Resources

Fr. Patrick Crino
Director of Vocations
✉  pcrino@diocesetucson.org
✆  520-838-2530

Fr. Jorge Farias Saucedo
Co-Director of Vocations Recruitement
✉  jfarias@diocesetucson.org
✆  520-723-3063

Fr. John Gonzales
Co-Director of Vocations Recruitement, Second Career
✉  jgonzales@diocesetucson.org
✆  520-747-1321

Vocations Office
✉ vocations@diocesetucson.org
✆  520-838-2531 

✝ Books on Celibacy

• The Courage to be Chaste - Fr. Benedict Groeschel
• When God Asks for an Undivided Heart - Fr. Andrew Apostoli
• Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (Priestly Celibacy) - Pope Paul VI, 1967

✝ Books on Priesthood

• Priests for the Third Millennium - Archbishop Timothy Dolan
• The Priest is Not His Own - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 2004
• The Joy of Priesthood - Msgr. Steve Rosetti
• To Save a Thousand Souls - Fr. Brett Brannen

✝ Biographies or Autobiographies of Priests

• The Cure D'Ars: St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney - Abbe Francois Trochu
• A Priest Forever - Fr. Benedict Groeschel
• He Leadeth Me - Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.

✝ Old Testament

• Genesis 12, 22, 37-50
• Exodus 3
• 1 Sam 3
• 1 Kings 19-21
• Isaiah 6, 42, 43, 45, 49
• Jeremiah 1, 20, 29
• Jonah 1-3

✝ New Testament

• Matthew 4, 9, 16, 17, 20, 26, 28
• Luke 4, 9, 14
• John 1, 2, 10, 15, 19
• Mark 3, 10
• Romans 8
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Galatians 1
• Philippians 3
• 1 Peter 2

Each year in November, the nation celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) through prayer, education, and promotion for all vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life.

May 8th, 2022 marks the 59th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. 

On this special day, we ask all to participate in praying for and supporting vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, and permanent diaconate.