Oct 26, 2007 / 09:14 am
Fishers of Men, a DVD created to inspire vocations to the priesthood, has been awarded the Gabriel Award for its quality depiction of the priestly life.
The fast-paced video shows many facets of priestly service through the personal testimony of active priests. It also features a dramatic re-enactment that suggests how a priest can inspire vocations. It is intended to renew priests' sense of fulfillment in their vocation while inviting other men to consider the priesthood.
The place of priests in seminarian recruitment is vital. Eighty percent of newly ordained priests in the United States say a priest invited them to consider the priesthood.
The video was developed by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Vocations. More than 60,000 copies of the DVD have been distributed nationwide and internationally.