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Vocations

Every Christian has a vocation to share God’s love, pope says

April 26, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News

“The Lord’s call is grace, complete gift and at the same time a commitment to bring the Gospel to others,” the pope wrote in his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

RADIO INTERVIEW: From Medical School to the Seminary

April 24, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations

Joining us to talk about his vocational journey is Michael Misulia, a parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown, who left medical school to enter the seminary.

Power of prayer works for vocations

April 24, 2023
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Vocations

If you’re skeptical about the power of prayer in fostering religious vocations, consider the extraordinary example of Elizabeth Louisa Rolls Vaughan.

Trusted relationships with priests key to fostering vocations, study says

March 9, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News

A new study cites trusted relationships with parish priests as a deciding factor in cultivating vocations and reducing the priest-to-parishioner ratio as essential for making such encounters possible.

A priesthood for all: Synodal church requires new look at ministry

February 26, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, Vocations, World News

If the goal of a “synodal” church is to have all the baptized recognize their responsibility for the life and mission of the Catholic community, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet said that necessarily means taking a new look at priesthood.

Seminarians bond over hoops, but off court meals, prayer, Mass offer fellowship too

February 25, 2023
By Jay Copp
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vocations, World News

In its third year, the De Sales Invitational basketball tournament brought together 150 seminarians for three days in late February.

Religious sisters, brothers and priests celebrate nearly 2,700 years of ministry

February 21, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

More than 40 women and men religious serving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are celebrating milestone jubilees in 2023. Together, they have contributed nearly 2,500 years of ministry to the Catholic Church.

Religious leaders share vocation stories with Cockeysville students

February 7, 2023
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations

As youngsters munched on salad and baked ziti during the “lunch-and-learn” event, the speakers encouraged them to view those in religious life as “regular people” called to devote their lives in service of God and the Catholic Church.

Basketball sisters take different paths to same journey 40 years later

January 29, 2023
By Linda Reeves
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vocations, World News

Divine intervention may be the only explanation for how two college teammates graduated, ventured off on different career paths miles apart and then, 40 years later, ended up on the same journey in Miami, both wearing habits.

Church must shift view ‘from maintenance to mission,’ New York Cardinal says

January 24, 2023
By Tom Tracy
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York encouraged Catholics to find a silver lining as they confront declining religious observance, shuttered churches, dioceses in bankruptcy and diminished cultural clout.

Seminary formation returns to its Baltimore roots on Paca Street

January 17, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

The site of the first seminary in the United States will be home to a new program for those discerning a vocation to the priesthood when a regional house of formation opens at St. Mary’s on Paca Street.

Faith is a call to service and mission, pope tells U.S. seminarians

January 16, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News

The call to faith in Jesus always is a call to service and mission, Pope Francis told seminarians, priests and staff of the Pontifical North American College.

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