10601 Dexter Pinckney Road, Pinckney, Michigan 48169

Phone (734) 878-3161        Rev. Bill Wegher

Chalice Program

PASSING THE CUP FOR VOCATIONS

Have you given much thought to what God's will is for your life?  How about His call for your children?  Do you feel open to the leading of the Lord in a vocation?

        We are all challenged to reflect on these questions while becoming more aware of the purpose of our life in God's eyes and will.  Bringing more awareness of Vocations to our parish members is one goal of the newly formed Catholic Identity or Vocations Team.   

One way to promote vocation awareness is through the CHALICE PROGRAM.

      This special program allows any parish member or family the opportunity of taking home a sacred Chalice for one week.  This Chalice is accompanied by a binder of individual prayers dealing with Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life, Lay Ministry, Marriage, and the Single Life.  Each week a family or individual is given the chalice at one of the weekend Masses.  They process out, with the Chalice, and bring it home to display in a prominent place.  

Throughout the week the individual or family is asked to spend time talking about vocations as well as praying for those in our own parish community who are contemplating vocations, entering into religious study, or for all who may be discerning a call from the Lord.

     Comments from the host family are written down in a "Reflection" section of the binder for others to read and contemplate.  Some families have shared that the presence of the Chalice in their home has brought about greater unity, has opened up conversations around vocations, has given their children a greater sense of belonging to the Church community, and has made them more aware of the need to pray for vocations regularly.

     We invite anyone who is interested in participating in the Chalice Program to contact Maureen Galloway at (517) 545-4849.

Phone (517) 545-4849

email mkgalloway@sbcglobal.net