Vocations Office 

 
 Response Program

The Response Program is a process of on-going prayer and discernment designed for adult Catholic men (college age and older) who have taken the initiative to express interest in diocesan priesthood.

To provide for the spiritual growth needs of those who are looking at diocesan priesthood as a possible vocation response.
To offer a forum for the mutual support needed for discerning a call to a priestly vocation
 
To bring together diocesan priests to assist participants in their discernment and movement toward decision-making.

LIST OF ACTIVITIES
2007-2008

Response Group Meetings:

Friday, September 14, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008

 All sessions will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and will be held in St. Paul Dormitory Lounge of Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora .

 Response Group members and their families are welcome and encouraged to attend the following events:

 

October 3, 2007, 9 pm ~ Transitus of St. Francis  (Christ the King Seminary)
November 9, 2007, 5 pm ~ Diaconate Ordination (Christ the King Seminary)
November 25, 2007 ~ 150th Anniversary Concert (Christ the King Seminary), 7 pm
December 1, 2007, 10:00 am ~ Priesthood Ordination  ( St. Joseph Cathedral
December 2, 2007 ~ Seminary Advent Concert  (Christ the King Seminary), 4 pm
March 1, 2008, 8 am ~ Catholic Men’s Conference (WNY Event Centre, Clarence)
March 16—22, 2008 ~ Seminary Holy Week Services (Christ the King Seminary)
May 9, 2008, 7:00 pm ~ Seminary Graduation (Christ the King Seminary)
May 17, 2008, 10:00 am ~ Priesthood Ordination ( St. Joseph Cathedral)

You are always welcome to attend the following weekly services in the Seminary Main Chapel:

Sunday Mass, 10:30 am
Wednesday and Thursday Mass, 4:45 pm
Friday Meditation and Evening Prayer, 4:30 pm

 

DIRECTIONS TO
CHRIST THE KING SEMINARY

From the north and west, take either Route 400 or Route 16. From Route 400, exit at Jamison Road, turn right and proceed to Route 16. Then turn left. From Route 16, turn right onto Williardshire Road (Opener’s Grill Restaurant is across from where Willardshire meets Route 16). Follow Williardshire around two sharp curves until coming to Knox Road. Turn left on Knox Road.

From the south and west, take Route 20 to Route 20A through Orchard Park. Before coming to the Village of East Aurora, Gypsy Lane will be to the left off Route 20A. Turn left and follow Gypsy Lane to the end of Knox Road. Turn left on Knox Road.

From the east, proceed through the Village of East Aurora on Route 20A. Enter the traffic circle at the west-end of the Village and proceed around to Knox Road (a Rite-Aid Store in on the corner). Turn right on Knox Road.

Rev. Walter J. Szczesny
Vocation Director, Diocese of Buffalo
795 Main Street
Buffalo , New York   14203
Phone: 716-847-5535
FAX: 716-847-5593
and Pastor of St. George Parish
 74 Old Glenwood Road  
West Falls , New York   14170
716-652-3153
E-Mail: vocations@dioceseofbuffalo.com
Website: www.BuffaloVocations.org

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

 

Holy Spirit, eternal Spring of joy and peace
     it is You who open the hearts and the mind 
     to the divine call;
     it is You who make effective every impetus
     towards good, towards truth, towards charity.

 Your ‘inexpressible groans
     rise up to the Father from the heart of
     the Church,
     which suffers and struggles for the Gospel.  

Open the hearts and minds of young men, 
     so that a new flowering of holy vocations 
     to the priesthood may show forth the 
     fidelity of Your love, 
     and all may know Christ,
     the true light of the world 
     to offer to every human being 
     the sure hope of eternal life.  Amen.  

                                    - Pope John Paul II

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