CALENDAR of VOCATION DATES
Important dates to promote vocations in your parish and schoolÂ
| OBSERVANCE | TIMING | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life | Often observed in parishes the following Sunday | Thurs, Feb 2 | Fri, Feb 2 | Sun, Feb 2 |
| World Marriage Day | Second Sunday of February | Sun, Feb 12 | Sun, Feb 11 | Sun, Feb 9 |
| Holy Thursday, founding of the Priesthood and the Eucharist | Moveable feast | Thurs, Apr 6 | Thurs, Mar 28 | Thurs, Apr 17 |
| World Day for Prayer for Vocations | Fourth Sunday of Easter | Sun, Apr 30 | Sun, Apr 21 | Sun, May 11 |
| World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests | Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | Fri, Jun 16 | Fri, Jun 7 | Fri, Jun 27 |
| Feast of St. John Vianney, patron of priests | August 4 | Fri, Aug 4 | Sun, Aug 4 | Mon, Aug 4 |
| Priesthood Sunday | Last Sunday of September | Sun, Sep 24 | Sun, Sep 29 | Sun, Sep 28 |
| Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, patron of seminarians | November 4 | Sat, Nov 4 | Mon, Nov 4 | Tues, Nov 4 |
| National Vocation Awareness Week | First full week of November | Nov 5-11 | Nov 3-9 | Nov 2-8 |