St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Vocations

St. Joesph's Church encourages and supports religious vocations.

Did you know?

• Our Priest-in-Residence is Father Ned Shlesinger,
• Diocesan Director of Vocations and Seminarian Formation
• Interesting facts about Fr. Ned
  

Email: shlesinger@raldioc.org
Phone: 919-832-6279

Five of the Diocese's 21 seminarians are from St. Joesph's

• Michael Schuetz
• Interesting facts about Michael
  

Phil List

Interesting facts about Phil

Timothy Ahn
Interesting facts about Timothy

  

Myles Casanova
 Interesting facts about Myles

 


John Kane
Interesting facts about John

Diocesan Resources for Vocations

• Contact Information for Vocations
  
• Contact information for persons interested in religious vocations

• Diocesan Priesthood
  
• For men discerning a vocation to the Priesthood

• Seminarians for the Raleigh Diocese
  
• See information about each of our seminarians

• Diaconate
  
• For men discerning a vocation to the Permanent Diaconate

• Religious Vocations for Men
  
• List of religious communities for men in the Raleigh Diocese

• Religious Vocations for Women
  
• List of religious communities for women in the Raleigh Diocese and contact information for women discerning a vocation to religious life

• Candidates for Religious Life
  
• View a list of men and women from our Diocese who are currently in formation for Religious Life

• Vocations Videos
  
• See videos about Vocations, Including Profiles in Priesthood, Vocation Holy Hour homilies, news and features

• Vocations Resources
  
• List of all Vocations Resources in the Diocese

Diocesan Vocations Groups

• Priesthood Discernment Group
  
• Adult Catholic men between the ages of 17-48 discerning a possible call to Priesthood are invited to the Priesthood Discernment Group meetings held on the third Saturday of each month.

• Women's Prayer Group for Vocations
  
  Single adult Catholic women between the ages of 17-45 who are committed to praying for vocations, growing in holiness while in the midst of the world, and discerning the call of Christ are invited to the Vocations Prayer Group for Women.

• Quo Vadis Group
  
  For high school aged boys, Quo Vadis provides a fraternal environment and an opportunity to gather for fellowship, prayer and a discussion on discernment and vocations. Please contact the Office of Vocations for more information at 919-832-6279.

• Holy Hour for Vocations
  
  The Holy Hour for Vocations provides an opportunity to come together as a community and pray before the Blessed Sacrament for an increase in vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.

Vocations News and Announcements

• Vocations Calendar
  
• List of vocations events throughout the Raleigh Diocese

• Diocesan Priests Essay and Poetry Contest including youth from St. Joseph's

• Diocesan Web page for Year for Priests