Burse Club

Prayer for Priestly Vocations

Lord Jesus Christ, eternal high priest, manifest in our local Church of Pensacola-Tallahassee the Spirit whom you also abundantly bestowed on your apostles. Call many young men from our parishes for service as priests. May zeal for your glory and for the salvation of souls inflame those you have chosen. May they be holy men who will be strengthened by your Spirit. May they be priests according to your heart. Amen.

A Burse is a fund established to provide the finances necessary to educate students for the priesthood. The educational requirements for candidates for the priesthood are four years of undergraduate studies in a college and four or five years of graduate studies in a school of Theology. It is rare for a candidate, even with the assistance of his family, to be able to assume the responsibility for the total expenses of his education. In 1953, the Burse Club was formed under the auspices of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women to help the laity recognize the role of the Christian Community in fostering and sustaining vocations to the priesthood for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Since its establishment in 1975, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee has ordained 36 priests who have been supported by the Burse Club.
		Our Burse Club is a lay person’s apostolate for vocations which has helped the growth of the Church in Northwest Florida. The Burse Club unites in prayer those individuals who realize the Church has a great need for priests. A Burse Club member is anyone willing to offer prayers for vocations and financial assistance for the education of men for the priesthood. Within the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, the Burse Club member pays dues of $1.00 each month or $12.00 per year through their parish/mission Burse Club Director. There are no meetings or other membership requirements.


As a member of the Burse Club you are remembered in the daily prayers of seminarians, in the Masses of priests who have received assistance, in a special Mass offered weekly by the spiritual Moderator for all living and deceased members, and in the 1st Thursday Mass each month offered by Bishop Ricard.

Memorials and gift donations in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a special occasion are invited.

Contact the office, 785-4574

APPLICATION FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE BURSE CLUB

Name__________________________________________________________

Address________________________________________________________

City__________Zip________ Parish_________________________________

_____ I prefer to pay dues annually and enclose $12

_____ I prefer to pay dues monthly and enclose $1 for the month of _______

____ I enclose an additional gift of $_____

Please make check payable to: D.C.C.W. Burse Club
Return to Parish Burse Club Director or Mail to:

D.C.C.W. Burse Club
Post Office Drawer 17329
Pensacola, FL 32522-7329