Secrets of strong parish vocation committees

By Gino DiMattia

Members of the San Miguel Parish Vocation Club in Davao City, Philippines sing during an outreach program.

SERRA INTERNATIONAL, along with many facets of the church, encourages a “culture of vocations” in parishes. That is, we’d like parishes to be places where people learn about how God calls each of us to be disciples—sister, brother, laity, priest—and about how we might each hear and respond to that call. When the U.S. Serra Club was asked to write about ways a Parish Vocation Committee can promote this type of vocation culture, we started with some research. We conducted a survey of dioceses to discover how many parishes in the U.S. have a vocation committee. We also requested suggestions about what makes a Parish Vocation Committee (PVC) successful.

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