For Your Vocation: Vocare means called

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has just launched a new site promoting vocations: http://foryourvocation.org/

There is a questionaire to help decide if you're being called, information on this year's ordination class, videos of ordinations, and videos of young people who have answered a call to the religious life.

Please share the link with any young people you know who may be interested in a religious vocation.

The press release is below ...

Bishops Launch National Website To Promote Vocations To Priesthood And Consecrated Life

• ‘ForYourVocation.org’ offers resources for people in discernment
• Includes info for parents, teachers, catechists, vocation directors
• Efforts respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s call to use social media

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations is initiating a new website on April 25 to be a resource for both laity and clergy in the promotion of vocations. The launch date is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and Good Shepherd Sunday.

The site has two goals:

To help individuals hear and respond to the call by God to the priesthood or consecrated life, and

To educate all Catholics on the importance of encouraging others through prayer and activities to promote vocations.

The Vocations Website can be found at http://www.foryourvocation.org/ . A Spanish-language site will be available this fall at http://www.portuvocacion.org/