Milwaukee Archdiocese takes vocations message to its high schools

Published: 2007-01-24

MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- In an age of complex, high-speed technology, the Milwaukee Archdiocese's Vocations Office has turned to a method used in the time of Christ to help young Catholics determine God's calling for them. "They went out two by two, just like the disciples," said Father James Lobacz, archdiocesan vocations director, about members of the Vocation Ministers of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. Last fall they visited each of the archdiocese's 13 high schools to discuss vocations education and programming at each school. The initiative is called "Give God a Chance!" "The goal of the whole effort is to establish a healthy, creative relationship with the high schools," he told the Catholic Herald, the archdiocesan newspaper. A letter to each of the schools from Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan explained that the project, a collaborative effort of the Vocations Office and the vocation ministers group, "will result in a deepening appreciation of God's voice calling your students to marriage, priesthood, religious life, the diaconate or professional church ministry."

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