Tennessee man elected to head international vocations group next year

Published: 2006-09-01

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- Lloyd Crockett, a parishioner at St. Philip Church in Franklin, dedicates much of his time to supporting the church and helping people answer God's call to religious life. Next June he will assume the top spot in Serra International, an organization with chapters around the world, dedicated to the same thing. "Our job as Serrans is to help plant the seed in a young man or a young woman to consider a call from God to be a priest or religious," said Crockett, who was elected president-elect of Serra International in June. "Really, then the rest is up to God and, of course, that individual." Before his election as president-elect, Crockett was a member of the board for Serra International and vice president for membership. He is to be installed as president at the 2007 convention to be held June 21-24 in Atlanta. As president-elect, "I'll serve more or less as the assistant to the current president," Robert Wright of the Serra Club of Reading, Pa., Crockett said.

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