ComVoc: Its Nature

Vision : “A people called by the Father in Jesus Christ to be communities of totally developed human persons in the world witnessing to the Kingdom of God y living the Pascal Mystery in the power of the Holy Spirit.”

1. General Objective

To help in the realization of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Thrust through vocation education, promotion, and preservation.

2. Specific Objectives
   Education and Promotion

• To form a vocation team composed of vocation directors and directress of the different congregations within the Archdiocese, Priest and Lay Vicarial Vocation Coordinators and seminarians.
• To conduct vocation campaigns in different schools, public and private in different parishes within the Archdiocese.
• To hold a vocation month to make all the faithful aware of the need for more vocations.
• To organize search-ins, vocation conventions, and seminars on the vicarial and diocesan level.
• To provide brochures and poster for vocation consciousness.
• To form and organize vocation youth clubs or organizations.

• To integrate vocation education and promotion within diocesan programs.
• To hold regular altar knights gathering and/or sports fest in the seminary to encourage them to priestly vocation.
• To reorganize gatherings of Priests and Religious in the Archdiocese of Lipa in order to have a wider view of the vocation to the consecrated life by means of seminars, workshops, and sharings.

Preservation

For Benefactors/Promoters

• To organize the SFS Association of Promoters/Benefactors - Kapisanan ni San Francisco de Sales.
• To hold regular Archdiocesan Benefactor’s Day.
• To prepare an integrated and consistent program for benefactors/promoters’ activities.
• To form an Archdiocesan committee of Promoters to help in the planning for the Association.
• To give recognition to prominent promoters and benefactors of the Kapisanan by giving them plaques, certificates and trophies.
• To put up a souvenir program of the Kapisanan ni San Francisco de Sales.
• To hold regular meetings and recollections of promoters and benefactors on the diocesan and vicarial levels.
  

For Seminarians

• To support seminarians with financial difficulties through the Association.
• To meet the ALAS yearly in their ALAS convention.
• To meet seminarians of each department at least twice a year.
• To direct them towards the Archdiocesan vocation Pastoral Thrust.
• To be aware of seminarians going out, taking regency, etc. and also to talk with them.
• To open the office of Commission on Vocation for seminarians for vocation counseling.
• To expose them during vacation on the different apostolates of the Archdiocese.
  

For Parents

• To reorganize the different Parent’s Association i.e., Batangas, Nasugbu, Lipa, and other parishes.
• To organize it on the diocesan level.
• To meet them on quarterly basis.
• To integrate the Parent’s Association with Promoter’s Association.