"Ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out Laborers for His harvest."
The Vocations Office for the Diocese of Lafayette, with the help of St. Elizabeth Society, created a Vocations Prayer Cross Kit so as to fulfill the Lord's command to pray for an increase in religious and priestly vocations.
Their hope was that it would be passed around to different families within our diocesan parish and school communities, giving everyone an opportunity to bring the Vocational Prayer Cross into their home to pray aloud as a family, specifically for an increase to priestly and religious life and for the priests in their own lives.
The Vocations Kit
Designed to be beautiful, prayerful, educational, and easy to handle, each kit comes with a booklet, a crucifix, and a statue.
A Booklet
Composed of many ancient and local prayers from around the diocese, including a litany of the saints specifically written with Vocations in mind. It also contains a Vocations Glossary so families can learn the difference between a "Sister" and a "Nun" or a "Brother" and a "Priest."
A Crucifix
A beautiful, Italian made, 14 inch gold-plated altar crucifix.
A Statue
The 5 inch Marian figure of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, the patroness of the State of Louisiana, is hand painted by the Sisters of the Community of Jesus Crucified as they prayed for vocations.
Please read the guidelines before signing up.
Cathedral Parish Guidelines for the Vocations Prayer Cross