How We Can Support Our Priests
- Pray for the Holy Father in a very special way, that he may have the health and strength to guide our church for many years to come.
- Attend the Holy Mass and pray for priests worldwide.
- Spend a holy hour in Eucharistic Adoration for our priests.
- Volunteer to assist and serve your priests and community as a Eucharistic minister or church reader.
- Stop whatever you are doing at 3pm which is the hour of Divine Mercy and spend a quiet moment praying in thanksgiving for our priests and contemplating the gift of Priesthood.
- Pray the rosary for priests, in particularly the luminous and meditate on the Institution of the Eucharist the fifth mystery.
- Pray in a special way for priests on the missions and who are persecuted.
- Pray to the Saints most associated with the priesthood for the protection of our priest's.
- Pray the St. Michael prayer for our priests daily.
- Always thank a Priest for a homily he shared that greatly inspired you.
- Always affirm a priest with a particular gift of the Holy Spirit that he as priest shares with the community.
- Offer up the crosses of this your day for the priesthood.
- Mail a thank you card to a priest.
- Extend a handshake of friendship to a priest and thank him for being priest.
- Have a mass said for our priests in thanksgiving for them or for their intentions.
- Volunteer to assist and serve your priests and community as a Eucharistic minister or church reader etc.
- Remember your priest with a card and a note of thanksgiving on their ordination anniversaries.
- Celebrate world day of prayer for priests each year with a special celebration for your priests.
- Organize interviews on your local radio/tv station for your priests who have a special story of ministry to share with the local community.
- Look for opportunities for our Priests to share their call to the priesthood with groups of young men.
- Have a community gathering in the local parish hall to celebrate world day of prayer for priests.
- Invite a priest for a game of golf.
- Present your priest with the gift of a holiday/pilgrimage or retreat.
- Offer to cut the grass or ask your priest is there anything he needs a helping hand with.
