National Vocations Awareness Week (NVAW)  provides an opportunity for all Australian dioceses,  parishes, schools, religious communities, youth and campus ministers, and other Catholic organisations, to focus at the same time on the 'call to holiness' (i.e. the Christian Vocation) that arises from our Baptism, and thus to further foster a Vocations Culture across Australia.

Vocations Ministry from Recruitment to Discernment: 

A letter from Most Rev Philip Wilson DD JCL for National Vocations Awareness Week  2011

The predominant model of Vocations Ministry for a long time in the Church has been to actively engage in recruitment, however Pope Benedict XVI recently indicated that this might have to change  read more..

RESOURCES:

1.   Liturgy:

Listing of suggested hymns for use on either Sunday

Homily Notes:

Week One:  19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week Two: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

General Intercessions:

1. Introduction to Prayers of the Faithful:  7th August and 14th August

2. Prayers of the Faithful:  Priest and Reader 19th Sunday of Ordinary time (7th August, 2011)

3. Prayers of the Faithful:  Priest and Reader 20th Sunday of Ordinary time (14th August, 2011)

 2.  Teaching

Teaching Resources used on previous occasions during National Vocations Awareness Week are available.