How can we help

Part of our remit at the vocations centre is to support the work of teachers and staff in the Archdiocese of Birmingham by providing information, resources, initiatives etc to aid in the pastoral care for vocations.

Pastoral care for vocations is a gradual process leading people to gratitude, then responsibility, then a freely given response to God. It begins with general vocation then leads to specific.

The proposal of vocation is a daily task of the church and needs to be done for all ages with a community and personal dimension.

Those involved in pastoral work for vocations in groups, communities, parishes, schools and families need to be sowers, accompaniers, educators, formators and discerners. These are the five dimensions of the mystery of the call of God.

The vocations centre endeavour to provide resources that will bring parts of the Re curriculum to life using up to date media, and by providing events, initiatives and opportunities to pupils and teachers that they would not otherwise have the opportunity to take part in.

This is often done with the help of deanery vocations promotion groups, who are local to individual schools.