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June 15, 2016

The goal of the Vocations Summit, INSPIRE: Called to Love, is by no means insignificant. 

We look to the Vocations Summit to feed the fires of holiness among our people, recapturing the vision and call of Gospel living. 

Sunday, Sept. 25, will be a full day for the Diocese of Ogdensburg.  But, how will the clergy and pastoral ministers hear what their parishioners will hear at the Vocations Summit? 

How will they experience, first hand, the energy and dynamism of INSPIRE if they have to remain back at the parishes, taking care of the usual Sunday schedules? 

Bishop LaValley, aware of this dilemma, decided that parishes should modify their weekend Mass schedule for Sept. 24 and 25 to permit clergy and pastoral ministers to participate in the Vocations Summit along with their parishioners.

Clearly, this is an extraordinary measure.  But, the nature and scope of this opportunity requires accommodation in a variety of ways. 

One such way is the modification of the weekend Mass schedule. 

Last Aug. 15, Bishop LaValley wrote a letter to all the priests of the diocese asking them to develop a modified Mass schedule for the weekend of Sept. 24 and 25, 2016 so they could participate in INSPIRE: Called to Love. 

In September of 2015, the Priests’ Council of the diocese unanimously supported Bishop LaValley’s request for a modification of the weekend Mass schedule for the Vocations Summit. 

Commitment to our future as a Church involves occasional inconveniences and growth pains; the modification of the weekend Mass schedule for the Vocations Summit will undoubtedly be an inconvenience for some. But, Bishop LaValley is trusting in the good will and generosity of all.

Parishes will soon begin publicizing the modified Mass schedule for the weekend of Sept, 24 and 25 to give their people advance notice.

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