To grow in our personal living and loving relationship with Jesus in and through His Church, we must be fed at the Lord’s table, nourished by Word and Life Giving Bread and Saving Cup.

Celebrations like the annual Corpus Christi procession where thousands gather to pray and praise the Lord are some of the many ways in which we grow our living and loving relationship with Jesus.

Our 37 schools serve as centers of evangelization for more than 14,575 students, guided in their life in Christ by 1,052 teachers. Almost 30,000 young people receive religious education with 4,069 catechists and religious education teachers responding to the call to form our children who attend public school in the Catholic faith.

There are approximately 271 priests; 103 religious sisters and 191 ordained deacons serving the Diocese of Orlando. Three priests and six permanent deacons were ordained last year. Twenty-two men are preparing to become priests.

San Pedro Center, our Spiritual Retreat Center, serves more than 10,000 individuals each year, offering them spiritual sustenance and renewal through Liturgy, Scripture, and programs and retreats for a variety of age-groups and audiences.