CALENDAR of VOCATION DATES
Important dates to promote vocations in your parish and school
OBSERVANCE | TIMING | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
World Day of Consecrated Life | Often observed in parishes the following Sunday | Fri, Feb 2 | Sun, Feb 2 | Mon, Feb 2 |
World Marriage Day | Second Sunday of February | Sun, Feb 11 | Sun, Feb 9 | Sun, Feb 8 |
Holy Thursday, founding of the Priesthood and the Eucharist | Moveable feast | Thurs, Mar 28 | Thurs, Apr 17 | Thurs, April 2 |
World Day for Prayer for Vocations | Fourth Sunday of Easter | Sun, Apr 21 | Sun, May 11 | Sun, Apr 26 |
World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests | Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | Fri, Jun 7 | Fri, Jun 27 | Fri, Jun 12 |
Feast of St. John Vianney, patron of priests | August 4 | Sun, Aug 4 | Mon, Aug 4 | Tues, Aug 4 |
Priesthood Sunday | Last Sunday of September | Sun, Sep 29 | Sun, Sep 28 | Sun, Sep 27 |
Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, patron of seminarians | November 4 | Mon, Nov 4 | Tues, Nov 4 | Wed, Nov 4 |
National Vocation Awareness Week | First full week of November | Nov 3-9 | Nov 2-8 | Nov 1-7 |