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After the campaign, Father Wallace noticed that some young men who hadn’t wanted to become priests felt a call to look at priesthood more seriously.
Father Jason Wallace (top center) with Archdiocese of Denver seminarians. (photo: Archdiocese of Denver / Vianney Vocations)
The Archdiocese of Denver asked parishioners to share the names of young men they thought would make good priests.
The result? More than 900 names.
But names aren’t the only outcome of the Called By Name campaign, which launched in May.
The monthslong campaign — a collaboration between the Denver Archdiocese and Vianney Vocations, a group that supports vocations efforts in Catholic dioceses around the U.S. — has also sparked a “real openness” to vocations in the hearts of young men in the community, said Denver Vocations Director Father Jason Wallace.
The campaign, he told CNA, has “created a culture” in which speaking about vocations is becoming “more acceptable.”
“It’s not something like, ‘Oh, that’s something somebody else does,’ or you have to receive a vision by an angel to be a priest,” he said.
After the campaign, Father Wallace noticed that some young men who hadn’t wanted to become priests felt a call to look at priesthood more seriously.
“Even men that I’ve already known who before were not open to it, all of a sudden are like, ‘Hey, Father, can we set up a meeting?’” Father Wallace said.
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The Archdiocese of Denver asked parishioners to share the names of young men they thought would make good priests.
The result? More than 900 names.
But names aren’t the only outcome of the Called By Name campaign, which launched in May.
The monthslong campaign — a collaboration between the Denver Archdiocese and Vianney Vocations, a group that supports vocations efforts in Catholic dioceses around the U.S. — has also sparked a “real openness” to vocations in the hearts of young men in the community, said Denver Vocations Director Father Jason Wallace.
The campaign, he told CNA, has “created a culture” in which speaking about vocations is becoming “more acceptable.”
“It’s not something like, ‘Oh, that’s something somebody else does,’ or you have to receive a vision by an angel to be a priest,” he said.
After the campaign, Father Wallace noticed that some young men who hadn’t wanted to become priests felt a call to look at priesthood more seriously.
“Even men that I’ve already known who before were not open to it, all of a sudden are like, ‘Hey, Father, can we set up a meeting?’” Father Wallace said.
Continued below.
Hundreds Nominated for Priesthood in Denver ‘Called by Name’ Campaign
After the campaign, Father Wallace noticed that some young men who hadn’t wanted to become priests felt a call to look at priesthood more seriously.
