Events for the Year for Priests Held in Each Diocese

On the occasion of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on Friday 19 June, each diocese celebrated the opening Mass for the Year for Priests and held various events for the day of prayer for the sanctification of the clergy.

On this occasion, each diocese is seeking practical ways to spend the Year for Priests in significant way, hoping it would be a year of grace and blessing for priests to be spiritually renewed. In particular, the Diocese of Suwon issued a Message of the Bishop for the Year for Priests and sent it to all diocesan priests with related notices including instruction on obtaining a plenary indulgence and materials containing its norms, along with a calendar for recalling the departed diocesan priests. And the Archdiocese of Daegu announced 'practical suggestions for the Year for Priests' like 'holy priests, love-filled priests and happy priests'. Other dioceses such as dioceses of Daejeon, Andong and Cheju had a time for retreat for priests with holy hours of prayer and meditation on St. John Mary Vianney's life in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.