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“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you” –Jer 1:4

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Corpus Christi - Seventh Trumpet Mass
Mass and Eucharistic Procession
May 25, 2008
Veteran's Park, downtown Manchester
3:00 p.m.

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Intercessions for Vocations

Our Church is in desperate need of men and women who will commit themselves to the Vowed Life. Come and pray with us that the Master of the harvest will send laborers into His vineyard. Join the Diocesan Religious Vocation Commission in praying for vocations to the religious life at the times and locations below:

May 25, 2008
Seventh Trumpet Mass
3:00 p.m. Mass
Veteran's Park, Manchester, NH

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Holy Hour for Vocations
7-8 p.m.
Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
St. Patrick Church, Milford

Friday, June 6, 2008
Holy Hour for Vocations
4-5 p.m.
Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Mount Sacred Heart, Littleton

July 20, 2008
Seventh Trumpet Mass
9:30 a.m. Mass
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish, Rochester

September 14, 2008
Seventh Trumpet Mass
11:15 a.m. Mass
St. Bernard Parish, Keene

November 16, 2008
Seventh Trumpet Mass
7:00 p.m. Mass
Good Shepherd Parish, Berlin

For more information about the Seventh Trumpet Masses, visit www.liveinblackandwhite.com

A Symposium on Apostolic Religious Life

An invitation is extended from the Archdiocese of Boston to attend A Symposium on Apostolic Religious Life in Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Crossroads

Vocation Awareness Curriculum
The Church across the country turns her attention to vocations, to the unrelenting and prevailing call of the Lord to the priesthood and the consecrated life. Click here to download materials for Catholic school teachers and catechists to use to promote vocations.

Related Links

Office for Vocations - www.liveinblackandwhite.com
Serra Club - www.serranh.org

In His goodness, God personally called each one of us. Even before we were born, God knew us and loved us with a love beyond all telling. The words spoken to the prophet Jeremiah remind us that God created us with a purpose. “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you.” The greatest gift we have been given is our life; a life that flows from the love of God who desires to share His goodness with us. The primary vocation we have been given is to accept the gift of life from God and to acknowledge that He created us with the purpose of loving Him and serving Him. In loving and serving the Lord we have been promised happiness here on earth and in heaven for all eternity.

Through baptism, we put on Christ and become sons and daughters of God and are given a share in His divine nature. In this new life of grace we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, who freely offers all that is necessary to live a holy life clothed in heartfelt compassion, generosity, gentleness and patience because, as St. Paul says, we are “God’s chosen ones” (Col 3:12).

As we look throughout the New Testament we see that the Christian is called. Each one of us is called to the perfection of love which is to be loved by God and to love Him in return. However, each Christian lives the call to love according to the particular mission he or she is given. Not all are called to do the same work, yet everyone’s vocation is ordered to the good of the whole Church.

Every vocation is a sacred gift and it is to be discovered, cherished and lived in a spirit of gratitude to God. Today, there is a great need for all members of the Church to recognize their unique vocation. Since each person must grow in his or her awareness of what it means to be called by God to the vocation of marriage, consecrated life or the ordained priesthood the Vocation Office offers numerous opportunities for discernment.