Use spare time to consider vocation

The Archbishop of Tuam has asked young men to use any spare time created by the Covid-19 pandemic to reflect on whether God is calling them to the priesthood. Archbishop Michael Neary said that priesthood is a demanding but very fulfilling life, though “like any vocation it has its ups and downs, joys and sorrows.... Read More

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April 17, 2020

Bishop hopes seminary documentary will encourage vocations

Speaking ahead of the milestone broadcast of a documentary about life as a seminarian in the Scots College in Rome, the Bishop of Paisley has revealed he hopes it will encourage new vocations. Bishop John Keenan, who is President of the vocations promotion agency ‘Priests for Scotland’, said: “The documentary Priest School which will be... Read More

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May 20, 2019

Pope chooses theme for World Meeting of Families 2021

Christian family life is a vocation and, when lived with fidelity, it is a path to holiness, said the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The office announced the theme Pope Francis has chosen for the next World Meeting of Families, which will be in Rome June 23rd-27th, 2021: “Family love: A vocation... Read More

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April 2, 2019

Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says

The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is ‘holy ground’ that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. ‘Christus Vivit’ (‘Christ Lives’), the pope’s reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational... Read More

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January 11, 2018

New app designed to help users discover vocations

The Catholic Church in England and Wales has launched a mobile phone app designed to help users deepen their faith and discover their vocations. The ‘God Calls’ app was commissioned by the National Office for Vocation of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales as a ‘spiritual toolkit’. The app includes daily prayers and meditations... Read More

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December 12, 2017

Christian vocation is to serve life, health, pope says in message

The Catholic Church’s care for the sick, especially through Catholic-run hospitals, is an antidote to “the business mentality that is seeking worldwide to turn health care into a profit-making enterprise,” Pope Francis said. In his message for World Day of the Sick, which falls on 11th February, the pope urged Catholics individually and as a... Read More

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December 5, 2017

Don’t wait to be perfect to answer vocational call, pope says

Men and women contemplating a vocation to the priesthood, consecrated life or marriage should not be afraid because God wants only for them to experience the joy that comes from serving others, Pope Francis said. “Our slowness and our sloth” should not delay a response and Christians need not be “fearful of our limitations and... Read More

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