October 23 - 31: Novena leading to Priesthood Sunday



Priesthood Sunday is coordinated by the USA Council of Serra International, an organization of lay men and women whose mission is to foster and affirm vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the USA.

Priesthood Sunday is a special day set aside to honor priesthood in the United States. It is a day to reflect upon and affirm the role of the priesthood in the life of the Church as a central one.


To observe this celebration, Priests for Life invites you to join a Novena for Priests. You can say the special prayer below.

Prayer for Priesthood Novena 

Father,

You sent your Son Jesus Christ

To be our High Priest,

And you gave us the gift of the priesthood

To continue his saving work.

Bless our priests, and give us more of them.

Make them holy.

Strengthen them to proclaim the Gospel of Life,

And to defend the rights of all,

Especially the unborn.

Bring us, your priests and people

To the life that never ends.

We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.