2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Vocations answer God’s call to make great dreams come true, pope says By Carol Glatz – Religious and priestly life must be filled with the simple joy...
Category: Vocations
Every Prayer – Including Yours – is Needed to Increase Vocations
Mark April 25 on your calendar. It is the day the Vatican and many dioceses around the world will celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Vocations....
Presentation Sister Aletha Madziro: This is My Story
Every vocation story is different. Here SR ALETHA MATISWAYIRI MADZIRO tells hers, as a Presentation Sister in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was once considered the breadbasket of Africa, a...
What We Are Growing at St John Vianney
South Africa’s national St John Vianney seminary is training about 130 men for the priesthood. Lucy Rubin visited the Pretoria campus and met three future priests there....
Mt Nicholas Parish in Mthatha Celebrates Vocations
By Mandla Zibi – The 80-year-old Mt Nicholas parish in Mthatha diocese celebrated the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. “The intention of celebrating the Ursuline Sisters...
St John Vianney Seminary Graduates!
The philosophy and theology students of St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria received their bachelors degrees from chancellor Archbishop Dabula Mpaku of Pretoria. Also present were Bishops...
The State of Vocations in the Church
On Vocations Sunday we pray in a special way that God’s call to service in the priestly or religious ministry will find many open ears and hearts....
Pope: Fidelity is for Every Vocation, Not Just Marriage
The Sixth Commandment’s mandate against adultery is a call to fidelity that applies not only to married couples, but to all Christians called to love others through...
Fr Joy Sebastian: Become Part of the Salesian Family
On Good Shepherd Sunday, the Salesian Youth Movement of Gauteng region held a Vocations Awareness Day at All Saints parish in Ennerdale, southern Johannesburg, to reflect on the many ways...
Pope Encourages Seminarians: Overcome Fear, Form Good Friendships
The current “culture of the temporary” makes it more difficult than ever for young people to make lifelong commitments to God, Pope Francis told a group of...
Sister Nokwanda Bam : My Journey as Precious Blood Sister’
As a girl, Sr Nokwanda Bam wanted to be a priest. Today she is a Precious Blood Sister. She told NEREESHA PATEL about her vocational journey. It...
Gavin Stokoe: My Life as a Religious Brother
What is the vocation of a religious Brother? NEREESHA PATEL spoke to Redemptorist Brother Gavin Stokoe, who explains how he experienced his call from God, and what life in a religious community looks like…
