Annual Vocation Poster Contest

Dear Pastors, Principals and Teachers,

The week of November 2-8, 2025, we will be celebrating National Vocation Awareness Week.  This is a week-long celebration to promote and pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.  We encourage your parish and school to pray for vocations, promote vocations, and establish a culture of vocations.

To help your parish school promote vocations, the Office of Vocations invites your students to participate in our 2025 Vocation Poster Contest.  Religion and art classes are asked to work together by incorporating vocation lessons during National Vocation Awareness Week.  The vocation lessons should lead into the Vocation Poster Contest where students will have an opportunity to take what they learned and share it in a creative way.

Thank you for your help in fostering a culture of vocations in our diocese.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 815-399-4300 or send us an email at vocations@rockforddiocese.org.

We look forward to your students’ participation.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jack T. Reichardt
Vocation Director