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[Andy.Cap]

Hello everyone,

Pax et Bonum,

I just want to say that the laity has a very important role in vocations.
The laity of the parish should do their best to promote vocations and to support those who begin their discernemnt.  Priesthood and religious life should be talked about in the parish.
A vocations director can only do so much!  But the Lay faithful of a parish know a community much better, they should encourage the youth to look into their own vocation.

This of course does not only mean vocations to the priesthood and religious life, but also to marriage and single life.  The laity should be an example of these vocations to the youth of the parish.

Thank you and God Bless.

Andy

[Andy.Cap]

Here are the websites for the Capuchin Franciscan order in the United States.

http://www.capuchin.org/            Province of St. Mary; NY/New England

http://www.capuchin.com            Province of St. Augustine; Pittsburg, PA

http://www.capuchins.org/          Province of St. Conrad; Mid-America, Denver, CO

http://capuchinfranciscans.org/    Province of St. Joseph; Midwest USA

http://www.thecapuchins.org/     Province of St. Joseph; Midwest USA


those are for all the Provinces in the USA.

Let me know if you need any help, i will do what i can to help out.  First step is contacting the vocations director.

Here is the brief history of the Capuchin Order.

The Capuchin Franciscans are a Roman Catholic worldwide order of 12,000 men, both priests and lay brothers.  We serve God’s people, especially the poor, in a variety of ministries depending on the needs of the people and the Church and keeping in mind the unique talents of each of the friars.  Like our founder, St. Francis of Assisi, we strive to live in relationship with God, with those we are privileged to serve and with each other in peace, joy, and love.

The order arose in 1520 when Matteo da Bascio, an "Observant" Franciscan  friar native to the Italian area of Marche, said he became inspired by God with the idea that the manner of life led by the Franciscans of his day was not the one which St. Francis had envisaged. He sought to return to the primitive way of life in solitude and penance as practiced by the founder of his order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin