Help form the priests who will serve our families.
Thirty-eight men from the Diocese of San Bernardino are in formation right now. Each one said yes to a call. Your gift helps them keep walking toward the altar.
Gifts are received through the Diocese of San Bernardino’s secure online giving page, for the Office of Vocations.
Every priest was once a seminarian someone believed in.
I think of the young men who come to our Discernment Thursdays for the first time. They sit at the back during Adoration, not quite sure why they came. Some of them are now in formation. A few of them, God willing, will one day stand at the altar of a parish in the Inland Empire and say the words that make Christ present.
None of them get there alone. Between that first evening and ordination are years of prayer, study, community life and pastoral work. The Church calls it formation: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. It is patient, demanding and beautiful work, and it is not free.
When you give, you are not paying a bill. You are standing behind a man you may never meet, so that one day he can stand beside your family at a baptism, a wedding, a hospital bed or a funeral.
Thank you for praying for our seminarians. If you are able, I invite you to help support them too.
Fr. Hau VuDirector, Office of Vocations · Diocese of San Bernardino
$40,000–$50,000
That is roughly what one year of formation costs for one seminarian, and priestly formation takes several years. With 38 men in formation, every gift matters.
- $125about one day of a seminarian’s formation
- $875about one week
- $3,750about one month
- $45,000about one full year for one man
Figures are approximate, based on $40,000–$50,000 per year. Gifts of every size are received with gratitude.
Give, pray, invite.
Pray for a seminarian
One name each day, held in the prayer of our whole community.
Visit the Prayer Center → InviteRecommend someone
Know a young man or woman who might be called? Share their name and we will reach out with care.
Recommend someone → Lasting giftSeminarian burses
Learn how a burse can support the formation of priests for years to come.
Read about burses →To give by check, to make a gift in memory of someone, or to talk about a larger gift, please call 909.783.1305 or email vocations@sbdiocese.org.
Help carry a man from his first yes to the altar.
Your gift goes to the Office of Vocations of the Diocese of San Bernardino.
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