our website: www.familyvocations.org. May God grant our petitions if it be in accord with His will, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Novena will be offered for your intentions beginning on March 11th and ending on March 19th, the Solemnity of St. Joseph.

The Novena Prayer in Honor of St. Joseph

O glorious St. Joseph, Head of the Holy Family and patron of the universal Church, we come to you in confidence and trust. As you cared for and protected Jesus and Mary, please guide and watch over us. Be our guide and model through life and teach us to sanctify our daily work and to be faithful to our duties and responsibilities Christ has entrusted to us. We humbly ask for the protection of our families during these difficult times and ask for the graces to continuously strive to bring about the “culture of life” in our society. By your powerful intercession we know you will present our petitions to your foster Son, who will grant them according to His holy will. We pray for the needs of our families, religious communities and dioceses involved in our ministry and we commend to you these specific intentions, (mention petitions here). We ask all these things in the Name of Jesus your foster Son, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen.

2009 April 18: Doylestown, PA

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:13:52 +0000

April 18, 2009 Family Vocation Day
National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA

4/18/2009 flyer

2009 August 22: Morganfield, KY

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August 22, 2009 Family Vocation Day
St Ann Catholic Church, Morganfield, KY

8/22/2009 flyer

2009 April 4: Greenfield, MA

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April 4, 2009 Family Vocation Day
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Greenfield, MA

4/4/2009 Flyer

2010 March 20: Hopewell Junction, NY

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March 20, 2010 Family Vocation Day
St. Columba Catholic Church, Hopewell Junction, NY

3/20/2010 Flyer

2011 March 5: Kokomo, IN

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March 5, 2011 Family Vocation Day
St. Joan of Arc and St. Patrick, Kokomo, IN

Download Flyer

New Spiritual Motherhood Prayerbook Now Available

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:39:57 +0000

We’re busy adding to our resources and have developed a new prayerbook for Spiritual Mothers.

The printed version will be available soon: we’ll let you know when so you can request a copy. In the meantime, feel free to download the PDF copy and use it.

Spiritual Motherhood Prayerbook (12mb PDF)

God bless!

New Spiritual Motherhood Conference Added

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:00:45 +0000

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to another year full of opportunities to promote vocations!

We’ve just added a Spiritual Motherhood Conference to the calendar: January 21 in Auburn, KY.

Spiritual Motherhood is a ‘vocation within a vocation’ for women who are called to adopt priests and help them in their public ministry of sanctifying the people of God.

This conference is open to women of every age and vocation, and to men who would like to learn about spiritual maternity and
teach it to others.

“It is nothing less than a call from the Son of Mary, telling women who stand beneath the Cross with Mary, to carry on the work she began in first century Palestine.” – Fr. John Hardon, SJ

Download the Flyer for full details. Register online and we’ll see you there!