Vocation to Holiness Process

Initiated by Bishop Corrada on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, 2004

• Click here to see the document

Interested in a Vocation to the Permanent Diaconate, Consecrated Life, or the Priesthood ? Contact the following Vocations Department for more information:

Vocations Co-Director:              Father Jesudoss Thomas, S.T.L.

                                                    903-331-9813

Vocations Co-Director:              Father Jesús R. Arroyave

                                                    903-534-1077 ext. 171

Consecrated Life:                      Sr. Angelica Arozco, EFMS

Vocation Secretary:                  Sr. Concepcion Ponce, RM    Vocations Office

Information You Can Read

• Comments by Pope on Priestly Celibacy
• Click Here To View USCCB Vocations Site
• Click Here To Read A Vocations Article

Holy Orders

Seminarians Info & Autobiographies 2010 List Coming Soon

Applications for Priesthood

• Stages of Application Process and Discernment
• Application Portfolio Checklist
• Application Form

Permanent Diaconate

Deacon formation in both English and Spanish is underway.

If you are interested in the next group, please contact the Vocations Office.

Consecrated Life

 A discernment process – A CALL FROM THE BISHOP
      - (for girls only – 16 or older) –click here for *Voc. Discernment Program 2009-2010

 Un proceso de discernimiento -
UN LLAMADO DEL OBISPO
- Para mujeres solamente – 16 años o mayores -Voc. Discernment Program 2009-2010

Some other communities of vibrant Consecrated Life:

• Monastery of the Infant Jesus (Lufkin Dominicans)
• Dominican Sisters of St. Ceceila (Nashville)
• Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga (Virginia Dale, CO)

Daughters of Divine Hope:  Bishop Corrada's announcement    website

Pray for Vocations
To the Priesthood, Diaconate and Religious Life