"ATREASURE CHEST"

Bishop Kevin Boland
Bishop of Savannah, GA
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Effective Strategies to Increase Priestly Vocations

I am lovedVianney Vocations helps Catholic dioceses to increase their number of seminarians. We help men to hear and answer God’s call to become Catholic priests.

Our aim is to help reverse the tremendous shortage of priests in the United States. We believe that God is calling a sufficient number of priests, but that the Church needs new strategies to help men hear the call and prayerfully discern their vocations.

We believe it is vital for the Church to concentrate its efforts and resources to attract more men to the priesthood of Jesus Christ.


Diocesan Clients

Dioceses that Vianney Vocations has helped to promote priestly vocations:

  • Diocese of Arlington (Fr. Brian Bashista, Vocation Director)
  • Archdiocese of Atlanta (Fr. Luke Ballman, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Birmingham (Fr. Rick Chenault, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Bridgeport (Fr. Bob Kinnally, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Charleston (Fr. Jeff Kirby, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Dodge City (Becky Hessman, Vocation Promoter)
  • Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS (Fr. Mitchel Zimmerman, Vocation Director)
  • Archdiocese of New York (Fr. Luke Sweeney, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Orlando (Fr. Miguel Gonzalez, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Palm Beach (Fr. Yves Francois, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Savannah (Fr. Mike Ingram, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Shreveport (Fr. David Richter, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Sioux City (Fr. Brad Pelzel, Vocation Director)
  • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (Fr. Paul Hudock, Vocation Director)


"No Room for Complacency"

Pope Greeting"Let us be quite frank: the ability to cultivate vocations to the priesthood and the religious life is a sure sign of the health of a local Church. There is no room for complacency in this regard. God continues to call young people; it is up to all of us to encourage a generous and free response to that call."

Pope Benedict XVI, addressing U.S. Bishops at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., April 16, 2008