Pope to Jesuits: Decline in Vocations is a Call to be Humble
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that...
Category: Vocations
Novices Speak: The Sisters We Want to Be
The process of discerning the vocation to the religious life is long. Four novices speak about their vocation journey, and what kind of Sisters they hope to...
My Vowed Life as a Sister
October is Mission Month, when we reflect on ways to evangelise and pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Here Sr Bongani Ester Chuma writes...
Seminarians Speak: The Priests We Want to Be
The path to the priesthood is long — from the first discernment to ordination and then ministry. Five Johannesburg seminarians tell Günther Simmermacher about their vocation,...
How to Become a Catholic Priest
First comes the call to the priesthood, and then the long way to ordination begins. We asked Fr Michael Seheri, director of vocations in the archdiocese of...
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...
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....
