Department of Formation

The Diocese of Lansing encompasses a 10 county area and boasts 250,000 Catholic members. There are 83 Parishes within the Diocese.

Serving these Parishes, as well as our 4 high schools, and several college campuses are 87 active priests, 46 senior priests, 3 Pastoral Coordinators, 96 Deacons, 250 Ecclesial Lay Ministers, 3 Brothers and 352 Religious Sisters who continue to further the work of Jesus.

Bishop Earl Boyea is our lead Shepherd, installed as the Fifth Bishop of Lansing in April, 2008. He is truly a pastor of this diocese and takes an active interest in "all" the ministries within our Diocese.

Questions regarding vocations?

Contact Rev. John Linden, director of Vocations and Seminarians, via e-mail to jlinden@dioceseoflansing.org or 517.342.2507 or contact Dawn Hausmann, director of Consecrated Vocations, at dhausmann@dioceseoflansing.org or 517.342.2506.

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Department of Formation directory

2012 Seminarian Poster

Consecrated Women Religious Poster

"Building a Culture of Vocations" Poster

Events and resources

Opportunities for Vocations Presentations

Scripture for discernment:

Pray the Scriptures to ask God about vocation

Discernment books:

Suggested books for discerning your vocation

Articles and essays:
How to discern the elements of your personal vocation
How to Implement Pope John Paul II’s Call for Promoting Vocations in Parishes, Schools, and Families
Discernment with Mary and Ignatius by Dawn Hausmann
Building a culture of vocations by Rev. John Linden
Understanding llving single as awaiting a permanent vocation by Dawn Hausman
2012 world day of prayer for vocations: Pope Benedict XVI
Prayer for priestly vocations
Vocation prayer

Vocations Discernment Exercises

Vocation: Who I am called by God to be

powerpoint  pdf

Building a Culture of Vocations pdf

Theology of the Body

We know God through our Sexuality

Suggested Reading:
Man and Women He Created Them: A Theology of the Body
John Paul II (translated by Michael Walstein)
Pauline Books and Media

Fostering a culture of vocations - resources for parents and teachers

Letter to parents

Letter to teachers

Vocation reflections of 2011-2012 school year

Vocation questions for family dinner

Holy hour for vocations
(format when priest is present)

Holy hour for vocations
(format without priest present)

Vocation links

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops vocations page

A guide to religious ministries for Catholic men and women

For your vocation.org

United States conference of secular institutes

Vocation boom

Catholic religious vocation network (vision)

Institute on religious life

Lifeteen

National religious vocation conference

Paths of love (books and articles on vocations)

Imagine sisters

Religious vocation

Lifework Press
 

Take a look!

Seven reasons to be a priest

Discernment resources

Discernment Reflection Questions

How do we ... discern?

How do we know what God’s calling is?

Signs of a vocation to the consecrated life

Discernment: A Life Long Journey with the Lord (pdf)

Discernment: A Life Long Journey with the Lord (powerpoint)

Emmaus discernment house for women

Women interested in seriously discerning a vocation to religious life and living in community with other women,  contact Dawn Hausmann, director of Consecrated Vocations, at dhausmann@dioceseoflansing.org or call 517.342.2506.

Emmaus House video tour

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Consecrated life

• Men's religious orders
• Women's religious orders

Deacons

• Deacon's main page
• List of deacons

Priesthood

• Application process
• Do you want to be a priest?
• Meet our seminarians
• Vocation stories (video)
• Priest discernment stories
• Various seminaries for our candidates
• What's a seminary all about?
• Words of Pope John Paul II on priesthood vocation

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