Vocation
Fairs invite youth to consider their calling
Three Vocation Fairs have
been scheduled for the 2006-07 school year in the Diocese of New Ulm:
"We plan to follow the
new format begun last year," stated Sr. Margaret McHugh, DSMP, Associate Vocation Director for the diocese.
"Last year, we began each Fair with all
of the students assembled and a group prayer. From there, we split into two or
three smaller groups to hear two different vocation stories. Students were able to discuss what they heard
from the speakers and the Fair ended with a closing prayer."
She explained that a Vocation
Fair gives young people an opportunity to visit with a priest, brother, deacon,
sister or missionary whom they might not normally have the occasion to
meet. "We want our young people to
know that God loves each of them in a special way and that every one of them
has a special purpose and mission in his plan of love.
Attending a Vocation Fair is
a way to listen to how God has worked in other people’s lives and an invitation
to consider how God might be calling you to follow him."
For further information about
the Vocation Fairs, contact Sr. Margaret McHugh at the