Cebu Archdiocese campaigns for priesthood

THE Cebu Archdiocese is holding an Archdiocesan vocation campaign from Jan. 21 to Jan. 29 to recruit students for the priesthood.

Around 350 seminarians from San Carlos Seminary College were fielded to the different parishes in Cebu to conduct vocation awareness, enhancement and promotion in schools and other institutions.

This year’s theme is “Pagsaksi sa Pulong, Pagpalambo sa Bokasyon.”

Seminarian Harvey Argoncillo and officers of Opus Vocationum said they hoped that this activity would encourage high school students, especially the graduating ones, to make a difference in their lives by discovering and believing in what they are called for.

Prior to the seminarians’ deployment to their respective assignments, a symposium was held at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos with Rev. Fr. Jesper John Petralba as the resource speaker.

A send-off Mass was held the following day at the San Carlos Seminary College Chapel.

Right after the symposium last Jan. 20, the Opus Vocationum launched their facebook account [email protected] in response to the challenges of the digital world era.

During the 44th World Communications Day, Pope Benedict XVI challenged the Church communities to always use the modern media for fostering communication, interacting with society and encouraging dialogue at a wider level.

Rev. Fr. Socrates M. Saldua, director of Archdiocesan Vocation Promotion Office, in his message to the seminarians during the send-off Mass, said, “Go, proclaim and be the witness of God’s love.”