PASTORAL CARE OF VOCATIONS

PASTORAL CARE OF VOCATIONS - PARISH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL

1. The Team for Implementation

The Pastor: Father Sebastien SASA, PhD, MPA

The Parish Vocations Ministry Coordinator: Vianey CAMARENA

The Secretary: Ernestina

Coordinator of Worship: Margarita MARTINEZ

Coordinator of Saints Peter and Paul Missionary Group.

Coordinators and animators of the Little Missionaries program.

2.   Theological and Pastoral Foundation

Vocation is a gift freely bestowed by God and a grace for the life and mission of the Church. As the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul, we recognize our responsibility to foster, promote, and accompany vocational discernment among children, young people, and families, so that each person may listen attentively to the voice of God and respond generously to His call. Particular attention is given to vocations to priesthood, the consecrated life, and committed lay service. A vibrant and missionary Church is one that prays for vocations and actively nurtures them.

3. General Objective

To promote and consolidate a culture of vocation within the parish community that enables the discovery, discernment, and accompaniment of vocations, especially those that emerge from within our own local Church.

4. Specific Objectives

• To encourage persevering prayer for vocations as an integral part of parish life.
• To raise awareness among children, youth, and families regarding the vocational dimension of Christian life.
• To provide formative, spiritual, and communal spaces conducive to hearing and discerning God’s call.
• To offer close, personal, and ongoing accompaniment to individuals in vocational discernment processes.
• To engage the entire parish community in shared responsibility for vocations ministry.

5. Pastoral Lines of Action

a) Prayer

• Inclusion of a daily prayer for vocations at the conclusion of the Holy Mass.
• Regular recitation of the Vocations Rosary with various parish groups.
• Monthly parish-wide day dedicated to prayer for vocations.
• Promotion of family prayers for vocations using the icon of the Holy Family.

b) Formation

• Ongoing formative encounters for children, youth and young adults, including the Little Missionaries program.
• Integration of a vocational perspective within catechesis for sacramental preparation.
• Organization of vocational workshops, retreats, and conferences for youth and adults.
• Testimonies and witness talk from priests, consecrated men and women, and committed lay faithful.

c) Accompaniment

• Integration and strengthening of the Saints Peter and Paul Missionary Group as a vocational support structure.
• Personal and pastoral accompaniment of youth and young adults who express vocational inquietudes.
• Collaboration and ongoing communication with the diocesan vocations office and the seminary.
• Provision of spiritual guidance through pastoral counseling and spiritual direction.

d) Community Animation and Involvement

• Annual parish celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
• Active involvement of families as the primary “seedbed of vocations.”
• Promotion of service within the parish through invitations to become catechists, animators, and pastoral collaborators.
• Financial support for vocational formation through the Diocesan Development Drive (DDD).

6. Intended Beneficiaries

• Children and adolescents of the parish.
• Youth and Young adults are discerning their vocational call.
• Families within the parish community.
• The parish community.

Father Sebastien SASA, PhD, MPA

Pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

West Valley City, April 22, 2026