New Arundel & Brighton Vocations Blog

February 2011, Fr Gerard Hatton, then the Diocese's newest priest,
assisted at the altar by then-deacon, now newest priest, Fr David King

Fr. Terry Martin, still Parish Priest of St John the Evangelist Crawley, has already been getting moving on his new post as Diocesan Vocations Director by starting up a new blog called "I will give you shepherds ... "

The priestly vocation is a gift from God. It is undoubtedly a great good for the person who is its first recipient. But it is also a gift to the Church as a whole, a benefit to her life and mission. The Church, therefore, is called to safeguard this gift, to esteem it and love it. (Pastores dabo vobis, 41)

As Catenians, one of the things we pray for at every meeting is vocations to the Priesthood, Diaconate and the Religious Life. We should take seriously this call to prayer, and following from that our responsibility both for encouraging others to think about their vocations and for discerning the path to which the Holy Spirit is calling us personally.