When you’re celebrating fatherhood on Sunday, don’t forget to acknowledge the men you call “Father” as well!  Let us married folks and parents not forget that without these fantastic priests, we couldn’t have had a nuptial Mass in the Catholic Church to start us on our vocation to marriage. 

Catholic Icing, a website full of Catholic resources to bring the Faith to life for your family, has some fun suggestions on how to acknowledge our priests on Father’s Day.


“Cut a strip of black (felt), and glue on a little white square for the collar. Then just wrap it around any present for your priest and attach with some tape!”

Here’s a “collar” on a bottle of wine:

If Father doesn’t like wine, maybe he’d like some homemade cookies with a felt “collar” around the container.  If he doesn’t like cookies, give him a gift certificate to the local Catholic bookstore, pay his green fees at his favorite golf course, purchase him a new liturgical vestment, or enclose a “good for one homecooked meal at our home on the evening of your choosing” gift card.  

Ask the kids to help make a card for Father, and write a heartfelt message thanking him for his life of service for the Church and the gift of his spiritual fatherhood.  

If he’s tech savvy and checks his e-mail, send him a Collar-Holler or a Spiritual Bouquet from EncouragePriests.org.  If you’ve never seen their site before, take some time to check it out.  It’s a wonderful initiative from Catholics Come Home to promote vocations and encourage the priests who have taken on the role of spiritual father.  Our priests are under more scrutiny than ever.  They need our support and our prayers.    

If you don’t like any of the above ideas, do what these sisters did for this priest:

Happy Father’s Day to ALL of the fathers out there–biological, adoptive, and spiritual!