The Zenit site has some interesting things to say about what makes certain American diocese 'effective' in their vocational recruiting - specifically talking about priesthood here.
In summary, the 6 effective habits are;
Putting the Eucharist at the centre of vocational work.
Priests inviting prospective candidates.
Seminaries that are faithful to the magisterium (should there be any that aren't?)
Faithful families, especially those with committed fathers are most likely to produce candidates.
Interaction with priests.
Attendance at a World Youth Day.
I'm not sure about the seminary factor, as candidates don't have much of a choice there, at least in English diocese. But the rest seem fair enough to me.
I'm left with three questions;
How applicable are these learnings to the Plymouth Diocesan situation?
To what extent do we already posess these habits?
And if we do think we could be doing more, how do we go about that?
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I can think of one application - everyone should come to Sydney to World Youth Day! Amazing it made it into that shortlist - but then it is a life changing experience for so many people (I guess Mass with nearly 1 million young Catholics has to be!) - check out http://www.wyd2008.org/ if you still need persuading and e-mail me at Newman House if you want to come.
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