Fostering vocations is a primary mission for the Missionaries of the Holy Family. Men in North America with a true calling and good health will have the opportunity to pursue their religious vocation through Missionaries of the Holy Family-North American Province. While the number of men answering their call to a religious vocation has been on the decline for decades, there is a common hope that a springtime of new vocations is in the Church. These awakened calls to a religious life may come to those in high school or those in the middle of their secular career. The Missionaries of the Holy Family are in a unique position because it offers religious vocations in both the priesthood and brotherhood. These two vocational paths along with the rule of the congregation make life with the Missionaries of the Holy Family a family experience.
The Missionaries of the Holy Family support vocations from a variety of backgrounds, Young or Old, Rich or Poor, PhD or GED. This follows the founder’s vision. Discerning the call to religious life can be challenging and the Missionaries of the Holy Family is set up to help men work through that process. God wants all of us to be happy and we can be happiest doing His will and following His plan for us. If that plan includes being a religious, you don’t want to miss that call to happiness. On the other hand, if His call is to the married life then your greatest happiness will be there and not in the religious life. The Missionaries of the Holy Family welcome the opportunity to help you in that process. The first step is to read through the materials here on the web about vocations and then contact the Vocations Director. Send us your contact information or contact us via the Contact Us page.
Prayer for Vocations
Loving God and Father of all, we thank you for all that we are and have, and for all that we are able to do.
We thank you most of all that through baptism we share in your life, and through your Holy Spirit are formed with Christ Jesus as your sons and daughters.
Dedicated to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and urged on by the charism of our founder, Father John Berthier, we pray that people of our time will be enlightened by the Spirit to discern their particular calling in life.
We pray especially for vocations, which respond to the missionary task of the Church and contribute to the evangelism of all for the coming of the Kingdom of God.
Enkindle with fire and zeal of your love the hearts of those whom you have called to evangelize in far away places, different cultures and wherever the Gospel needs to be proclaimed.
Awaken within the hearts of many, a call to minister as religious sisters and brothers; as deacons or priests; as married couples or as single persons.
Grant us all the grace to draw others to the Gospel, to promote vocations and to commit ourselves to the pastoral care of families.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, enlighten us, help us and save us.
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