For the first time, the religious family of the Rogate organized a prayer for vocations writing contest as part of the Eucharistic Year in their congregation.
The Rogate family – composed of the Rogationists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus congregation, the Daughters of Divine Zeal sisters, the Union of Prayer for Vocations (UPV) and the Rogate Youth – celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the Permanent Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist which started on July 1, 2011 until the same date in 2012.
According to organizers, in order to make the event more unique than any other writing contest, the prayers for vocation that will be composed should be original and directly addressed to Jesus in the Eucharist, which can be written in English, Tagalog, Ilokano, Cebuano, Bicolano, Ilonggo, and even in Bahasa Indonesia and Vietnamese with a maximum of 200 words or four to five stanzas/paragraphs.
They added that all entries in other languages/dialects, except Tagalog are to be submitted must be accompanied by its translation in English.
“The prayer for vocations writing contest is open to all interested individuals - FDZ sisters and formands, RCJ priests/brothers/seminarians; UPV members and lay collaborators and friends- except the members of the steering committee. There is no age limit set for the contest,” organizers also said.
They furthered that to properly judge the prayers written, elimination will be held according to the group of the same field (e.g. teachers, seminarians, students, etc.). Each community/school will take part in the selection using criteria for judging - relevance to the theme (60%), originality (30%), and harmony of used words (10%).
Entries must be submitted to the Rogate family or to this email sr.rosemariefdz_70@yahoo.com on or before February 1, 2011 for the elimination round.
Grand winners will be announced on July 1, 2012 on the closing of their Eucharistic Year.
Aside from cash prizes that the grand winner’s will take home, the winning entries and/or some chosen entries will be published and compiled in a prayer book, which serves as the souvenir of the Rogate family for their Eucharistic Year.
For those interested you can check out the posters or their website at: http://www.rcj.ph . (Mark Vertido)
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