Every path to the vocation to the consecrated life is different. Here two Sisters of Nazareth share their vocations stories. Nicknamed to be a nun By Sr Priscilla Tumulumbe Mudimba CSN I was born...
Fr Chris Townsend – One of the functional jokes in the priesthood goes something along the lines that listening to the confessions of religious Sisters, particularly contemplative nuns, is akin to being stoned to...
The Benebikira Sisters, the oldest indigenous congregation in Rwanda, have sisters who are teachers, nurses, pharmacists, formators and administrators. But they also have religious with a unique title: Sister Listeners. “The genocide created many...
Through individual vocations, God calls men and women to be touched and transformed by his love, not use his gift for personal comfort, pursuing business opportunities or self-promotion. “All Christians are called to be...
Every year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, Catholics worldwide are called to pray for vocations on Good Shepherd’s Sunday. Several articles in this week’s issue, and the many display adverts by religious congregations,...
Do not settle for a worry-free, comfortable life with an unhealthy attachment to money and an ambitious heart yearning for honours, Pope Francis told seminarians studying in Rome. “I’m telling you this as a...
Prayer Intention: That young people may respond generously to their vocations and seriously consider offering themselves to God in the priesthood or consecrated life. Why is it that the winners of beauty contests are...
While God is the one calling people to a vocation, clergy and religious have to cooperate by being inspirational role models, keeping their doors open and giving restless young people constructive things to do,...
“The first obstacle to overcome, then, is narcissism. It’s the most dangerous temptation,” the pope said in a written message to about 180 students from Puglia’s regional Pius XI Seminary. The prayer, community life...
In its ministry to young people, and especially in vocations promotion work, church workers must step out of the sacristy and take seriously the questions and concerns of the young, Pope Francis said. Young...
By Moses Chanda OP – When one thinks of the Dominican order, which is celebrating its 800th anniversary of foundation this year, one pictures friars in their white robes and sisters of various congregational traditions....
This year Mill Hill Missionaries celebrates 150 years of existence. FATHER ANTHONY NDANG NDICHIA, a member of the congregation, looks at its history. More Stories: Freelancing the religious life: An ‘urban hermit’ tells her...
