Ministry Office
Are you being called to ministry?
Each baptized person is called to ministry of one kind or another, appropriate to her or his age, gifts, experience and situation in life. The question is not as much “Are you being called to ministry?” as it is “What is the nature of the ministry to which you are being called?”
Discernment in the Parish
Click here for the webpage with information for Parish Discernment of Gifts for Ordained Ministry, and the Parish Discernment Handbook.
Discernment in the Diocese of New York
Priesthood, click here for information about discernment for the Priesthood.
Diaconate, click here for information about discernment for the Diaconate.
Commission on Ministry
The Commission on Ministry offers guidance to individuals or groups to help them discern or identify and understand the ministries to which children, teens and adults are being called. Below are links to pages dealing with each age group. These can be downloaded as printable PDF documents formatted as brochures, or contact the Ministry Office to request printed copies.
Discerning God’s Call to Ministry for Adults
Discerning God’s Call to Ministry for Teens
Discerning God’s Call to Ministry with Children, a Resource for Adults
Ministry Office Contacts
The Rev. Canon Charles W. Simmons
Canon for Ministry
Office: 212-316-7416
Fax: 212-932-7368
csimmons@dioceseny.org
Mr. Alito Orsini
Liaison to Canon for Ministry, Liaison to Canon for Transition Ministry
Office: 212-316-7414
Fax: 212-932-7368
aorsini@dioceseny.org