2020-2021 Diocese of Orlando Seminarian Poster

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Retreats Postponed!

 

Is God calling you?

God calls each person to a life of holiness and service, whether single, married, ordained or consecrated. The Office of Vocations provides discernment opportunities, encouragement, support, education and resources for those responding to God’s call through the ministerial priesthood and religious life. We are committed to fostering an environment where vocations to the priesthood and religious life are valued and nurtured within the domestic church of the family and the local parish community.
May God’s special grace be your source of strength and may Mary, Our Mother, guide your every step. May you be Jesus’ hands and feet in our world. Amen.

 Discernment for Men

Discernment for Women

6 Tips to help you discern God’s call in your life

There are over 50 religious orders of men and women serving the people of God in the Diocese of Orlando. We invite you to learn about their religious communities here.

  1. Pray every day for grace to hear God’s voice calling you.
    • Pray for the right orientation, a genuine dedication to God’s values and purposes so that these are predominant in all your life choices.
    • Prayer for the generosity and courage to give the gift of yourself and your life in some concrete way to the cause of the God’s reign.
    • Prayer for help in discerning, to know myself better and then to read clearly the various options you are contemplating (Thomas Hart).
  2. Ask a priest, brother or sister to help you during a discernment period.
  3. Contact your Diocesan Vocations Director 407-246-4875.
  4. Spend time with priests/sisters/brothers in order to get to know them and allow them to know you.
  5. Ask yourself honestly if you have the qualities necessary for the particular vocation that attracts you. Get feedback from others.
  6. Take advantage of vocation retreats, spiritual books, and videos, which can fill your imagination with things of God and support your vocational discernment.

Office of Vocations Contact Form

Your first and last name:

Your email address:

Your phone number:

Your Parish:

Your Parish City, State

Date of Birth

Your Parent/Guardian name:

Your Parent/Guardian email address:

How to find the Vocations Office at the CCM Center:

Contact US

Fr. Joshua Swallows
Director, Office of Vocations
(407) 768-3113
jswallows@orlandodiocese.org

 

Fr. Josh also serves as Chaplain for the University of Central Florida’s Catholic Campus Ministry, and for the Orlando chapter of YCP: Young Catholic Professionals. The Office of Vocations is now at the Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Central Florida.  Address: 3925 Lockwood Blvd, #1051, Oviedo, FL 32765.

Sister Gianna Grace, SCTJM
Associate Vocations Director
(407) 768-3116
srgiannagrace@orlandodiocese.org

 

Dinh DARCEY 002lrDarcey Dinh
Vocations Coordinator
407-768-3113
ddinh@orlandodiocese.org

 

Northern Deanery (Marion, Lake, Sumter)

Fr. Mark Wajda
Assistant Vocations Director- Northern Deanery
Parochial Administrator, Blessed Sacrament Clermont

 

 

Fr. Martin Nguyen
Assistant Vocations Director- Northern Deanery
Parochial Administrator, St. Paul Leesburg
Central South Deanery  and Central North Deanery (Orange, Seminole, Osceola)

Fr. Benjamin Lehnertz
Assistant Vocations Director- Central South Deanery
Parochial Administrator, St. Joseph Orlando

 

 

Fr. Matthew Hawkins
Assistant Vocations Director- Central South Deanery
Parochial Vicar, St. James Cathedral
Fr. Derek Saldanha
Assistant Vocations Director- Central South Deanery
Parochial Vicar, St. John Vianney Orlando
Eastern Deanery (Volusia)
Very Reverend Tim Daly
Assistant Vocations Director- Eastern Deanery
Pastor, Basilica of St. Paul Daytona
(407) 768-3113
Southern Deanery (Brevard)
Fr. Blake Britton
Assistant Vocations Director- Southern Deanery

Parochial Vicar, St. Mary’s Rockledge

Western Deanery (Polk)
Fr. Luis Salazar
Assistant Vocations Director- Western Deanery

Parochial Vicar, Church of the Resurrection Lakeland