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Listed below are First Friday events scheduled by parishes, campus ministries and schools throughout the Diocese of Raleigh who are participating this month in the Diocese’s initiative of creating a “culture of discernment” for vocations. Faith communities are providing the opportunity in several ways including Mass, Holy Hour, Adoration and Benediction. Catholic faithful are invited to participate in the pray devotion at a parish listed below.

First Friday for Vocations Events around the Diocese of Raleigh

If your parish has a First Friday for Vocations Event and is not listed, please send your event information to the Office of Vocations at officevoc@raldioc.org.

Annunication Parish, Havelock
8:30am Mass for Vocations

Blessed Sacrament Parish, Burlington
9:00am – 12:00pm Adoration

Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh
7:15am Mass for Vocations
8:05am Holy Hour

Duke Catholic Student Center
6:00pm Mass in Falcone-Arena House Chapel

Good Shepherd Parish, Hope Mills
Holy Hour and Vespers every Wednesday and First Friday
Please call parish for times

Holy Cross Catholic Church, Durham
8:00am Mass for Vocations followed by Rosary

Holy Family Parish/Saint Katherine Drexel Parish, Elizabeth City
8:00am Mass at Holy Family followed by Adoration
5:30pm Evening Prayer and Benediction.

Holy Infant Catholic Church, Durham
9:00am Mass for Vocations followed by the Rosary

Holy Redeemer by the Sea, Kitty Hawk
9:00am-12:00pm Holy Hour

Holy Spirit Parish, Kinston
8:00am Mass for Vocations followed by Adoration

Holy Trinity Parish, Williamston
7:00pm Holy Hour for Vocations

Immaculate Conception Parish, Wilmington
9:00am Communion Service followed by Holy Hour

Immaculate Conception Parish, Clinton
5:15pm Mass on First Wednesday of the month followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the Rosary

Immaculate Conception Parish, Durham
Morning Adoration - Please call parish for times

Immaculate Conception Parish, Rocky Mount
6:30pm Confessions followed by Evening Prayer and Adoration at Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Infant of Prague Parish, Jacksonville
6:30am Mass for Vocations

Maria, Reina de las Americas
5:00pm-6:45pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on every Thursday

Mother of Mercy Parish, Washington
9am – Mass followed by Adoration and Benediction at 8:00pm

Newman Catholic Student Center Parish
5:00pm Mass for Vocations

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Newton Grove
8:00am Mass followed by Adoration
7:00pm Mass in Spanish
The Chalice Program for Vocations is offered at all weekend masses

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rocky Mount
6:30pm Confessions followed by Evening Prayer and Adoration

Our Lady of the Seas Parish, Buxton
8:30am Mass for Vocations

Our Lady of the Snows, Elizabethtown
Mass followed by Benediction – contact parish for times

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh
10:00am-12:00pm Adoration
12:10pm Mass

Sacred Heart Parish, Pinehurst
12:00pm Midday prayer for Vocations followed by Holy Hour

Sacred Heart Parish, Dunn
7:00pm-8:00pm Every First Friday - Holy Hour for Vocations
10:00am on Every First Saturday – Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Extraordinary Form for Vocations

Sacred Heart Parish, Southport (beginning in January)
12:00pm Mass for Vocations on First Friday
9:30am Adoration every Wednesday until 8:00pm

Sacred Heart Parish, Whiteville
8:00am Mass for Vocations every Thursday
8:00am Mass for Vocations and Benediction every First Friday

Saint Ann Parish, Clayton
Morning Hours and Adoration – contact parish for times

Saint Anne Parish, Edenton
9:00am Mass followed by Adoration

Saint Anne Parish, Scotland Neck
8:30am Mass at Saint Charles Borromeo Parish

Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, Southern Pines
12:00pm Mass followed by Exposition until 5:00pm
Prayers for Vocations are offered at every mass

Saint Brendan the Navigator, Shallotte
8:10am Rosary and Prayers followed by Mass at 9:00am

Saint Catherine of Siena, Tarboro
Mass and anointing are held at local nursing home – contact parish for times

Saint Catherine of Siena, Wake Forest
8:45am Mass followed by Adoration
5:00pm Benediction and prayer for Vocations

Saint Charles Parish, Ahoskie
8:30am Mass for Vocations

Saint Elizabeth Parish, Farmville
7:00pm Mass followed by Adoration and Prayers

Saint Eugene Parish, Wendell
9:00am Mass on the first Thursday and Friday followed by the Rosary
7:00pm Adoration every first Thursday

Saint Gabriel Parish, Greenville
11:00am Holy Hour followed by mass at 12:05pm

Saint James Parish, Henderson
Implementing a Holy Hour on First Fridays – call parish for information

Saint Joan of Arc Parish, Plymouth
7:00pm Holy Hour

Saint John the Baptist Parish, Roanoke Rapids
12:00pm Mass at Immaculate Conception Parish in Halifax followed by Adoration for an hour and then Benediction.
**Every Tuesday night at Saint John the Baptist at 5:50pm, there is Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for Vocations with Benediction at 6:35pm and mass at 7:00pm

Saint Joseph Parish, Raleigh
Holy Hour on the first Sunday – call parish for information

Saint Joseph Parish, Burgaw
10:00am Holy Hour

Saint Katherine Drexel, Maple
8:00am Mass at Holy Family followed by Adoration
5:30pm Evening Prayer and Benediction

Saint Mary Parish, Garner
8:15am Mass followed by Eucharistic Adoration until 7:00pm
7:00pm -8:00pm Holy Hour

Saint Mary Parish, Goldsboro
10:00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
4:00pm Benediction with a litany for Vocations

Saint Mary Parish, Laurinburg
3:00pm Holy Hour

Saint Mary Parish, Mount Olive
7:00pm Mass followed by Nocturnal Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
8:00am Saturday – Benediction

Saint Mary Parish, Wilmington
8:30am mass followed by Adoration until 3:30pm
6:00pm Vespers followed by silent prayer (starting in December)

Saint Michael the Archangel Parish, Cary
Holy Hour – contact parish for more information

Saint Mildred Parish, Swansboro
9:00am Mass followed by Adoration at 10:00am – Adoration will last until 9:00am on Saturday and end with Mass

Saint Paul Parish, New Bern
Holy Hour on first Wednesdays – call parish for times

Saint Peter Parish, School
9:00am School Mass followed by Adoration and prayer for vocations by different classes

Saint Stephen the First Martyr Parish, Sanford
8:30am Mass with intercessions for Vocations
6:00pm-8:00pm Adoration followed by Benediction in Spanish

Saint Therese Parish, Wilson
8:30am Mass followed by Exposition with Benediction at 11:00am
7:00pm Evening Prayer with Benediction

Transfiguration Parish, Wallace
Mass every First Friday – call parish for times
Mass and Adoration every First Thursday – call parish for times