4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations
The purpose of World Day of Prayer for Vocations is to publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). As a climax to a prayer that is continually offered throughout the Church, it affirms the primacy of faith and grace in all that concerns vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated life. While appreciating all vocations, the Church concentrates its attention this day on vocations to the ordained ministries (priesthood and diaconate), consecrated life in all its forms (male and female religious life, societies of apostolic life, consecrated virginity), secular institutes in their diversity of services and membership, and to the missionary life.
2023 marks the 60th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
Click here for more information on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: https://www.usccb.org/committees/clergy-consecrated-life-vocations/world-day-prayer-vocations#:~:text=World%20Day%20of%20Prayer%20will,%3B%20Lk%2010%3A2).
