High Calling Program

Avila Institute’s High Calling Program partners with dioceses across the country to offer integral formation in philosophy, theology, prayer and discernment for men who are discerning a call to the priesthood.

Areas of Concentration Include:

Mental Prayer and Liturgical Prayer
The Way of Discernment and Spiritual Direction
Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Human Person, Masculinity and Celibacy
Temperance and Social Media
Missionary Discipleship and how to thrive in Seminarian Formation

Pope St. John Paul II, after intense study, concluded that men are not properly prepared for success in seminary because of the absence of authentic Catholic culture and formation in their youth. Most of these men are lacking in one or both of these critical areas necessary to properly discern and pursue the call to serve the Church. The High Calling program addresses these challenges head-on.

The High Calling Program has given a growing number of seminarians the necessary intellectual, spiritual, pastoral, and human foundation to thrive in the seminary.

For more information on the High Calling program, please contact us at [email protected].