Year of Consecrated Life plans and schedule
Year of Consecrated Life plans and schedule
The Vatican has begun to announce plans for celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life, which begins in November 2014.
• renewal for men and women in consecrated life,
• thanksgiving among the faithful for the service of sisters, brothers, priests, and nuns,
• invitation to young Catholics to consider a religious vocation.
Nov. 29, 2014: Opening Prayer Vigil
Nov. 30, 2014: Opening Mass with Pope Francis
Jan. 22-24, 2015: Meeting of Catholic consecrated men and women and consecrated religious from other Christian traditions (to be held during the week of Christian unity)
Second week of April, 2015: Conference on religious formation around the world
Sept. 23-26, 2015: Event for young men and women in discernment and in the process of joining religious orders
Dec. 18-21, 2015: Separate meetings for members of monastic orders and of secular institutes.
Jan. 28 - Feb. 1, 2016: Theological symposium on religious life
Feb. 2, 2016: Closing Mass with Pope Francis on World Day of Consecrated Life
Click here for more information about available resources for the Year of Consecrate Life.
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