Who We Are
Serra Club of North Minneapolis members are lay Catholic men and women from numerous parishes in north and northeast Minneapolis of all ages and all walks of life who endeavor to ensure the future of our Church by creating a “culture of vocations” to promote and foster vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life.
Our Mission is Three-fold
- To foster and promote vocations to the ministerial priesthood in the Catholic Church as a particular vocation to service and to support priests in their sacred ministry;
- To encourage and affirm vocations to the consecrated religious life in the Catholic Church;
- To assist club members to recognize and respond, each in their own life, to God’s call to holiness in Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit.
Club member activities include attending twice-monthly meetings with speakers focusing on topics to help members better know our Catholic religion and the effects our Church is having throughout the Archdiocese of Denver. We also support activities in our parishes and the Archdiocese to accomplish our mission. Through prayer, participation in group activities, and individually, club members work to achieve our mission goals.
Pontifical Work for Vocations
Serra International is the only lay organization aggregated to a primary pontifical work. A pontifical work is an organization instituted by the Vatican to advance a particular goal of the Catholic Church. In 1941, Pope Pius XII created the Pontificium Opus Vocationum Sacerdotalium (The Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations) to encourage and coordinate efforts to promote vocations to the sacred priesthood of the Catholic Church. Aggregation, or affiliation, to this pontifical work reflects not only specific support from the Vatican for our mission, but also confers special spiritual benefits on all Serrans. (From the booklet “Pope Pius XII and Serra International”)
Club Meetings
Club members meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 12:15 p.m. at the Church of St. William in Fridley, MN. Lunch is served and a guest speaker enlightens us on a relevant topic.