What is the role of a parish in encouraging vocations?
• The parish is where most people, especially young people, experience the Church, which includes worship, education, community, and service. Vocations thrive in a parish where there is active and full participation in these dimensions of Church life. In particular, it is important that Catholic education, in Catholic schools or religious education programs, clearly teach about what a vocation is (a calling from God), what types of vocations there are (marriage, priesthood, deaconate, consecrated life, and single life), and how one makes a good decision (the process of discernment). Beyond the general awareness of vocations, parents, priests and parishioners need to invite, encourage, and nurture vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. • What is the role of a diocese in encouraging vocations? • The diocese is responsible to implement the strategy on the local level in a way that demonstrates how the ministry of vocations is central to the mission of the Church. Given its reso
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