Whynotpriest.org” was born as a response from a group of Catholic seminarians of the Legionaries of Christ, upon hearing the words that St. John Paul II addressed to young people: “Today is a wonderful time to be a priest!” The idea was to openly propose the priestly vocation.
About us
Timeline
2008
The idea
2010
Launch of “The way
The website is updated in 5 languages: Spanish, English, German, Italian and French. In addition, the song The way, performed and produced by legionary religious and recorded in the vicinity of St. Peter’s Square in Rome, is published on Youtube.
2023
The initiative is reborn
After 4 years of inactivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restructuring of the apostolic activity of the Legionary religious in Rome, the initiative was taken up again with a new focus: promotion of priestly vocations and prayer for vocations.
Our spiritual family
The main work of WhyNotPriest is to propose the priestly vocation to the young people of today in a closer, testimonial and direct way, using the current digital tools and media.
This is why the work team is made up of Legion of Christ religious and priests who love their vocation and want to witness that it is possible to find fulfillment in this specific path to the priesthood, which is configured as a free response to God’s call to follow him more closely.