10/10/2025
We love our priests, deacons and sisters! Around 150 people attended the 32nd Annual Clergy and Religious Appreciation Banquet at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church. This yearly dinner, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, honors the service and dedication of our priests, deacons, sisters and lay consecrated men and women in our diocese. After a social hour and a delicious dinner, Fr. James Vasquez, Vocation Director of our Diocese, gave a keynote speech on vocation ministry: “My job as a vocation director is to help young people discern,” he said. Discerning is not deciding between options, but rather “seeing,” as when the light at sunrise helps distinguish things. A vocation always belongs to God. “It is not my vocation; I don’t possess it! God is calling us because there is a need.” The Knights of Columbus presented Bishop Mulvey with a $31,000 check for a charity of his choice. He decided to give to the Ark Assessment Center and Emergency Shelter for children, led by Sr. Milagros.