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John Wilson, a columnist and editorial writer for the New York Post, is hanging up his pen and pad for some priestly vestments.

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Here's the full article in CNY: http://www.cny.org/archive/ld/ld8070110.htm

http://www.zenit.org/article-29150?l=english

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May 3rd, marked the 10th Anniversary of the entrance into eternal life of John Cardinal O’Connor. Many were able to be present and share in this day of great glory and celebration for a splendid life and legacy left us by this wonderful man. If you were not able to be there you may watch it at http://www.catholictv.com/Cardinal-John-OConnor.aspx.
At the end of the Mass, Archbishop Timothy Dolan launched and introduced a new effort of the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus called the National Prayer for Life Campaign. For more info: http://www.nationalprayerforlife.org/ and watch as this brand new website develops.

Join the seminarians from St. Joseph's Seminary and St. John Neumann Seminary College as we attend the Ordination to Priesthood of 7 Archdiocese of New York Seminarians and 3 Friars of the Renewal by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. Arrival at Dunwoodie is at 5:00 PM Friday, May 14, 2010, and all will conclude at approximately 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 15, 2010. The overnight will include Evening Prayer where those men to be ordained make their Profession of Faith and take their Oaths of Fidelity, a Preached Holy Hour to the seminarians, the 9:00 AM Saturday Ordination at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Seminary Luncheon and First Blessings in our cloister. Dress will be collared shirt, khakis and shoes Friday evening and Jacket and Tie with Shoes on Saturday.
RSVP Required to (914) 968-1340 or nypriest@archny.org. Please indicate which overnight group you are:

Discerners and College Associates

Cathedral Prep High School Student

St. Joseph's Seminary will host the annual Mass and Dinner for Priestly Vocations on Friday, March 19, 2009. His Excellency, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan will offer Mass at 5:00 PM. Tours of the seminary will be available starting at 3:30 PM. Dinner will end approximately 8:00 PM with tours available afterwards, too. Young men in grades 8-12 are invited to attend with their priest(s). For more information and to register, please contact the Vocations office at (914) 968-1340 or vocations@archny.org.

"Come and See" Vocation Discernment Weekends at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers are designed to allow you the opportunity to pray about a possible vocation to the diocesan priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York. It will afford a man a chance to speak with others discerning a call, an opportunity to hear from and to speak with seminarians both in theology and philosophy who have just entered or are preparing for Priesthood Ordination, as well as a chance to hear from a young priest about his experiences in the ministry. For those who have completed a Discernment Weekend, there will be an abbreviated schedule to allow more time for reflection. We usually end the Spring Weekend with Palm Sunday Mass with the Archbishop at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick. To register, please contact the Voctaions Office at vocations@archny.org or call (914) 968-1340.

After another weekend of 20 high school young men on our February Prep Weekend, we are looking forward to March! It will be held on March 19, 20 & 21. This will be a special weekend - it will begin with our annual 5:00 PM Mass and Dinner (with your parish priests only) for Vocations with Archbishop Dolan on the Solemnity of St. Joseph's. Saturday, we will head to the Archdiocesan Youth Congress at Stepinac High School. And Sunday we head down to St. Patrick's Cathedral for Archbishop Dolan's Mass - families are most welcome to join us! We conclude back at the seminary after lunch (families welcome) at 2:00 PM (please RSVP). The Prep Weekend is a chance for a young man to draw closer to the Lord Jesus and to experience good fraternity with others considering the call. There will be conferences, Confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, sports and opportunities to meet seminarians. All high school age young men interested in a vocation to the priesthood are encouraged to attend the weekend at St. Joseph's Seminary. Please register by calling (914) 968-1340 or by contacting vocations@archny.org.
Click here for Cathedral Prep's website.
Click here to see a Prep student address the Annual Vocations Dinner.
Download printable schedule of all upcoming events (ENGLISH).
Download printable schedule of all upcoming events (SPANISH).

Upcoming weekends:
April 16, 17 & 18 (Joy) led by Fr. George Hafemann *Saturday will be open to 8th grade boys from 9am - 7pm.
May 14 & 15 - Priesthood Ordination overnight.
June 25 - 29, 2010 Extended Weekend.

"The Catholic Church celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week January 10-16. To encourage Catholics to foster vocations, Father David Toups, interim director of the Office of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offers 'Ten Things' Catholics can do to promote vocations to priesthood and religious life."
"The first five steps on this list are directed toward all Catholics. The second five are specifically an invitation to younger Catholics to consider saying 'yes' to a religious vocation."
Click here for the Ten Things That Promote Vocations by Father David Toups.
Click here for Lesson Plans for Grades K-8.

FOCUS National Conference 2010 from FOCUSNational on Vimeo.

Fr. Luke Sweeney will be traveling to the Fellowship of Catholic University Students National Conference in Orlando, Florida from December 30, 2009 until January 3, 2010. If you will be there and are from the Archdiocese of New York, please come to our NYPriest table and introduce yourself!

Click here to listen to Archbishop Dolan's Homilies.
Click here to read Archbishop Dolan's Blog.
Click here to read Archbishop Dolan's "To Whom Shall We Go" column in Catholic New York.

For all Discerners in our College Associates Program, especially those coming back home from school at the end of this semester, we will have an Advent/Christmas vocations overnight from Tuesday, December 22 through Wednesday, December 23. We will have a Holy Hour, Dinner in House and time to hang out in the gym. For more details and to RSVP (required) please contact Fr. Luke Sweeney at nypriest@archny.org or (914) 968-1340.

41 Seminarians of the St. John Neumann Seminary College at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, sing Biebel's Ave Maria at the Annual Lessons and Carols on Monday, November 30th. The Archbishop liked it so much they will be singing at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, December 13th at the 10:15 AM High Mass.

For the December Prep Weekend on the 11, 12 & 13th, His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan, Retired Archbishop of New York, will offer Mass lead us in our Advent conferences.

Arrival will be from 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM on Friday (your family members are welcome to stay for 6:30 PM dinner). On Saturday we will travel down to Midtown Manhattan to visit with His Eminence and to spend the remainder of the day seeing the sights and sounds of the Christmas Season. On Sunday we conclude our weekend with a Family Mass at 10:00 AM with His Eminence Cardinal Egan followed by breakfast for all. The Prep Weekend is a chance for a young man to draw closer to the Lord Jesus and to experience good fraternity with others considering the call. There will be conferences, Confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, sports and opportunities to meet seminarians. All high school age young men interested in a vocation to the priesthood are encouraged to attend the weekend at St. Joseph's Seminary.
Since bus seating is limited, registration required by Tuesday, December 8th. Please register by calling (914) 968-1340 or by contacting vocations@archny.org.
Click here for Cathedral Prep's website.
Click here to see a Prep student address the Annual Vocations Dinner.
Download printable schedule of all upcoming events (ENGLISH).
Download printable schedule of all upcoming events (SPANISH).