What does the Church say?

Papal Messages for World Day of Prayer for Vocations

• 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

Papal Documents

• The Baptized are Called to the Spreading of the Gospel - Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Missionaries
• Garment of Love - Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Chrism Mass Homily
• At the Close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 - NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE (an excerpt)
• Letter of Pope John Paul II to North American Congress on Vocations
• Address of Pope John Paul II to European Congress on Vocations

Catechism of the Catholic Church

• The Consecrated Life
  • Eremitic Life
  • Consecrated Virgins and Widows
  • Religious Life
  • Secular Institutes
  • Societies of Apostolic Life
• Holy Orders
  • Bishops
  • Priests
  • Deacons

Decrees from Vatican II

• Decree on Ministry and Life of Priests - Presbyterorum Ordinis
• Decree on Priestly Training - Optatum Totius