New Diocesan Web-Site

"The diocese has launched a new Web site that we hope will better spread the good news and work that occurs within our diocese each day. Please visit the new site at www.dioceseofgallup.org, but also note that it will take us within a month's time to work out all the errors and possible missing links that come with launching a new site. If you have content suggestions or would like to submit text for our new site, contact Lee Lamb at 505-863-4406 or voicesw@gmail.com. We hope this work-in-progress will help you access information more readily and efficiently."

Prayer for a new bishop

Bishop Olmsted would like the following prayer used throughout the diocese regularly until the Holy Father appoints a successor to Bishop Pelotte. It should be prayed by the whole congregation at all Sunday Masses, perhaps after the Prayers of the Faithful –or- at the end of Mass. Schools and all other institutions and agencies of the diocese are asked to incorporate this into their regular prayer.


Prayer for a
new bishop for the Diocese of Gallup


Heavenly Father, Your Son Our Lord Jesus Christ sent Peter and the Apostles to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God. In our Holy Father, Benedict XVI, St. Peter is among us still. Together with all the Bishops, the successors to the Apostles, the Church continues your work of sanctification and evangelization.

God Our Father, give us faith, confidence and trust as Pope Benedict discerns who best to come to the Diocese of Gallup to be our new bishop, our new shepherd and spiritual father.

We the faithful of the Diocese of Gallup come to you in the sure and certain hope that Christ the Good Shepherd will be made present to us in our new bishop.

Come Holy Spirit, hear and answer our prayer.

VIRTUS PROGRAMS IN THE DIOCESE OF GALLUP

Sister Mary Thurlough DC
Administrator/Coordinator 505-722-4407 (has facilitators manual)

Sister Kathleen Driscoll DC 505-722-4407---- - Facilitator (shares manual with S.M.)


Sister Maureen Farrar ASC 505-786-5376
Crown Point area of New Mexico--- Facilitator (has facilitator manual)


Lowell Jensen 505-722-6089
Gallup Catholic High School---Facilitator (has facilitator manual)


Don and Mary Ann Frank 505-733-2243 (cell-505-713-4051)
Tohatchi, NM------- Facilitators (share facilitator manual)


Jim and Debe Betts 928-367-0060 (Cell 928-242-2572)
St. Mary of Angels Pinetop, AZ Facilitators (share facilitator manual)


Beverly Cloud 928-733-2243, 928-367-2087
Pinetop, AZ------- Facilitator (has facilitator Manual)


Erick Begay 505-520-8758
Christ the King, Shiprock, NM-------Facilitator (has facilitator Manual)

Valerie Gomez St. Francis school Lumberton 505-759-3252, 505-759-3703
(Facilitators manual)

Orla Lybrook (principal Sacred Heart School, Farmington 505-325-7152
(Facilitator manual Orla is now an administrator of the program in the Farmington etc. area and can train facilitators, set up programs and contact Virtus as I do)

Sister Sara Gomez OSU
DRE Aztec
505-334-8869 (W. 505 334-6535)
(Facilitator manual)

Sister Mary Rogers 928-283-5391 (h 928-283-4705) and Harriet Brown (Navajo) Mon. Dec. 10
St. Jude’s Parish
Tuba City, AZ
(Shared Facilitator manual)

Practical Things the Whole Parish Can Do to Promote Vocations

A Priest can:

P reach about how much he loves being a priest, and the need for every Catholic to help
foster vocations to the priesthood.
R each out to home-school families to provide materials (DVD’s, posters etc. from the
vocations office) that help develop an openness to vocations.
E ncourage the sick and homebound in the parish to pray for vocations, Extraordinary
ministers can provide them with prayer cards (available from the vocations office).
A ssign prayers for vocations as a penance in Confession, when it would be appropriate
(hand them a prayer card).
C ommit the parish to fostering vocations by incorporating it into the parish mission
statement.
H old a vocations day or mission in the parish. (The vocations office will help with
materials, outlines, and if we’re able, a priest to conduct the mission.)

Other suggested practices:

-Offer petition prayers for vocations as part of the Liturgy of the Hours.
-Offer an “adoration for vocations” holy hour in the parish during the week of Prayer for
vocations, or anytime.
-Offer the Mass for priestly vocations (various needs and occasions #8) when appropriate
on Weekdays of Ordinary time.

Secretaries can:

Formulate prayers for vocations for the Petitions used in the Sunday Mass.
I nclude announcements, prayers and ideas related to vocations in the bulletin.
Leave vocations materials, prayer cards, posters etc. in the office and entry to the
Church (available from the vocations office.)
Employ the use of the toll free number of the Vocations Office in the parish bulletin.



The D.R.E. can:

Develop a mailing list for college students from the parish. Find out where the high
school graduates will be going next year to maintain contact and send them a copy of
the vocations news letter.
Request visits from Priests and Religious to talk to students about vocations.
Encourage vocations by integrating awareness into all of the catechetical training in the
parish.




Teachers and Catechists can:

Conduct a brain storming session with other teachers, parishioners and students. Send
a list of the best ideas to the vocations office.
Consider asking the first Communion class write letters to the young men in the
Confirmation class asking them to consider the priesthood, and offering prayers for
them.
Develop a prayer for vocations to be used at the beginning of every class.

Parishioners can:

Participate in “Adoration for Vocations” holy hours.
Attend vocation days and missions in the parish.
Request a Mass for the intention of priestly vocations.
Invite young men to consider the priesthood.
Start a Serra Club or similar group that promotes priestly vocations.
Help the Knights of Columbus in their vocations efforts.

Process for Appointing Bishops