Vocations Week

Vocations’ Week-January 10, 2011

Monday – Adopt a seminarian or retired priest. 

·        Students will write to 3 or 4 seminarians to thank them for considering the call to the priesthood and offer prayers.

·        Each classroom will collect items for care packages.  Packages will be sent at the end of the week.

Tuesday – Movies/Speakers

·        Movie available for K-2 on vocations.

·        Movie Fisher of Men for 3-8 (20 minutes)

·        10:50 - Panel of 7-8 people: Fr. Mark, Deacon Ken (IHM), two seminarians, Consolata sisters (Belmont), Fr. Bill, and one Franciscan sister. Each will give a 3-5 minute speech for grades 3-8.  They will make a short visit to K-2 students after lunch. 

·        11:20 – Break for students to get lunches. 

·        11:30 – Lunch with panel.  Hospitality will provide lunch for panel participants.

Wednesday – All-school Mass with vocation theme. (Intro., petitions, Fr. Mark will                                                                                                          talk about vocations)

Thursday – Field trip to Carmelites.

·        Mass 9:00.  (K-8)

·        Tour of monastery (3-8) return to school at 11:20. 

·        K-2 return to school after Mass.

·        Wed., Jan. 12, will go to practice at Carmelites-Time?

Friday – Rosary

·        Send out care packages/letters to seminarians.

·        Dedicate Rosary to vocations.

Seminarian Care Package Ideas – Please send in something from this list that we can send to our Seminarians.

Fast food gift card

Nice pens

Homemade cookies

Salty snacks

Candy/chocolate

Notepaper & envelopes

Stamps

Hobby related magazines

Instant hot chocolate or cappuccino mix

Warm gloves

Bookseller gift card

Sticky notes

Highlighter

Interesting news articles from GR/St. Patrick School

Prayer card/books

Laundry pen

Book light