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The month of July is here, and it is an exciting time for our diocese. Three men are being ordained to the priesthood this month for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

The Rev. Mr. Davis Ahimbisibwe will be ordained to the priesthood July 2, at 10 a.m., at Our Lady of Good Shepherd Cathedral, Rushoroza parish, Kabale diocese in Uganda. The Rev. Mr. Joseph Lapeyrouse and the Rev. Mr. Matthew Prosperie will be ordained to the priesthood July 15, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

Father Ahimbisibwe will celebrate two Masses of Thanksgiving in Houma-Thibodaux. The first on July 15, at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. The second on July 16, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bridget Church in Schriever.

  Father Lapeyrouse will celebrate his first Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Houma at 6 p.m. on July 15.

Father Prosperie will celebrate his first Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Ann Church in Bourg, on Sunday, July 16, at 10 a.m.

In Bishop Dorsonville’s Sent to Serve column this month, he reflects on the gift and mystery of priestly vocations. “At its very heart, a vocation is a mystery. It is not something that I or anyone can create or produce, but rather it is a work of God, only revealed to each person by the person of Jesus Christ,” says the bishop. “By God’s design, each of us, in a unique way, are called by the Father through the Son to a mission of salvation in the power of the Holy Spirit. All of us have a vocation, a special calling and purpose written in  our hearts by the Lord.”

Bishop Dorsonville goes on to say that “vocations do not come from thin air – they come from families. Every single one of us comes from a family, and it is there that God’s call begins.”

Parents, discuss your vocation to marriage and family life, and explain to your children that God calls some people to married life, some to the priesthood and some to the consecrated religious life—brothers or sisters living in community and consecrated singles living in society at large.

Encourage your children to be involved in the life of their church parish as altar servers, lectors, musicians, etc. And, most importantly, take your children to Mass on Sunday!