Calendar 2008

January

8 – Religious Vocation Directors Meeting – 10am – Bishop Maguire Pastoral Center

12/13 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Blessed Sacrament Parish, Holyoke

February

2/3 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Our Lady of Peace Parish, Turners Falls

9/10 – Parish Vocation Weekend – St. Mary Parish, Westfield

16/17 – Parish Vocation Weekend – St. Ann Parish, Lenox

19 – Vocation Advisory Board Meeting – 1pm - Bishop Marshall Center

24 – Lenten Evening of Discernment – Chapel of the Holy Spirit – 5pm – 8pm.

24 – Lenten Evening of Discernment – 5 – 8pm. see home page for details

25 - St. Rose de Lima, Chicopee Religious Education Vocation Talk for Gr. 11

March

1 – 6th Annual Catholic Mens’ Conference – Cathedral High School 8am – 5pm

2 – 1st Annual Catholic Women’s Conference – Cathedral High School.

2 – St. Ann’s Lenox Religious Education Vocation Talk for Grades 6-8 – 6:30pm

3 – Immaculate Conception, Indian Orchard Religious Education Vocation Talk

9 – Vocation Talk – Religious Education Classes – St. Ann, Chicopee – 6pm

14/15/16 – Come and See Weekend – St. John’s Seminary, Brighton

17 – Chrism Mass – St. Michael’s Cathedral – 7pm

April

5/6 – Parish Vocation Weekend – St. Anne, Chicopee

8 – Religious Vocation Directors Meeting – 10am – Bishop Maguire Pastoral Center

12 – Family Vocation Day – St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Springfield

13 – World Day of Prayer for Vocations – Chalice of Salvation Mass 10am

17 – Vocation Advisory Board Meeting – UMass Newman Center

20 – Mass with Pope Benedict XVI – Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

27 – Vocation Day – Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Three Rivers

29/30 – Region I Vocation Directors Meeting – St. Johns’ Seminary, Brighton
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May

3/4 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Blessed Sacrament Parish, Northampton

17/18 – Vocation Weekend at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Granby

21 – Vocation Advisory Board Meeting – 2pm

25 – Corpus Christi Procession for Vocations – Springfield

June

21/22 – Parish Vocation Weekend – St. Paul Parish, Springfield

27 – Holy Hour for Priestly Vocations – 7pm – St. Michael’s Cathedral

28 – Priesthood Ordination – St. Michael’s Cathedral - 11am

July

5/6 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Adams Catholic Community

12/13 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Holy Trinity Parish, Greenfield

August

5-9 – Seminarian Retreat - Trinity Retreat House, Larchmont, NY

16/17 – Vocation Weekend at St. Patrick’s Parish, Springfield

September

6/7 – Parish Vocation Weekend – All Saints Parish, Agawam

20/21 – Parish Vocation Weekend – St. John Parish, Agawam

27-Oct. 2 – National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors Conference

October

4/5 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Sacred Heart/St. John Cantius, Northampton

16 – Clergy Day for Vocations and Celebration of Priesthood

18/19 – Parish Vocation Weekend – Blessed Sacrament Parish, Greenfield

November

15/16– Parish Vocation Weekend – Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Ludlow

15/16 – Vocation Weekend at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Ludlow