VMCatechist Workshop
Create a Classroom Where Vocations Can Take RootCatechists play a vital role in helping children encounter the beauty of our faith and discover that God has a plan for their lives. Our Catechist Workshop equips parish catechists with simple, meaningful ways to introduce vocation awareness into weekly lessons—creating classroom environments where students learn to listen for God’s voice and joyfully explore His invitation.
Why a Catechist Workshop?
Children often learn to pray, imagine their future, and consider God’s call within the walls of a catechism classroom. When catechists confidently integrate vocation awareness into their teaching, students begin to recognize that priesthood, consecrated life, and sacramental marriage are beautiful and accessible paths to holiness. This workshop helps you form young hearts with intention, clarity, and hope.
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Create Vocation-Friendly Classrooms: Use simple, hands-on activities that help students understand and explore God’s plan for their lives.
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Use a Vocation Promotion Calendar: Integrate a clear, easy-to-follow schedule that guides prayer and activities throughout the catechetical year.
- Invite Students into Discernment: Learn age-appropriate ways to talk about priesthood, consecrated life, and sacramental marriage.
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Access Ready-to-Use Resources: Explore practical tools, saint stories, and examples of vocation-producing classrooms that make implementation simple.
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Inspire Through Real Examples: See how classrooms around the country are fostering openness to God’s call—and learn how to replicate that impact in your own parish.
“Teachers possess a divine power to mold young hearts and minds, guiding them towards truth, virtue, and holiness.”
— St. Angela Merici
Give Catechists the Tools to Encourage Future Vocations
We encourage dioceses to offer both workshops, beginning with catechetical leaders and then catechists, to provide consistent formation and help vocation awareness flourish in every faith formation classroom.
Understanding Today’s Vocation Landscape
Discover the latest U.S. and diocesan vocation data and why every parish classroom plays a vital role in nurturing future priests, religious, and holy marriages. See the extraordinary influence you already have on the children and teens God has placed in your care.
The Catechist’s Irreplaceable Role
Explore how you, as the person who teaches the faith week after week, become one of the most powerful vocation promoters in the parish. Learn simple, joyful ways to plant and nurture seeds of discernment in your curriculum and lessons, prayer, and relationships.
Ready-to-use Tools for Your Classroom
Walk away with proven, catechist-friendly strategies in Prayer, Awareness & Education, and Affirmation—plus free resources that fit perfectly into your existing curriculum and schedule.
Seeing the Fruit: Real Vocation Stories from Real Classrooms
Be inspired by true examples of parishes whose youth more easily answer the call to become priests, sisters, brothers, and holy spouses. Leave excited and equipped to help your parish reap the same abundant, lasting harvest.
Feedback from Catechists
According to our surveys, 90% of catechists report they are highly likely to begin promoting vocations after this workshop—proof of how powerful catechists are in shaping the next generation of faithful Catholics.
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