We have been asking the master of the harvest to send out laborers for the harvest!

Fr. Erik Lenhart, director of the vocation ministry, has traveled over 3,000 miles around the Province in his first two months on the job. He has had conversations with over two dozen men, out of which six of them attended a vocation discernment retreat on Nov. 17-19 hosted by the Capuchin friars in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

“We had a blast, a great experience, prayerful experience, deep experience,” said Father Erik. “Tons of friars helped out, from meals to liturgies to presentations, and also just talking one-on-one with candidates. So thanks, brothers, for being so generous at San Lorenzo Friary."

In the months to come, we intend to intensify our prayers for vocations, establishing vocation prayer societies in our parishes. We will enhance our use of social media, especially our website, in order to promote our charisms. We will increase our engagement of young adults and college students as we aim to better understand the background, personality, attitudes, and behaviors of discerners.

Please continue to pray for us, as Blessed Solanus Casey and St. Padre Pio surely do, that God will send us new brothers so that we may more effectively—and joyfully!—share the good news of salvation.