Denver, Colo., Aug 18, 2025 / 06:00 am

The Archdiocese of Denver asked parishioners to share the names of young men they thought would make good priests.

The result? More than 900 names.

But names aren’t the only outcome of the Called By Name campaign , which launched in May.

The monthslong campaign — a collaboration between the Denver Archdiocese and Vianney Vocations , a group that supports vocations efforts in Catholic dioceses around the U.S . — has also sparked a “real openness” to vocations in the hearts of young men in the community, said Denver Vocations Director Father Jason Wallace.

The campaign, he told CNA, has “created a culture” in which speaking about vocations is becoming “more acceptable.”

“It’s not something like, ‘Oh, that’s something somebody else does,’ or

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