Vocation Ministry Teams

Vocation Ministry Teams

Together, we discern, pray, and promote

Now is the time to start. Work with your pastor to pick a date and location for your first meeting. Invite others from each community within your parish family to become a part of the team! Consider inviting people from school staff, DRE, youth minister, adult faith formation, prayer group leaders… Remember, you can customize how you form and live out these parish family vocation ministry teams for what fits best. Also, start small with some Phase 1 activities such as acquiring prayer cards to pray with and distribute or connecting your school or faith formation to vocation videos. Also, familiarize yourself with the 3-point plan. (See below)

Called By Name November 2027 – More info

Upcoming vocations events

AllVocations – Highlights
6 June 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
St. James Cathedral
804 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

Mass of Priestly Ordination

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 10 a.m. at St. James Cathedral, Deacon Simon Stehr will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Seattle, and Brother Deacon Damien‑Joseph Rappuhn, OSB, will be ordained for the Benedictine community of St. Martin’s Abbey. …

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Young men walking down a path in the woods 29 – 2 June – July
St. Martins University
5000 Abbey Way Southeast, Lacey, WA 98503

Quo Vadis Days

Amazing 4-day overnight camp for high school men grades 9-12 with priests and seminarians from the Archdiocese of Seattle. …

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Ideas and resources

3 Point Plan

3 Point Plan

You are part of the largest coordinated effort in the history of the Archdiocese of Seattle to promote vocations! By starting a Vocation ministry team in your parish family, you will help to transform the Church in Western Washington. The sky is the limit with this part of the plan.

Put into practice what you learned from Bob and Leticia and integrate the following archdiocesan initiatives into your ministry! The Vocations Office is ready to help every step along the way.

 

Holy Hour

Holy Hour

Holy Hour insert for those in formation

Seminarian photo

Bilingual Seminarian photo 25-26

Vocations prayer God our Father,
You call each of us
to use our gifts in the Body of Christ. Inspire your people
with desire to know you,
the grace to understand your will,
and, with the strength of the Holy Spirit,
the courage to respond
with love and freedom. Send workers into your great harvest
so that the Gospel is preached, the poor
are served with love, the suffering are comforted,
and your people are strengthened by the sacraments.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Video

Vocation Ministry links

Parish family vocation teams: Start here /

Initial Assessment: Parish Checklist

Hundredfold: A Guide to Parish Vocation Ministry

Extra resources

Participating parish families

The following parish families and ecclesial movements are currently working with their pastors to start a vocation ministry team:

 

Parish Families

#1: San Juan Islands, St. Mary Anacortes, St. Paul Swinomish

#2: Church of the Assumption, Sacred Heart, and WWU Newman Center Bellingham, St. Anne Blaine, St. Joachim Lummi, St. Peter Deming

#5: Immaculate Conception Arlington, St. Cecilia Stanwood, St. John Vianney Darrington, St. Mary Marysville

#7: St. John Mukilteo, St. Mary Magdalen Everett

#8: Holy Cross Lake Stevens, St. Mary of the Valley Monroe, St. Michael Snohomish

#10: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Bothell, St. Pius X Mountlake Terrace

#11: Holy Rosary Edmonds, St. Thomas More Lynnwood

#17: Christ Our Hope, Immaculate Conception, and St. James Cathedral Seattle

#20: Holy Family Seattle

#23: St. Anthony and St. Stephen the Martyr Renton

#24: Holy Family and St. John Vianney Kirkland

#26: Sacred Heart Bellevue, St. Monica Mercer Island

#27: St. Louise de Marillac, St. Madeleine Sophie Bellevue

#28: Mary, Queen of Peace Sammamish, Our Lady of Sorrows Snoqualmie, St. Joseph Issaquah

#29: St. Philomena Des Moines, St. Thomas Tukwila

#31: St. Theresa and St. Vincent de Paul Federal Way

#32: Sacred Heart Enumclaw, St. Aloysious Buckley, St. Barbara Black Diamond

#33: Holy Family Auburn, St. Andrew Sumner

#34: All Saints Puyallup, Sacred Heart Tacoma, St. Martin of Tours Fife

#35: St. Charles Borromeo and St. Leo the Great Tacoma

#36: Holy Cross and St. Patrick Tacoma, St. John Vianney Vashon Island

#37: Immaculate Conception Steilacoom, St. Frances Cabrini and St. John Bosco Lakewood

#40: Sacred Heart Lacey, St. Columban Yelm, St. Peter Tenino

#41: St. Edward Shelton, St. Michael Olympia

#45: Our Lady of Lourdes, Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater, and St. Joseph Vancouver

#46: Holy Redeemer Vancouver, Our Lady Star of the Sea Stevenson, St. Thomas Aquinas Camas

#51: Holy Trinity and Our Lady Star of the Sea Bremerton

#58: Vietnamese Martyrs Tukwila

Learn more about vocations

seattlevocations.com

National Vocation Awareness Week (USCCB)

Please contact the vocations office with any questions you may have and keep us updated with examples of how your team is doing!  vocations@seattlearch.org