Pray the National Novena for Priestly Vocations
If you believe the Church needs more good, holy priests, unite with thousands of other Catholics from across the United States in prayer.
The National Society for Priestly Vocations is a lay apostolate serving vocations directors across the United States by conducting advertising initiatives aimed at inspiring young Catholic men to see the priesthood as a life of joy and encouraging them to wonder whether or not God might be calling them to be priests. The Novena for Priestly Vocations is a hopeful, concrete response to the priest shortage. By signing up, you’ll receive a short, guided prayer by email each day for nine days. This is how you turn concern into prayer and prayer into renewed confidence that God is still calling joyful, courageous priests today.
Praying this novena gives you a simple, meaningful way to respond with faith and hope to one of the Church’s greatest needs.
Guided Prayer
Each day you’ll receive clear, faithful, and easy to follow prayers via email.
Shared Mission
Your prayers directly support a nationwide effort to invite young men to the priesthood.
Faithful Action
Turn concern about the priest shortage into concrete prayer that makes a real difference.
What Is a Novena?
A novena is an ancient Catholic practice of praying for nine days for a single, specific intention. For centuries, Catholics have prayed novenas to shower their needs and wants in intentional prayer to God.
This Novena for Priestly Vocations is offered for one clear intention:
that more young men would see the priesthood as a life of joy and adventure and wonder if God might be calling them to be a priest.
How This Novena Works
When you sign up, you’ll receive one email each day for nine days. Each email includes a short, written prayer you can pray at home, on your own schedule. The prayer takes just a few minutes to complete.
Simply:
- Open the email
- Read the prayer slowly and attentively
- Offer it to God with your whole heart
As you pray, know that you are joining thousands of faithful Catholics across the country, all lifting up the same intention together.
No special preparation is required.
No prior experience with novenas is needed.
Just a willing heart and a few quiet moments each day.
Pray for Vocations
Your prayer matters. We will never see an abundance of good, holy priests if men and women like you won’t hand this over to God through prayer. Enter your email address below to become a part of this powerful movement of prayer.
