Traveling Vocations Crucifix

PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE FORM BELOW

The Traveling Vocations Crucifix promotes family prayer and awareness of vocations. Each week, a parishioner who has signed up ahead of time will receive the crucifix at the end of Mass from Father, take the crucifix home, put it in a prominent place, and pray daily for vocations. The crucifixes, which you can see displayed above, are beautiful, simple crucifixes kept in a nice wooden traveling case, and accompanied with daily prayers that all family members can say together each day of the week. The prayers are designed to help stir in our hearts an awareness that each child and adult is called to know his or her calling from God, and to call down God's blessing on each of us to help us discern the Lord's will in our lives. 

The family says these prayers before the crucifix at home each day of the week, and then simply returns the crucifix to the sacristy the following Sunday before or after any Mass. (We have two crucifixes, so there shouldn't be any problem if you return it after Mass.)

This is a wonderful way to involve parishioners, especially children, in praying for vocations, and to unite the parish in perpetual prayer for priests, deacons, holy marriages and consecrated life. You can sign up below to take the crucifix home for a particular week using the form below or calling the parish office. For more information, please contact the Director of Faith Formation.

How It Works:

• Families can inquire via email, fill out the sign-up form below, call the parish office or  contact Director of Faith Formation Joe Block directly to sign up for an available week to take the Crucifix.
• At the beginning of their pre-determined week, families attend their regular Mass, and Father will call the whole family up to receive the crucifix before Mass ends.  He will give you the box, say a blessing over you, and then you return to your seats.
• Take the box home and set up the crucifix in a prominent place in your home.  The idea is that families should pray the included prayers daily in front of the Crucifix. 
• There will be a number of "vocations pamphlets" given to you as well.  Keep whichever ones you would like and then you can return the rest with the box.
• At the end of the week, simply return the Crucifix and unused pamphlets to the sacristy before or after any Mass.

Weekend Schedule (updated weekly):
November 7 - Open
November 14 - Open
November 21 - Leciejewski Family, 8:30 AM
November 28 - Open
December 5 - Haraldson Family, 4:30 PM
December 12 - Open
December 19 - Open
December 26 - NOT AVAILABLE
January 2 - Open
January 9 - Open
January 16 - Wetteland Family, 10:30 AM
January 23 - Open
January 30 - Tuerk Family, 10:30 AM
February 6 - Schreier Family
February 13 - Alvar Family, 4:30 PM (Feb 12) 
February 20 - Open
February 27 - Boog Family, 10:30 AM
March 6 - Open
March 13 - Open
March 20 - Open
March 27 - The Thames Family, 10:30 AM
April 3 - Open
April 10 - NOT AVAILABLE
April 17 - NOT AVAILABLE
April 24 - The Fitzmorris Family, 4:30 pm (Apr 23)
May 1 - The McTeague Family, 10:30 AM
May 8 - Open
May 15 - Open
May 22 - Open
June and July - Not Available