NEWS

See if you can spot the NYPRIEST ads in these photos. Play basketball, and think about your vocation.

A video of the game. See if you can find the ad.

From Christendom College:

Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of New York Rev. Luke Sweeney gave the opening remarks on Saturday morning in which he addressed some of the challenges to youth discerning vocations today.

"Now I'm sure in a way we're preaching to the choir, for myself and for yourself," he said. "You've grown up in a certain Catholic culture and tradition so that you know that priesthood, religious life, consecrated life, and marriage are good and worthy callings and I'm sure I would not hear what I hear from some parents: 'I don't want my son to be a priest-I don't want my daughter to be a religious-I want them to be happy.' Well, if we're doing God's will, we will be happy. There will be sacrifice, but God will give us those seeds of happiness."

Rev. Sweeney urged students to pray, to do spiritual reading, and to talk about their call with a priest.

"Speak with a priest," he said. "Be able to open up your heart and see if that's where the Holy Spirit is calling you to. Otherwise, time might fly by and you might regret never having confronted that issue-never having asked God, 'Is this what I want to do?' whether you really want to or not."

Listen to the full audio here:



Read what happened here.