Vocations

OFFICE OF vocations calendar

KEY CODE
2009
SEPTEMBER

Sunday Sept. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Thursday Sept 3 7:00pm-8:30pm Men’s Group: Fr. Capodanno Mass (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, DC) Click here for more information
Friday-Saturday Sept. 11-12

9/11: 3:30-9pm 9/12: 9am-7pm

 Woman’s Group: CMSWR Eucharistic Congress (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, DC) Click here for more information
Thursday Sept. 17 6:15-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
OCTOBER

Sunday Oct. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information

Saturday Oct. 3 9:00am - 5:30pm

St. Therese Societies & Men’s Group: St. John Vianney Symposium (Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD

Thursday Oct. 8 7:30pm-9:00pm Quo Vadis Groups & Men’s Group: St. John Vianney Play (Oakcrest High School, McLean) Click here for more information
Saturday Oct. 10 9:00am-3:00pm All Groups: Diocesan Pilgrimage (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, DC) Click here for more information
Thursday Oct. 17 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Sunday Oct. 18 11:30am-9:00pm Quo Vadis Groups: Youth Rally (Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington) Click here for more information
Saturday Oct. 24 9:00am-1:45pm Parish Vocation Promoters: Mass & Annual Workshop (Holy Trinity Parish, Gainesville, VA)
  SUNDAY OCTOBER 25 PRIESTHOOD SUNDAY
Saturday Oct. 31 T.B.D. Serra Club of Arlington: Visit to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (Overbrook, PA)

Saturday Oct. 31 7:30-10:30pm Men’s & Women’s Groups: Catholic Underground (St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Arlington) Click here for more information
NOVEMBER

Sunday Nov. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Friday-Saturday Nov. 13-15

11/13: T.B.D. 11/15: T.B.D.

 Women’s Group: Vocation Discernment Retreat-In Spanish (Mount Zion Retreat Center, Ft. Valley, VA)
Thursday Nov. 19 6:15pm-8:00 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
DECEMBER

Sunday Dec. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Saturday Dec. 5 T.B.D. Hispanic Vocation Promoters: Workshop (Site: T.B.D.)
Thursday Dec. 17 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Saturday Dec. 19 8:00am-7:30pm Men’s Group: Day of Discernment (Franciscan Monastery; Washington, DC)
Sunday-Tuesday Dec. 27-29

12/27: T.B.D. 12/29: T.B.D.

 Seminarians: Diocesan Seminary Retreat (Tenative-San Damiano Spirituality Center, White Post, VA)
2010
JANUARY

Sunday Jan. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Saturday Jan. 2 T.B.D. All Groups: Quo Vadis Group Members -vs- Arlington Seminarians Basketball Game (Site: T.B.D.)
Sat.-Sun. Jan. 2-3 Varies Seminarians: Parish Visits & Vocation Talks
  SUN.-SAT. JANUARY 10-16 NATIONAL VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK
Sun.-Sat. Jan. 10-16 Parish Rel. Ed. & Catholic Schools Student National Vocations Awareness Week Program
T.B.D. Jan. T.B.D. T.B.D. Serra Club of Arlington: Mass & Morning of Reflection (Site: T.B.D.)
Thursday Jan. 17 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)

T.B.D. Jan. T.B.D. T.B.D. Men Ages 16 and Up: Knights of Columbus “Consider the Call” Dinner (Site: T.B.D.)
Thursday Jan. 21 T.B.D. All Groups: Vigil Pro-Life Mass (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, DC)
Friday Jan. 22 T.B.D. All Groups: Mass & March-for-Life (Washington, DC)

Saturday Jan. 30 7:30-10:30pm Men’s & Women’s Groups: Catholic Underground (St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Arlington) Click here for more information
FEBRUARY

Sunday Feb. Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information

T.B.D. Feb. T.B.D. T.B.D. Men Ages 16 and Up: Knights of Columbus “Consider the Call” Dinner (Site: T.B.D.)
Friday Feb. 5 T.B.D. Men’s Group: Capitals Hockey Game (Verizon Center, Washington, DC)
  SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE
Friday-Sunday Feb. 12-14

2/12: T.B.D. 2/14: T.B.D.

 Quo Vadis Groups: MOUNT 2010 (Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD) Click here for more information

T.B.D. Feb. T.B.D. T.B.D. Men Ages 16 and Up: Knights of Columbus “Consider the Call” Dinner (Site: T.B.D.)
Thursday Feb. 17 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Friday-Sunday Feb. 19-21

2/19: T.B.D. 2/21: T.B.D.

  All Groups: Christendom College Discernment Weekend (Front Royal, VA)
MARCH

Sunday March Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Tuesday March 9 11:00am-12:30pm 8th Graders: Annual Vocation Mass (Holy Spirit Church, Annandale)
Thursday March 18 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Friday-Sunday March 26-28

3/26: T.B.D. 3/28: T.B.D.

 Men’s Group: Yearly Discernment Retreat (Tenative-San Damiano Spirituality Center, White Post, VA)
T.B.D. March T.B.D. T.B.D. Serra Club of Arlington: Visit to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (Overbrook, PA)
APRIL

Sunday April Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Thursday April 1 T.B.D. Seminarians, Bishop Loverde & Arlington Presbyterate: Holy Thursday Breakfast & Chrism Mass (Cathedral School & Cathedral of St. Thomas More)
Thursday April 1 11:00am-12:30pm All Groups: Holy Thursday Chrism Mass (Cathedral School & Cathedral of St. Thomas More)
Friday-Sunday April 9-11

4/09: T.B.D. 4/11: T.B.D.

 Women’s Group: Yearly Discernment Retreat-In English (Tenative-San Damiano Spirituality Center, White Post, VA)
Saturday-Sunday April 17-18

4/17: T.B.D. 4/18: T.B.D.

 Men’s Group: Overnight Seminary Trip to St. Charles (Overbrooke, PA)
T.B.D. April T.B.D. T.B.D. Bishop, Fr. Bashista, Seminarians & Discerners: National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (Washington, DC)
Thursday April 18 6:15pm-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)

Saturday April 24 7:30-10:30pm Men’s & Women’s Groups: Catholic Underground (St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Arlington) Click here for more information
Saturday-Sunday April 24-25

4/24: T.B.D. 4/25: T.B.D.

 All Groups: World Day of Prayer for Vocations Prayer Vigil (Poor Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, Alexandria)
  SUNDAY APRIL 25 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Sunday April 25   All Groups: Annual Diocesan Hispanic Vocations Mass w/Bishop Loverde (Site: TBD)
MAY

Sunday May Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
T.B.D. May T.B.D. T.B.D. Women’s Group: Spring “Nun Run” (Sites: T.B.D.)
Thursday May 20 6:15-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Saturday-Saturday May 22-29

5/22: T.B.D. - 5/29: T.B.D.

 Seminarians & Discerners: Mountain Trip (Elkton, VA)
Wednesday May 19 6:30pm-8:30pm Men’s Group & Parish Vocation Promoters: Spring Dinner w/Bishop Loverde & Seminarians (St. Thomas More Center, Arlington)
JUNE

Sunday June Varies per Location Varies per Location Quo Vadis Groups: Discussion, Meal & Prayer (Locations: Deanery Parishes) Click here for more information
Tuesday June 1 6:30pm-8:30pm Women’s Group & Parish Vocation Promoters: Spring Dinner w/Bishop Loverde & Religious Sisters (St. Thomas More Center, Arlington)
Tuesday or Wednesday June 1 or 2  T.B.D. Seminarians: Seminarian Sprint (St. Mary School, Alexandria, VA)
Saturday June 5 11:00am

All Groups: Diaconate Ordination (Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Friday June 11 7:30pm-8:30pm All Groups: Vigil of Priesthood Ordination Holy Hour (Church: TBD)
Saturday June 12 11:00am All Groups: Priesthood Ordination (Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Monday June 14 Varies Seminarians: Parish Summer Assignments Begin
Thursday June 17 6:15-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)
Sunday June 27 Time: 8am-8pm Men’s Group: Mount St. Mary’s Grotto Mass/Seminary Visit & Hiking Trip (Emmitsburg, MD)
JULY
Sunday-Thursday July 11-15

7/11: 2:30pm - 7/15: 2:00pm

 Quo Vadis Groups: 2010 Quo Vadis Days Camp (Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD) Click here for more information
Wednesday July 14 Time: 3-5:00pm All Groups: Quo Vadis Group Members -vs- Arlington Seminarians Softball Game (Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD)
Thursday July 22 6:15-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)

Saturday July 24 (Ten.) 7:30-10:30pm Men’s & Women’s Groups: Catholic Underground (St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Arlington) Click here for more information
Friday July 30 Time: TBD Men's Group & New Seminarians: Trip to Renzetti’s & St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (Philadelphia, PA)
AUGUST
Saturday August 7 11:00am-2:00pm Seminarians & Families: Serra Club/Knights of Columbus Mass of Thanksgiving & Cook-Out (St. Mary of Sorrows Historic Church, Fairfax Station)
Thursday August 12 (Ten.) 10:00am-2:00pm

Altar Servers: Annual Appreciation Picnic w/Bishop Loverde, Seminarians & Knights of Columbus (Lake Fairfax Park, Reston)
Sunday August 15 Varies Seminarians: Parish Summer Assignments End
Thursday August 19 6:15-8:30 pm Women’s Group: Dinner, Meeting & Holy Hour (Chancery & Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington)