The Church needs priests. Without men answering this call from Christ, who will give the Sacraments to the next generation? Do you think that God might be calling you to serve Him as a priest? The English word ‘vocation’ comes from the Latin word ‘vocare’, which means ‘to call’. To enter a vocation then, is simply to answer a calling – a calling that God has placed in your heart, a calling that will bring you the joy, peace, and happiness that you crave. The question of vocation is not, ‘Do I have a vocation?’ The real question is, ‘Which vocation am I being called to follow?’ The Lord might be calling to you. He may have designed you for a purpose, a mission that no one else can fulfill. If and when you are chosen, if and when the Lord calls, will you respond?
The Sacrament of Holy Orders is what allows a priest to act in persona Christi, a Latin phrase that translates to “in the person of Christ.” This is how the priest celebrates any Sacrament, not by his own power, but by the power of the Holy Spirit moving through him.
The mission of the Vocation Ministry is to plan and implement programs for vocation awareness and promotion. Persons interested in becoming priests, deacons, sisters or brothers should first contact the Vocation Ministry heads Louie Laudico or Anna Lagman.
The most common path to the religious vocation is via the Altar Server role. So though the Altar Servers as a group fall under the Worship Ministry, it makes sense for the head of the Vocation Ministry to also be the coordinator for Altar Servers.
Each year, like the Lectors & Commentators, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Greeters and Collectors, new Altar Servers are recruited and undergo the Basic Formation Seminar. Each year as well, active Altar Servers undergo the Renewal Formation.
For 2018, the Facilitators of the Ministry of Altar Servers of the Diocese of Cubao went to the different parishes to conduct the Renewal Formation for Active altar servers. Assigned to Christ the King Parish was Brother Angelo Lance Torres who met with the CTK active servers last February 17, 2018. Brother Lance is on his 3rd year college course on Religious Education at UST. He is presently serving at Sta. Maria Dela Strada Parish in La Vista. Like most of the CTK boys, he also started serving at the age of nine.
And each year as well, all the new and active Altar Servers have to be formally commissioned during a special mass, with the new Altar Servers also receiving their new vestments. Last June 17, 2018, two new Altar Servers, brothers John Elroy & Kristof Isaac Aragon, joined the 43 current Altar Servers in Commissioning Rites at the 9 am mass, co-presided by outgoing parish priest Fr. Bong Tupino and incoming parish priest Fr. Steve Zabala.
As of July 2018, CTK has 45 Altar Servers.
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