What is the Invisible Monastery?

It is a group of people who agree to pray for vocations. Together they make up the Invisible Monastery!

As a member of Invisible Monastery:

• You pledge to pray daily or weekly for vocations
• You choose the type of prayer—Mass intention, rosary, private prayer, etc.
• You may renew your pledge annually
• You receive a quarterly e-newsletter with prayers, resources, and ideas for promoting vocations
• You may receive occasional communication from the diocesan Vocation Director with prayer requests or other information.

Why Pray?

Reason #1 We need more priests and religious!

The Church’s need for priests is growing. As priests die and retire, not enough men are being ordained to replace them. Meanwhile, the Catholic population is growing. This leads to painful parish closings, mergers, and over-worked priests. Likewise, the number of religious sisters has plummeted by nearly 70% in the past 50 years, which means fewer sisters in schools, hospitals, and other critical Catholic missions.

Reason #2 We need the Eucharist

“Considering that the Eucharist is the greatest gift our Lord gives to his Church, we must ask for priests since the priesthood is a gift for the Church. We must pray insistently for this gift. We must ask for it on our knees.” ~ Pope John Paul II

Reason #3 Prayer is the “one thing necessary”

“I often think that prayer–the unum necessarium–-is the one aspect of vocations work which we tend to forget or to undervalue.” – Pope Benedict XVI

Reason #4 Prayer works!

“If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.” ~ 1 John 5:14-15