09/23/2026
Priesthood Sunday
Priesthood Sunday, the last Sunday of September, is a special day set aside to honor the priesthood in the United States. It is a day to reflect on and affirm the priesthood's central role in the life of the Church.
This nationwide event is coordinated and sponsored by the USA Council of Serra International. Serrans are encouraged to spearhead events in their diocese, parish, and school to involve many people and show appreciation to all priests.
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
“At once they left their nets and followed him."
Below are a few prayers that can be said for our priests:
Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests. Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments. Help our priests to be strong in their vocation. Set their souls on fire with love for your people. Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in Jesus' footsteps. Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom. Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel. Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.
Help them to become instruments of your divine grace. We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eternal Priest.
Amen.
Prayer of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests;
for your lonely and desolate priests;
for your young priests;
for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:
the priest who baptized me;
the priests who absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way (especially …).
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart
and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity.
Amen.
Thank you , Father Chris and Father Mark, for your spiritual leadership!
Priesthood Sunday, the last Sunday of September, is a special day set aside to honor the priesthood in the United States. It is a day to reflect on and affirm the priesthood's central role in the life of the Church. This nationwide event is coordinated and sponsored by the USA Council of Serra Inter...
