DC Vocations

07/30/2024

Ready to ride? Please join us for the Ride for Vocations on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Each year, priests, seminarians, and lay people participate in a distance bike ride to promote vocations and support seminarians in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The ride starts at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in La Plata. Please register now at https://dcpriest.org/event/2024-ride-for-vocations/

(Orders to purchase event jersey must be placed by Aug. 1.)

07/28/2023

Ready to ride? Please join us for the Ride for Vocations on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Each year, priests, seminarians, and lay people participate in a distance bike ride to promote vocations and support seminarians in the Archdiocese of Washington. The ride starts at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in La Plata. Please register now at https://www.dcpriest.org/register-to-ride.

06/27/2023

And, the third of three DC'Hood games!

06/27/2023

The second of three DC 'Hood games!

06/26/2023

The first of three DC'Hood games!

06/23/2023

06/01/2023

Please join us in praying at a Holy Hour for the six men who will be ordained priests on June 17, 2023.

To see the list of parishes with the days/times of each Holy Hour, please visit https://adw.org/ordination/holy-hours-for-the-ordinandi/.

Please join us in praying before the Most Blessed Sacrament for the men who will be ordained priests on June 17 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. We also ask your prayers for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life in The Roman Catholic Archdi...

04/15/2023

Our seminarians at The Mount with Bishop Esposito ‘08 and their rector, Msgr. Baker.

01/27/2023

Seminarian Joseph Schon reflects on how the March for Life helped bring forth his longings to be a spiritual father.

This past week I had the pleasure of participating in my 5th March for Life and the many events that are associated with it. Thankfully, this year was different. It marked the first march in 50 years in which Roe vs Wade was no longer the law of our land. This year’s march marked a new chapter for...

11/13/2022

Here is the third and final profile of our newest priests with roots in Southern Maryland.

(Nov. 6-12, 2022 marks National Vocation Awareness Week for the Catholic Church in the United States, a special time to promote and pray for vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and...

11/11/2022

As National Vocation Awareness Week comes to a close on November 12, read more about our newest priests with roots in Southern Maryland. Two profiles are posted here, with one more to follow.

https://cathstan.org/news/faith/three-new-priests-share-southern-maryland-roots-including-father-alex-wyvill-who-says-being-catholic-is-the-air-i-breathed

https://cathstan.org/news/faith/formed-in-the-faith-in-southern-maryland-father-ryan-braam-serves-there-as-a-new-priest

(Nov. 6-12, 2022 marks National Vocation Awareness Week for the Catholic Church in the United States, a special time to promote and pray for vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and...

10/14/2022

Seminarian Anthony Miranda reflects on how his experience in high school as a track and field athlete has prepared him for his current race to Heaven.

"Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one." (1 Corinthians 9:25) In high school, I was a dedicated runner. My plan was to use Cross Country and Track and Field, along with my academics, to earn scholarships for college. Because...