Vocation Directors in the Diocese of Saskatoon
Diocesan Vocation Co-Directors are Fr. Colin Roy and Fr. Dan Yasinski – contact them with your questions about vocations to priesthood and religious life!
Father Colin Roy – croy@rcdos.ca or 306-682-2106
Father Daniel Yasinski – dyasinski@rcdos.ca or 306-834-2269
Their focus is to reach out and support those who are discerning a call to the priesthood or religious life.
Discerning the call to priesthood:
Priest Discernment Nights are held regularly at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1235-12th Street E. Saskatoon, for men who are open to the priesthood, offering an opportunity to discern the call of the priesthood through prayer, discussion, and fellowship. The evenings include celebration of Mass, a presentation, and Eucharistic Adoration. For details, please contact Fr. Dan Yasinski: dyasinski@rcdos.ca.
A new academic vocational discernment program in our diocese:
Sts. Benedict & Scholastica Formation Program: LINK
World Day of Consecrated Life
Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life in 1997. It is marked on the Feast of the Presentation Feb. 2, which is also known as Candlemass Day; a day on which candles are traditionally blessed, symbolizing Christ who is the light of the world. So too, those in consecrated life are called to reflect the light of Jesus Christ in our world. Photos and report about the 2025 celebration: LINK.
Discerning Consecrated Life as a Religious Sister
Mary’s House opened in January 2024 as a place to welcome young women on their journey of discernment. The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary live community together in the convent house and invite women to come and discover their life. Some people come for tea, a meal and prayer, or a weekend retreat. Others spend a few weeks or months living at Mary’s House, participating in the prayer and community life while continuing their work and studies, seeking to discern God’s will for their life. The doors are open. If you are interested in coming by Mary’s House in Saskatoon or would like to talk to a sister, please contact Sr. April Mireau, PM, at aprilmireau@gmail.com. Photos and report about opening of Mary’s House: LINK.
Let’s Talk about Consecrated Life: Are you a young woman searching for God’s will in your life? Are you looking for community and accompaniment on your journey with the Lord? You are invited to join the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary and the Verbum Dei Missionaries Sisters for a monthly gathering, focused on encountering Christ in the Gospels, growing in love with the Lord day-by-day, and hearing the call He has placed on your heart, held this year on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1235-12th Street E. Saskatoon. For information, contact Sr. April Mireau, PM, at aprilmireau@gmail.com.
Youth lead Unveiled podcast: Young women from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon explore the joys of discernment with consecrated women in the new Unveiled podcast: LINK.
“Open to the Call” – Panel discussion at the Arise Movement Catholic Women’s Retreat
Panel left to right: MC Janelle Yasinski, Crystal Hampson, Sr. Marta Piano, Sr. Rose Clare, Sr. Lilia Consolata, Sr. April Mireau, Annette Mireau.
Are you being called to another way of living consecrated life? Members of Secular Institutes can be found in a classroom, a marketplace or tilling a field. Consecrated seculars live ordinary lives, but their hearts belong first to the Lord who calls them to a total commitment, and who sustains them in their daily lives where they bring their love of the Lord to the world. For more information contact Marian Grady, Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate , mariangrady@sasktel.net in Regina, or Bernice Daratha, Company of St. Ursula, bdaratha@sasktel.net in Saskatoon.
Verbum Dei sisters arrive in our diocese
Verbum Dei Missionaries serving in our diocese are (left to right): Sr. Marta Piano, Sr. Mirasol Abala, and Sr. Malou Tibayan.
Verbum Dei – Sr. Marta Piano of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity joined the diocese of Saskatoon in fall 2020 as an Apostolate Leader taking on various assignments in ministry. Sr. Marta arrived from Rome, Italy, and began ministry on October 1, 2020.
The diocese has also welcomed Verbum Dei missionary Sr. Malou Tibayan from the Philippines as an Apostolate Leader collaborating with the diocese of Saskatoon in ministry. Sr. Malou arrived in Saskatoon in December 2020.
Verbum Dei Missionary, Sr. Mirasol Abala, arrived in Saskatoon early in 2023.
The Verbum Dei sisters can be reached at the Catholic Pastoral Centre: (306) 659-5843.
Verbum Dei ministry brochure – Page 1 / Page 2
Vocation reflections
Two priests in our diocese – Fr. Daniel Yasinski and Fr. Edward Gibney – share their journey toward priesthood:
Sr. April Mireau – Perpetual Vows with the Srs. of the Presentation of Mary, video by Jerome Montpetit
(If you want to learn more about the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary: https://presentationofmary.ca/)
Knights of Columbus Vocation Endowment
The Catholic Bishops of Saskatchewan have partnered with the Sask. K of C Charitable Foundation to create the Sask. K of C Vocations Endowment. The proceeds from this Endowment will be disbursed on an annual basis equally to each seminarian throughout all Saskatchewan Dioceses and Eparchy to help defray the $33,000 per year it costs to educate each Seminarian in the province. See The K of C Foundation website (Click here) for further details and to make a contribution.
The Bishops, dioceses, eparchy, Knights of Columbus and Catholic faithful thank you in advance for your generous support of the education and development of Seminarians through prayer and financial assistance.
Prayer for Vocations I
O God, You have chosen the Apostles
to make disciples of all nations.
By Baptism and Confirmation,
You have called all of us
to embrace our Priesthood in Jesus Christ
and build up the Body of Christ as His Disciples.
Give us strength to respond to Your call.
We entreat You, O Lord, to raise up from our families
many priests and deacons, sisters and brothers,
who will love You with their whole hearts and will gladly
spend their entire lives to make You known and loved by all.
Amen
Prayer for Vocations II
Heavenly Father,
bless your Church
with an abundance of
holy and zealous priests,
deacons, brothers and sisters.
Give those you have called to the married state
And those you have chosen to live as single persons
in the world, the special graces that their lives require.
Form us all in the likeness of your son so that in him,
with him and through him we may love you more deeply
and serve you more faithfully always and everywhere.
With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.