Second Sunday of Lent - February 17, 2008
God the Father instructs us to listen to His son. Jesus whispers His calling to Priesthood and Religious Life into the hearts of many, we pray that those called will cast aside all fear and eagerly follow Him. If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Third Sunday of Lent - February 24, 2008
Our Blessed Lord kindly reveals Himself to the Samaritan woman as she mundanely fetches water. Let us strive this week to follow our Baptismal duty and reveal Christ to those around us. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 2, 2008
Jesus Christ continues to heal and strengthen our fallen natures through the Sacraments of His Church. Today let us ask the Lord to provide men willing to offer their lives in service of these Sacred Mysteries. If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fifth Sunday of Lent - March 9, 2008
At the kindly prompting of Martha and Mary, Jesus brought His ministry to Bethany. We continue to have a role in encouraging individuals into God's service. Could you encourage somebody to serve God as a Priest or Religious in this Diocese? If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Passion Sunday - March 16, 2008
The sacrifice of Christ on Calvary is made present on our altars at Mass. Let us unite our intention for an increase of Priestly vocations to Christ's holy action of offering Himself to the Father. If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Easter Sunday - March 23, 2008
St Mary Magdalene first sought the Lord in the early hours of the morning. The prayers of holy Contemplatives remain the most powerful way of drawing people to discover the Risen Lord. We beg the Lord for courageous souls to undertake this role. If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Second Sunday of Easter - March 30, 2008
The fearful Disciples were filled with joy and reminded of their vocation by the Risen Lord. Can you remind somebody of the joy in following Jesus' vocation for them in His Body, the Church? If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Third Sunday of Easter - April 6, 2008
The hearts of the Disciples burned within them as the Lord explained the Sacred Scriptures to them. Let us pray for parents and teachers whose vocations lie in the education of the young in the faith. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fourth Sunday of Easter - April 13, 2008
The sheep recognised the voice of their loving shepard. We pray that young people recognise the voice of the Lord amidst the materialistic messages that the world bombards at them. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fifth Sunday of Easter - April 20, 2008
"Do not let your hearts be troubled" said the Lord, "Trust in God still, and trust in Me". As Mass is offered today unite in faith the intention of an increase in Vocations to Priesthood and Consecrated Life. If God is calling you, contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Sixth Sunday of Easter - April 27, 2008
The Lord said "If you love me you will keep my commandments". In love of Christ we are all called to follow His commandments, expressed through the Church. Let us diligently follow our common vocation. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

The Ascension - May 4, 2008
In His authority as Lord of heaven and earth Christ commands us to preach the Good News. How do I follow my vocation to act as a disciple of Christ? Do I proclaim the Gospel in words in addition to my good example? If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Pentecost Sunday - May 11, 2008
'Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love'. We consecrate to our Blessed Lady, the faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit, those discerning their vocations. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Sunday of the Holy Trinity - May 18, 2008
'Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit'. By faithfully following our vocations, whatever they may be, our lives give glory to God. Try and encourage someone with this message during the week. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Corpus Christi - May 25, 2008
"Whoever eats Me draws life from Me". In your communion today, ask graces from the Lord for those currently discerning vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Ninth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - June 1, 2008
Only those who do the will of the Father enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Action must follow faith. Consider whether there is more you could be doing to live out your vocation as a disciple of Christ. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Tenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - June 8, 2008
Not all candidates for seminary will have lived virtuously their whole life. Pray that those who feel called to the Priesthood after having pursued lives away from the Church will have the courage to come forward now that their past is behind them. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Eleventh Sunday in the Ordinary Time - June 15, 2008
"The harvest is rich but the labourers are few…" Our Blessed Lord's words seem truer today than ever before. The Lord of the harvest is no less generous. Let us ask Him persistently and devoutly to send new labourers to the vineyard. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twelfth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - June 22, 2008
The Lord expects our faith to be proclaimed from the housetops. Those called to marriage as a vocation could today reassess to what extent their homes act as witnesses to the faith. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Saints Peter and Paul - June 29, 2008
Benedict our Pope continues the office of Peter with the power to bind and loose, we pray for him in his special vocation and ask the Lord to strengthen him, particularly in his role of selecting Bishops. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fourteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - July 6, 2008
The Lord reveals to the young their vocation in life if they seek it. Are you open to the prospect of your son or daughter entering Religious Life? Could you encourage a relation of yours to consider this vocation? If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Fifteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - July 13, 2008
Let us together strive to become a community more dedicated to living by the word of God. Let us be that 'fertile ground' capable of nurturing Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious life in our parish. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Sixteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - July 20, 2008
A vocation to the Priesthood may start off with an inclination the size of a mustard seed. By prayers and kindly words we are all capable of supporting those in the early stages of discerning vocations. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Seventeenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - July 27, 2008
Material possessions are of no comparison to the pearl of great value which is found in one's vocation. Let us celebrate when men and women, following the will of God embrace the poverty of monasticism. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Eighteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - August 3, 2008
Although He sought the peace of solitude, Our Blessed Lord had to labour the whole day. Let us pray for parents in their sometimes wearying task of raising children and educating them in the Faith. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Nineteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - August 10, 2008
Our Saviour revealed Himself to the Disciples in the fourth watch of the night. We ask the Apostles to pray for those later in life who are discerning their vocation in the Church. If God is calling you contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twentieth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - August 17, 2008
The Canaanite woman, kneeling before her master sought the will of God for her child. Pray for a particular young relation today, that he or she will respond generously to the Lord's call. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty First Sunday in the Ordinary Time - August 24, 2008
The differing opinions on the identity of Jesus did not change the reality. We pray for the Bishops of the Church, that they will recognise the will of the Father when presented with candidates for the Sacred Priesthood. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Second Sunday in the Ordinary Time - August 31, 2008
"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path"- such words Christ continues to utter towards those who obstruct rather than encourage vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life. Parents, teachers, priests- reflect. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Third Sunday in the Ordinary Time - September 7, 2008
When two or more agree to ask the Father something, He hears it more pressingly. Why not start a private prayer campaign with another person to pray for somebody who may be discerning their vocation. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Triumph of the Cross - September 14, 2008
Let us unite our longing for an increase of vocations to priesthood and religious life to the lifting up of the Son of Man made present in Holy Mass today. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Fifth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - September 21, 2008
The Lord rewards those who follow vocations faithfully from a point later in life with the same reward as those who began in youth. His only displeasure is to those who remain idle even after hearing His call. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Sixth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - September 28, 2008
Remain faithful to the vocation God has called you to. Our Lady's vocation led her to the darkness of Calvary, ask her for help if your vocation seems overpowering and she will give you the grace to persevere. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Seventh Sunday in the Ordinary Time - October 5, 2008
We must be faithful tenants helping our Priests to produce fruit in the vineyard. We can do this by following our Baptismal vocation as Disciples of Christ and spreading the Good News. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Eighth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - October 12, 2008
We are all called to holiness; we are called to be saints. Every state in life must be focused on weaving the garment of grace necessary to enter the banquet of the Kingdom of Heaven. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Twenty Ninth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - October 19, 2008
"Give to God what belongs to God". Our very lives belong to the Lord. Let us, with the Blessed Virgin be willing for them to be disposed at His will, "Be it done to me according to Thy word". If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Thirtieth Sunday in the Ordinary Time - October 26, 2008
God wants you to love Him with everything- with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. Meditate on that "all" and how you can reach closer to it in your vocation. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

All Saints - November 2, 2008
"Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God". It is impossible to 'see God', to pursue one's vocation, without purity. Do your television viewing habits and your conversations reflect this desire for purity? If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - November 9, 2008
By the grace of God St Paul laid the foundations of the Church in Corinth- another would do the building. You can help 'lay the foundations' for Priestly vocations by offering to the Lord prayers and penances with this intention. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Thirty Third Sunday in the Ordinary Time - November 16, 2008
God calls people to diverse vocations and no vocation is 'easy'. We must all labour hard to try and bear a return worthy of Christ. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.

Christ the Universal King - November 23, 2008
Christ will come in glory and we will be among those assembled before Him. We are to be judged by our love. Every vocation is a call from God to love. Make love always your motivation and your goal. If God is calling you to Priesthood or Religious Life contact Fr. David Featherstone, the Vocations Director, on 0161 681 1410.