Vocations Ministry - Traveling Chalice and Icon
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Traveling Icon or Chalice - Cáliz Viajero
Bring the Traveling Icon or Traveling Chalice into your home for one week!
* The Holy Family icon will be used to pray for the vocation of Sacramental Marriage and Chaste Single Life.
* The Traveling Chalice will be used to pray for the vocation of the Priesthood and Religious Life.
Please sign up below and choose which vocation you will be praying for and the Mass time that you will attend. Each will come with a carrying case with daily prayers you can offer, or you may pray your own.
Upon arriving at Mass, please let the Mass coordinator AND acolyte know that you are there to receive the Holy Family icon or the chalice. Near the end of Mass, they will call you to the front and present you with the icon or the chalice. After Mass, go to the sacristy (the room behind the portrait of St. Bartholomew in the narthex) and retrieve the carrying case to transport the icon or chalice to and from your home.
The icon and chalice are to be returned to the church the following Saturday between
3:30 pm and 4:30 pm and should be given to Sister Lucy or Sister Raphaella. Thank you for taking the time to pray for vocations.Click the link below to sign up to take home the icon or chalice:
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St. Bartholomew's Vocations MinistryThe Vocation Ministry will foster an environment that encourages and advocates for all Catholic Vocations through prayer, promotion, and support. The purpose of the Vocation Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God's call to their vocation as married, single, or to their religious life.
OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of the Vocations Ministry is to use our love and understanding of our Catholic faith to inspire and nurture every parishioner to respond to God’s call to their vocation as priest, single, married, or religious life. Holiness is the universal call to all.
PLEASE PRAY FOR..
For the members of our Parish - the young men currently in the seminary:
• Dcn. Michael James Arienza - Seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, TX
• Dcn. Ryan Berger - Seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, TX
• Ramiro Eduardo Rodríguez Jr. - Seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, TX
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Loving and Generous God, it is You who call us by name and ask us to follow You. Help us to grow in the Love and Service of our Church as we experience it today. Give us the energy and courage of Your Spirit to shape its future. Grant us faith-filled leaders who will embrace Christ's Mission of love and justice. Bless the Church of Saint Bartholomew by raising up dedicated and generous leaders from our families and friends who will serve Your people as Sisters, Priests, Brothers, Deacons and Lay Ministers. Inspire us to know You better and open our hearts to hear Your call. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
For more information on fostering vocations, contact us through email:
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Pray for our ClergySpiritual Bouquets
During this month, we encourage you to pray for our Deacons. One way to do this is to offer a Spiritual Bouquet of prayers for them. Our Vocations Ministry will gather lists of all the Spiritual Bouquets being offered and will send a special card to each of them this week, letting them know you are praying for them.
Offer a Spiritual Bouquet for our Priests who work so hard for us every day!
Click here for the Spiritual Bouquets.