February 23, 2020
To you, our Mother, we entrust in a special way
our Bishop and the priests of our diocese.
To them has been given a special sharing
in the priesthood of Your Divine Son.
He has chosen them to be ministers of His Word and Sacrament.
Ask Him to fill them with zeal,
to keep them faithful and joyful in His service,
conscious of the fact that they care
and so bring glory to the father
and honor to the Church.
Holy Mother, increase the ranks of our priests
by inspiring our young people to be more generous
in their response to serve Jesus in the priesthood
and in religious life.
Sustain all of us, O Virgin Mary,
on our journey of faith
and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.