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                  LOUISIANA

 AND ITS "SPIRITUAL" CROP  

 (DIOCESAN VOCATION INFO FROM ACROSS LOUISIANA)

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     MEN THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO WALK WITH JESUS

MATTHEW 28:

18 Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit,

20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

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  JESUS CONSECRATES THE MEN THAT WALK WITH HIM

JOHN 17:​

17 Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.

18 As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

19 And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.

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SEMINARIANS ACROSS LOUSIANA

(Please click on the links below to see the men, the resources, and the offices that are going to be giving the Church our future crops of priests!)

If you, have an interest in a priestly vocation, please contact the vocations director in your diocese to inquire!

           

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW-ORLEANS (1793)

Click here ​​

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DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA (1853)

Click here

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DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE (1918)

Click here

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DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE (1961)

  Click here

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DIOCESE OF HOUMA-THIBODAUX (1977)

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DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES (1980)

Click here

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DIOCESE OF SHREVEPORT (1986)

Click here

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NOTRE DAME SEMINARY

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ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY COLLEGE

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   To read the Apostolic Letter “A fidelity that generates the future” of the Holy Father Leo XIV on the 60th anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis, 22.12.2025, please click here.

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To read what Paragraph No. 1536 of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church states about the Sacrament of Holy Orders, please click here.

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MATTHEW 9

37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 

38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

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   Let us pray that the current crop of men that have already answered God's "call" can then faithfully labor to increase the future crops of men across Louisiana!  Let's imagine a "wave" of priestly vocations that flow from, and out of Louisiana, consistent with the image at the top of this page.  

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   For 40+ different prayers for vocations, as per the USCCB website, please click here.

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                    ATTENTION MEN OF LOUISIANA!

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   All sincere Catholic men across Louisiana, let's not only pray for an increase in the number of men to join the priesthood but let's also prepare our own young men, at an early age, to seriously consider the vocation of priesthood!  Let us pray that "we" faithfully prepare the "spiritual environment" for more vocations!  

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   Many of our future priests will be our own grandsons, sons, nephews, and other men from within our own families and neighborhoods.  We must begin, at an early age, to plant the seeds of priesthood in their hearts and minds!  That is first and foremost how vocations can grow! 

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   Let us not be hypocrites while we interpret the "spiritual times" we find ourselves in.  Let us be real about the problem!  Our Random Acts of Faith, led by the Holy Spirit, will bring forth the proper "spiritual conditions" for more Louisiana priestly vocations!  Let up prepare for, and build, a proper "spiritual environment" for vocations to rain down upon our Louisiana Church in the future!​

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   In scripture, Jesus gave us a prediction-type principle that can apply here.  He addresses how to expect (or not expect) a certain end result when all the signs are really analyzed.  Men!  We must ask ourselves honestly.  What do we really expect when we look around and sincerely analyze what we are doing to bring forth more vocations.  What are we doing, in our homes, as Catholic laymen, to really change the "spritiual environment" to produce more vocations?  Are we simply looking to others to do our work?  

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LUKE 12

54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see [a] cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does;

55 and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot—and so it is.

56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

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As stated above...

   Using a physical environment: 

No clouds in the west...no rain!  No wind blowing from the south...no heat! ​​

​​​   Likewise, in a spirtual environment: 

Inadequate prayer for vocations...less vocations!  Inadequate action to increase vocations...inadequate call to vocations!  

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   Catholic men of Louisiana, let's get serious about bringing forth God's "call" for more vocations.  Why are we expecting a greater result when the prayer and actions are there to bring forth only a lesser number? 

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   Are we over-delegating responsibility to only our existing priests and vocation directors?  You bet we are!  What are we going to do about that?  Contact you parish priest or your diocesan director of vocations to talk about developing a plan - where you are planted!  (Look below what is being done at Mary Queen of Peace in Mandeville, LA.  It can be something as simple as what they are doing.  Become part of this future spiritual "wave"!  

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  The role to provide future priests is first and foremost our responsibility, as Catholic men!  It is from our male ranks that future priests will come.  Holy Spirit, help us to step up and take on that responsibility of making that "call" be heard, in our young men, in a more profound and greater way!

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   Move our young men from the deer stands, duck blinds and the sports fields on Sundays (all good in their rightful place and order).  Instead, get them seated in the pews for Sunday Mass (with you)!  In that environment, one will see vocations grow!    

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   For ways to foster vocations in your families, visit this document proposed by the USCCB.  To see it click here.

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                                           ATTENTION!

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   Although you may not be in Mandeville, wherever you are, please join with Mary Queen of Peace Parish in Eucharistic Adoration and pray for vocations on these Monday nights!

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   Consider getting something like this going in your area and join it, in the Holy Spirit with each and every other group across Louisiana!​​​​