Vocations

Seminarian Bosco Escrivá will be spending the summer here at St. Peter Parish. You can read a little more about him below. Please join us in welcoming him and we continue to pray for all vocations!


My name is Bosco Escrivá. I come from Spain and I joined Notre Dame Seminary to study for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. I am the youngest of 8 siblings: 5 are married (with 20 nephews and nieces), one brother is a diocesan priest, and one sister is a nun. I was raised in the Catholic faith thanks to my parents, who have always been an example of faithfulness and love. I always loved to be around friends, play sports, nature, music… and in the midst of all I grew in a deep love for Jesus and Our Lady.

God was always present throughout my childhood and youth, and I participated in many parish activities. I fell in love with the missions when I turned 23 years old, after spending 4 months in India. I helped at a boarding school and also assisted the poor with the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. During my youth, I dated some girls, since I believed God wanted that for me. I wanted to become a good husband, and have many kids too!

It was in 2016 when God called me to the priesthood for the first time. I was shocked because I never felt the call before, but at the same time, my heart told me that it was what I had been longing for all my life. God permitted many things during that same time that ended up keeping me from the call. Meanwhile, I was working as a financial advisor and lived a normal life. Five years later God called me again. I did not want it anymore, but after a time of discernment God made it very clear: He wanted me as his priest. After visiting a couple of places in the USA, I ended up in New Orleans. On my fourth day there, during Mass, God surprised me with a big sign through Scripture. God had put in my heart a missionary desire, and now was giving me New Orleans as land, something I did not expect at all!

I have just finished my first year at the Seminary. I am the most fortunate person in the world, God has given me blessing after blessing with this vocation. I just hope Our Lady and all the Saints will help me answer the Lord courageously and without reserve.

We heed the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, to send out laborers into his harvest” (Luke 10:1-2).  It is our mission to create an atmosphere of vocation awareness by catechizing the parish faithful on what it means to serve the church through a religious calling.  In recognizing that God, in His providence, is calling men and women from our parish family to serve Him in a religious vocation, we endeavor and commit to support those He has called through prayer, encouragement, and service.

Click Here To See A List of Our Vocations

Click Here To Learn More About The F.I.S.H. Program

Click Here to Learn Why You Should Consider A Vocation To The Priesthood

Click Here For A List Of Prayers For Vocations

Click Here To Learn More Information About Spiritual Motherhood

November 5-11, 2023

As Catholics, we firmly believe that God has a plan for our lives! He calls some to marriage, some to the priesthood, and others to religious life. Some remain as generous single people. Fully living our vocations and teaching young people how to discern God's call is a serious duty, but also a joyful one. During this week, please pray about how God is calling you to live your vocation more deeply. Encourage the young people in your life - children, grandchildren, students, and friends - to be open if God calls them to priesthood or consecrated life.

• Pray the Rosary
• Offer Holy Communion or Masses for them
• Make visits to the Blessed Sacrament or Adoration Chapel to pray for them
• Offer to God your little (or big) sacrifices and sufferings for their sanctification
• Send them a card or note of encouragement

FISH (Families Inviting Seminarians Home) was started several years ago at St. Peter Parish with the intention of giving seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary College an opportunity to get away from the seminary periodically and enjoy a little bit of "home away from home."

To learn more about this program, click HERE.

• On August 15, 2022, Sr. Marie Elizabeth Jerry professed her final vows with the Sisters of the Holy Family, a 185-yr-old order of Black nuns founded by Venerable Henriette DeLille. Sr. Marie Elizabeth converted to Catholicism in 2011 and went through the RCIA program here at St. Peter Parish. We continue to pray for Sr. Marie Elizabeth.

• On August 10, 2022, parishioner Eddie Rudiger was accepted into the Candidacy to Holy Orders, as he discerns the permanent diaconate. We continue to pray for Eddie and his family during this discernment process.

• On June 25, 2022, Mr. Francisco Rodriguez was ordained to the permanent diaconate by Archbishop Aymond. We thank God for Deacon Francisco's faithfulness and generosity in responding to God's call. We continue to pray for him and his family.

• Sister Mary Brigid of the Good Shepherd, PCPA (Angelle-Marie Damare) completed her period in the novitiate with Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Tonopah, Arizone. On the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11, 2022, she made her First Holy Profession of Vows at Our Lady of Solitude Monastery. We thank God for the gift of her receptive and generous heart as she responds to the call of Jesus' heart. Please continue to keep Sr. Mary Brigid and her community in your prayerss. To see pictures of this beautiful day, please visit https://desertnuns.com/sr-mary-brigids-first-profession-of-vows/