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Your Vocation Is Christ's Call to Your Heart

Deacon Dominic Cerrato, NCRegister When we hear the word "vocation," our minds often move quickly to one concern: the need for more priests. Important as that is, such a focus can...

Pope Leo XIV: Every Vocation Is a ‘Path of Beauty’

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Vocations: Fulfilling opportunities for ministry behind bars

IT IS understandable, when there is a chronic shortage of parish priests in England and Wales, if dioceses are reluctant to direct clergy and Readers towards working in prison as c...

Vocations: A calling shaped by cancer

AS A teenager and a new Christian, I still remember the zeal and energy with which I explored the question what God wanted me to do with my life. The words of the poet Mary Oliver,...

Your Vocation Is Christ’s Call to Your Heart

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Vocations: The growing number of spiritual companions and how to become one

THE calling to walk alongside people in their journey of faith has never been limited to ordained or licensed lay ministers. Over the past 30 years, training for spiritual director...

We Must Build a Culture of Vocations for Young People

I was scrolling through my Instagram page for campus ministry the other day and stumbled on a well-known social media type telling people we don’t need to encourage vocations to re...

New app brings vocation prayer, discernment into daily digital reach

A new mobile app is putting vocation discernment, spiritual reflection and daily prayer resources directly into the hands of Catholics seeking to answer God’s call. The Jaro Archdi...

Vocation as a Principle of Natural Law

Melissa Moschella on principles. 

Pastoral Residency Programs Provide Mentoring and Experience

More congregations are offering church-based residency programs to prepare men for ministry. The post Pastoral Residency Programs Provide Mentoring and Experience appeared first o...

A new generation of priests takes shape in the United States: data, trends and the quiet strength of vocation 2026

One of the clearest findings concerns the type of priesthood being embraced. A large majority—81 percent—are preparing for diocesan ministry, while 19 percent belong to religious i...

Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Invite Discerning Catholic Women – Spring Discernment Events

Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Invite Catholic Women 20-40 from the Midwest 20-40 to Discern and Discover with Retreats and Resources for You. The post Franciscan Sisters...

Tim Keller’s Advice for Choosing (or Sticking with) a Career

When choosing a career, Keller believes there are at least two kinds of motivations. Assuming that the profession is morally permissible, there is no one-size-fits-all way to choos...

A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at His Second Mass for Priestly Ordinations as Pope

The Pope’s Homily on the Occasion of the Priestly Ordinations during the World Day of Prayer for Vocations The post A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at H...

Called to the Lay Monkery

I recently picked up the book Joy Within His House: A Cloistered Nun’s Reflections on Following Christ by Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, OP. The book e...

Leading Discernment in Common in a religious community | Ignite the Way

What Is the Universal Call to Holiness in the Church?: A Deep Dive into Lumen Gentium (Part 4)

John Cavadini on sanctification. 

Leading a Discernment in common in Educational Institutions | Ignite the Way

Funding a Fiat

Trinity Chester, Philanthropy Daily The Fund for Vocations exists to answer that question, and to allow laypeople to walk with those discerning a call to the religious life by tak...

Diocese of Youngstown appoints full-time vocation director

The Diocese of Youngstown has seen major changes in recent years. Parishes have merged, and in just the past few weeks, multiple churches have closed their doors for the final time...

Discernment in Response to a Social Challenge | Ignite the Way

What’s Happening with Religious Orders? New Book Traces the Future of Consecrated Life

Three Bits of Advice from the Pope for Newly Ordained Priests: Leo XIV’s Words to a Group of Legionaries of Christ

After the catechesis imparted at the General Audience, the Holy Father approached the group of newly ordained priests from the Legionaries of Christ to take a group photo. Respondi...

Grads hear faith-filled words of encouragement, challenges to take into world beyond campus

From Pope Leo XIV and the highest ranking woman at the Vatican to an ambassador and governor, the 2026 graduates at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities heard faith-filled words...