April 21, 2013

Vocation Sunday 2013

In the fourth Sunday after Easter, known as Good Shepherd Sunday, we celebrate the Word Day of Prayer for Vocations. This year it has special relevance because it is the 50th anniversary since it began, and because it takes place in the fruitful and grace-filled context of the Year of Faith. It was the far – reaching pastoral and ecclesial vision of Pope Paul VI who proposed to the universal