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Serra Club El Paso, Texas

 

 PRAY + INVITE + ENCOURAGE +AFFIRM

 

Serra for Priestly and Religious Vocations

 

 

Invite + Pray +  Encourage + Affirm                                        

www.serraclubelp.com
Text Box: Vocations Update mark you calendar for April 21, 2013!

Vocations News April 2013 Did you know?

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Text Box: World Day of Prayer for Vocations Fr. Miguel – on Sunday April 21 we all can take a few minutes to pray. You can get creative at your parish and promote it by organizing a holy hour, a presentation, add it to the intersection of the faithful during the mass. Text Box: The reality today is that we are short of priests in our diocese. The numbers show that of a total of 55 parishes and 20 missions, 7 parishes are without pastors, 13 are under a Religious Pastor and 35 are under Diocesan pastor. A total of 84 pastors are in our Diocese and 39 are Religious Priests and 45 are Diocesan Priests. Taking in consideration our active priests 3 of them should be already retired, in five years four more will be at an age to be retired and in ten years three more will be at an age to be retired. Fr. Miguel

Average age  57 years old

Oldest  81 years old

Youngest 29 years old

2023 {10 years} 10 Priests will retire

2028 {15 years} 19 Priests will retire

2033 {20 years} 26 Priests will retire

Seminarian Update!

Currently we have 14 Seminarians:

2013 One (1)  New Priest

2014 Two (2)  New Priests

2015 Zero (0)

2016 One (1) New Priest

2017 Three (3) New Priests

2018 One (1) New Priest

2019 Two (2) New Priests

2020 One (1) New Priest

2021 One (1) New Priest

2022 Two (2) New Priest

2023 Zero (0)

This is “If all Current Seminarians complete the Nine (9) year formation (training & Education).

 

We need to take our Vocations Message across our El Paso County Diocese and PRAY + INVITE+ ENCOURAGE+AFFIRM our Catholic community.. Who will carry on when our Priests are gone? How can you help? Join Serra Club! We Pray for Priest Vocations!

 

Priests in our El Paso County Diocese: of El Paso Texas

We are in GREAT need of Seminarians! How can you help?

Susan Elias (left to right) Liz Carl, Most Reverend Armando X. Ochoa, D.D.  Serra Members Guests and Frank Gorman  with Mary Brock (right)  Photo taken at the Priest Luncheon on March 25 2013
Text Box: Serra Club members represent The Diocese of El Paso County including our churches and missions in prayer, special events and financial support for our Seminarians. Your Support is greatly appreciated. Please join us for lunch and consider joining Serra Club as your latest vocational calling to assist in the spiritual nurturing and development of those who will serve the church for decades from now!