For more information or to
register, please call the contact listed or Fr.
Joe Noonan at 312-751-8298 or jnoonan@archchicago.org
A
Day at Mundelein
Spend a day “as a seminarian”
attending class, praying with the community,
sharing meals together, and joining in our community
Mass can be very helpful for discernment. You
are encouraged to consider joining us this upcoming
year. Contact Fr. Chris Ciomek
at 847-970-4841 or e-mail
him if interested.
Exploring Priesthood
Weekend
Discernment weekends are hosted
by Mundelein Seminary on the following dates:
October 10-12,
2008
January 16-18, 2009
March 20-22, 2009
These weekends will feature presentations
on:
• Practical steps in discerning
one's vocation
• Becoming more fully a disciple of Jesus
Christ
• Vocational journeys of priests &
how they came to understand God's call
• Prayer opportunities including the celebration
of the Eucharist and Night Prayer
• Seminarian-led presentation on what
life is like in a seminary, including its main
components: academic, human, spiritual, and
pastoral formation
• Additional opportunities to talk with
seminarians candidly about their lives and vocations
We encourage men to make full
use of the Weekend by asking questions, visiting
our chapels for prayer and meditation, and utilizing
the recreational facilities (gymnasium, pool,
racquetball courts, weight room, lake, wooded
paths) and by listening more closely to the
voice of God speaking to their hearts.
Exploring Priesthood Weekends
are held at Mundelein
Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, about 40
miles north of downtown Chicago. Mundelein Seminary
is easily accessible by car or train (Metra
Milwaukee District North Line). Transportation
is also available to and from O'Hare Airport.
The address is 1000
East Maple Avenue, Mundelein, IL 60060 and
phone number is 847-970-4814.
You can obtain further information
or make a reservation by contacting Fr. Joe
Noonan at 312-751-8298, jnoonan@archchicago.org.
If you will be studying for a
diocese other than Chicago, please contact your
diocesan Vocation Director. There is no fee
for the Weekend, and dress is casual.
InSearch
InSearch is program for post-college-age
men with serious interest in diocesan priesthood
that runs from October through March. The program
is guided by the discernment model of Albert
Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago from 1958-1965.
Cardinal Meyer believed a man must first attend
to growth as a human being, then as a Christian
disciple, and finally a priest.
InSearch meetings are held at
Holy
Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago. The
program includes opportunities to learn and
grow in Catholic prayer forms such as Lectio
Divina, Liturgy of the Hours, and other forms
of meditation common to priests. The program
also features seminarian guest speakers sharing
their vocational call stories as well as priests
sharing the stories of their spiritual lives
and current work in ministry.
This program has a long history
of success in helping men to discern their vocation.
This "success" is helping men know
more clearly God's vocational call for them.
To obtain further information,
contact Fr. Joe Noonan at 312-751-8298 or jnoonan@archchicago.org.
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