The Vocations office promotes, nurtures and sustains vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the Catholic Diocese of Solwezi. The office is managed by a Diocesan Vocations Promoter, appointed by the local Ordinary, whose duty is to ensure that young men and women who show interest in the priesthood and religious life are encouraged to pursue their vocations.
The Diocesan Vocations Promoter coordinates the office with the assistance of a Diocesan Vocation Team which is composed of diocesan and priests and religious.
OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC
Objective:
To continue promoting and sustaining quality vocations through various structures in the Diocese by 2027.
Strategic Activities:
1. Organise promotional talks, seminars and retreats for youths in various learning institution.
2. Find sustainable means of maintaining seminarians through the parishes
FOCUS AREA: VOCATION COMMISSION
LOGIC FRAME WORK | |||||
Activity | Target | Output | Outcome | Means of verification | Assumptions |
Form the Vocation Commission | Priests, religious men and women and the Laity | Commission formed | Increased vocations | Minutes of the meetings, reports, activities | Willingness of the members to work in the commission |
Develop Terms of Reference for the Commission | The commission members | Terms of Reference | Efficiency in Vocation promotion | Terms of reference | Willingness by the commission members to use them |
Send young men and women for Formation every year | Parish vocation clubs, Schools, Colleges | Young men and women in Formation | Increased number of young men and women in formation | Reports Application forms, list of candidates sent | candidates are willing to be formed |
Form Vocation Clubs to encourage young men and women to join Priesthood and Religious Life. | Young men and women | Vocation Clubs Formed | vocation promotion is enhanced | Reports, Application letters, attendance lists, photographs | The youth are willing to join Vocation Clubs
The youth are willing to join priesthood and religious life |
Hold Vocation Promotion talks to encourage young men and women to join Priesthood and Religious Life. | Applicants from Grade 10 to 12 and tertiary education | Vocation Promotion talks Held | Enhanced vocation promotion | Reports, attendance registers, photographs | Willingness by the youth to attend vocation promotion talks |
Hold annual Diocesan Vocation Conferences | Vocation Director | Conferences held | Vocation knowledge enhanced | Reports, attendance registers photographs | Willingness by aspirants to attend the conference |
Establish a well-equipped Vocations Directors’ Office at the Diocesan Curia | Interested youths/ young adults | Office Established | Well-equipped Vocations Director’s Office | Office space | Willingness by the Director to work in the office |
Hold annual DVT meeting (Nov/Dec) | DVT members | DVT meeting held every year. | Increased efficiency in Vocation Promotion | Reports, minutes, attendance list, photographs | DVT members willing attend annual DVT meeting |
Print booklets/ leaflets and electronically transmit vocation materials | Interested youths/ young adults | Copies of booklets/ leaflets, information transmitted via social media | Vocation information disseminated. | Number of booklets/leaflets published, feedback received via social media | Willingness by interested youths/ young adults to access/ read information |
Conduct Annual Seminarians’ Week | Seminarians | Seminarians’ week held | Increased interaction and knowledge among seminarians | Reports, minutes, attendance list, photographs | Seminarians are willing to attend seminarians’ week
Finances are available |
Encourage Parishes to contribute more resources through campaigns | Parishioners | Parishes reached | Increased resources for Vocation Promotion | Types of resources
documented, announcements and campaigns |
Parishioners’ willingness to participate in Vocation Promotion |
Resource Mobilisation for promotion of Vocations | Cooperating partners and well-wishers | Resources mobilized | Increased resources for Vocation Promotion | Reports, amount and types of mobilized resources | Cooperating partners and well-wishers are willing to assist |