In this Year of Vocations, young men are invited to encounter Jesus Christ on the diocese’s annual Vocation Retreat with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.

The weekend retreat will be held at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, March 2-4. It is open to men who are high school seniors and older.

Attendees will meet with and hear inspiring talks from Bishop DiMarzio and several seminarians, have the opportunity to reflect on their own vocations and spend time with God.

Also part of the three-day program: Mass, communal and private prayer, eucharistic adoration, interaction with the seminarians and presentations designed to help participants discern whether God may be calling them to the priesthood.

For more information, contact the diocesan Vocation Office at 718-827-2454, or email vocations@diobrook.org.