CALENDAR of VOCATION DATES
Important dates to promote vocations in your parish and school
| OBSERVANCE | TIMING | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
| World Day of Consecrated Life | Often observed in parishes the following Sunday | Mon, Feb 2 | Tues, Feb 2 | Wed, Feb 2 |
| World Marriage Day | Second Sunday of February | Sun, Feb 8 | Sun, Feb 14 | Sun, Feb 13 |
| Holy Thursday, founding of the Priesthood and the Eucharist | Moveable feast | Thurs, April 2 | Thurs, March 25 | Thurs, April 13 |
| World Day for Prayer for Vocations | Fourth Sunday of Easter | Sun, Apr 26 | Sun, April 18 | Sun, May 7 |
| World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests | Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | Fri, Jun 12 | Fri, Jun 4 | Fri, Jun 23 |
| Feast of St. John Vianney, patron of priests | August 4 | Tues, Aug 4 | Wed, Aug 4 | Fri, Aug 4 |
| Priesthood Sunday | Last Sunday of September | Sun, Sep 27 | Sun, Sep 26 | Sun, Sep 24 |
| Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, patron of seminarians | November 4 | Wed, Nov 4 | Thurs, Nov 4 | Sat, Nov 4 |
| National Vocation Awareness Week | First full week of November | Nov 1-7 | Nov 7-13 | Nov 5-11 |