Vocations
The future of the Church depends on men and women heroically answering God’s call. You enable the discernment, formation and education of those who will serve in our parishes.
The cause
Your support enabled
58
to study at St. Augustine’s Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Permanent deacons
receive their academic and pastoral formation at St. Augustine’s Seminary. They are serving throughout the Archdiocese thanks to you.
Young people
are answering the call to the priesthood and religious life through your support of the Office of Vocations.
How your donation makes a difference:
“ShareLife is investing in the future of our Church by supporting St. Augustine’s Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Seminary. The enthusiastic support of our donors makes possible these and many other programs.”
— Cardinal Thomas Collins
Stories of inspiration
Answering God’s call
How you helped Fr. Kevin Adriano heed God’s call and fulfill his vocation to the priesthood
A chance encounter
How a warm welcome changed Father Martin’s life
Drawing closer
How your gift to ShareLife helped Matthew thrive in seminary
You have been instrumental in my vocation
How your gift to ShareLife helped André answer God’s call
Agency spotlights
Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary
The RMMS is a diocesan, missionary and international seminary forming priests who, upon their ordination, will be incardinated in the Archdiocese of Toronto, while ready to serve anywhere in the world. RMMS shares the premises of St. Augustine’s Seminary in Scarborough.
St. Augustine’s Seminary
As the major seminary of the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Augustine’s prepares candidates for ordained priesthood in the Catholic Church. The seminary is also mandated to form men and women aspiring to other ministries in the Church.
Office of Vocations
The office helps Catholics find their own particular and unique vocation (priesthood, religious and consecrated life or the permanent diaconate). The office also helps oversee Totus Tuus, which are week-long catechetical summer camps run in parishes.