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At the Service of All Vocations
Human flourishing and holiness are for each person and for everyone! This deep conviction has led us to develop opportunities for vocational discernment, spiritual growth and fraternity, supporting all those who desire to live their vocation to the full.
St John Paul II Discernment Programme
Vocational discernment programme for men
For students and young professionals aged 18 and over
Eight weekends throughout the year, from October to May
A different venue each weekend (abbey, shrine, community, etc.)
A team of guides: priests, consecrated persons and fathers of families
St. Thérèse Discernment Programme
Vocational discernment programme for women
For female students and young professionals aged 18 and over
Eight weekends throughout the year, from October to May
A different venue each weekend (abbey, shrine, community, etc.)
A team of guides: priests, consecrated women and mothers of families
The Totus Tuus Network
A movement created by young people for young people, born out of the experience of our discernment programmes.
Becoming holy in your vocation
Becoming a missionary of vocations!
Enabling students, young professionals and young couples to receive integral formation for the vocation mission of the Church.
Fraternity groups throughout France!
The Totus Tuus Festival
for students and young professionals
around 15 August
The intensity of a retreat — the fraternity of a festival
The festival’s DNA: 🔥 Called — ⚓ Offered — 🌍 Sent
Called: allowing Christ to touch our hearts and call each of us to life in Him.
Offered: learning to give our lives to God and to others.
Sent: becoming witnesses in the Church and in the world.
The festival’s spiritual journey draws inspiration in particular from:
St John Paul II
St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St Thérèse of Lisieux
Sequela Christi Year
A year of spiritual foundations and discernment for consecrated life — for men
This may be a gap year from studies or work, running from September to June.
Formation to deepen one’s roots in the love of Christ
A life of prayer in community and in the parish
Community placements throughout the year
Community and fraternal life in a men-only setting
Apostolic activities
Personal spiritual accompaniment
Objectives
To discern and confirm the call one has received
To find the community in which to live out this call
Mater Ecclesiae Year
A year of spiritual foundations and discernment for consecrated life — for women
This may be a gap year from studies or work, running from September to June.
Formation to deepen one’s roots in the love of Christ
A life of prayer in community and in the parish
Community placements throughout the year
Community and fraternal life in a women-only setting
Apostolic activities
Personal spiritual accompaniment
Objectives
To discern and confirm the call one has received
To find the community in which to live out this call
St John Paul II Missionary Vocational Cenacles
For priests :
Fraternal groups for sanctification and mission
These are fraternal groups dedicated to formation, sharing and reflecting together on the missionary practices of their priest members.
Formed together in connection with the UMV and rooted in the diocese where they serve, while remaining open to the universal vocational mission of the Church, the priests of each Cenacle deepen two particularly important aspects of vocational mission:
Vocational preaching, sometimes itinerant, in the various ecclesial settings of their diocese
Vocational spiritual accompaniment
Together, they form an apostolic body dedicated to vocational mission and the renewal of their diocese.
Objectives
To encourage and support one another in proclaiming the Good News of Vocation.
To foster the sanctification of its members and their vocational mission.
Experiencing Holy Thursday centred on Christ the High Priest, and preparing spiritually for Pentecost with the Virgin Mary.
Contemplating the priesthood of Christ the High Priest as the source of priests’ holiness and of the call to baptismal priestly self-offering.
Praying the Litanies of Christ the High Priest together every Thursday.
Christ the High Priest is the Master of vocations. He forms the members of each St John Paul II Missionary Cenacle, both directly and indirectly.
Spiritualité
St John Paul II Missionary Vocational Families
For married couples, with or without children, and widows and widowers
Through the mysteries of Christ — His childhood, apostolic life, Passion and glory — as well as the liturgical year and the Rosary, we contemplate Christ the High Priest and Master of vocations.
Formed through the grace of the UMV, we deepen our understanding of the Gospel of Vocations and the Gospel of the Priesthood. We seek to accompany young people according to their age, respond to the Church’s present challenges and live out the universal vocational mission of the Church as a family.
The Gospel of the Family
The Gospel of Work
The Gospel of Vocations
The Gospel of the Priesthood
To pray the UMV prayer daily and enthrone Jesus the Priest in the home, praying for vocations, fostering vocations throughout the world and supporting those who have received a call
To grow in our understanding of the beauty of marriage, of man and woman, of family, work, culture and creation, through Scripture and Tradition, so as to participate more fully in the mission of the Church
To provide spiritual and material support, in the charism of the UMV, for the Church’s parish, diocesan and universal vocational missions
To educate and pass on an understanding of vocation to children, movements, parishes and others
To remain available for vocational mission through the grace of the UMV
To promote knowledge of and devotion to Jesus the Priest, the Master of vocations
Charism
How it works
Two hours per month
One group evening with a designated UMV priest
Two visits per year from the chaplain to each family, including catechesis for the children
Two formation weekends
Additional formation resources available on our website
The Prayer to Jesus the Priest
Contemplating, praying to and enthroning the Priestly Heart of Jesus the Priest
This prayer, promoted by members of the UMV, leads souls towards Christian maturity: offering themselves in Christ the Priest and thereby fostering the vocations the Church needs.
For holy vocations
I choose You today, Jesus Christ, High Priest,
In the presence of the whole heavenly court,
As my Saviour, my Lord,
And the Master of my vocation and of all vocations.
Take and receive all my freedom,
My memory, my understanding and my entire will;
All that I possess comes from You, and to You I return it.
Everything is Yours; dispose of it according to Your perfect will,
So that it may serve the greater glory of the Most Holy Trinity
And the vocational mission of the whole Church.
Priestly Heart of Jesus,
Together with my brothers and sisters of the Union Missionnaire Vocationnelle,
We place our vocations in Your hands.
Make us holy missionaries of vocations.
With Your Mother, the Most Holy Virgin Mary,
Help us to contemplate and share with the world the beauty of vocations.
Help us to love the Church and serve her generously,
In her diocesan and universal dimensions.
Help us to support the Pope, the bishops, the priests
And all the baptised in their vocational mission.
Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Queen of Apostles, pray for us.
Mother of priests, pray for us.
Mother of consecrated persons, pray for us.
Educator of Christian families, pray for us.
St Joseph, protector of vocations, pray for us.
St Joseph, educator of vocations, pray for us.
St John Paul II, pray for us.
St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, pray for us.
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, pray for us.
Lord, give us priests.
Lord, give us holy priests.
Lord, give us many holy priests.
Lord, give us many holy consecrated vocations.
Lord, give us many holy Christian families,
For Your greater glory in time and eternity.
Jesus, Merciful High Priest, we trust in You.
Jesus, High Priest and Bridegroom of souls and of the Church, offer us as a living sacrifice.
Most Holy Trinity, unite us to Yourself.
Amen ✠
The priests of the UMV offer to enthrone Jesus the Priest and His Priestly Heart in priests’ homes, families, parishes, religious congregations, propaedeutic programmes, seminaries, shrines and other settings.
Enthroning Jesus the Priest
Vocational missions
The UMV can organise preaching, formation programmes, spiritual accompaniment, missions and retreats:
For priests, laypeople and religious congregations, in families, parishes, dioceses, and among young people, students and professionals
On Christ the High Priest and Christ the Bridegroom
Formation in vocational education for minors
Training in vocational preaching
Training in vocational spiritual accompaniment
Training in vocational discernment
Support in establishing vocational missions
Supervision and follow-up of missions within the UMV framework
St John-Paul II Compagny
This community of priests is primarily dedicated to promoting the ministerial priesthood. Following in the footsteps of St John Paul II, its members are called to contemplate Christ the Merciful High Priest and His work of redemption, made present in the mystery of the Eucharistic sacrifice.
This priestly spirituality is rooted in three dimensions, inspired by the community’s heavenly patrons: the Virgin Mary, St John Paul II and St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.
Oblature of the St John-Paul II Compagny
This is a personal commitment to live as an oblate of Christ the High Priest, offering everything one experiences each day for the raising up and sanctification of priests, seminarians and consecrated persons.
This commitment gives direction to our Christian life. We grow in holiness by helping seminarians, priests and consecrated persons to grow in holiness.
It is a contemplative commitment before it is an apostolic one, lived out in the ordinary circumstances of everyday life.