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		<title>Vocations and Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Every year, vocations Sunday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Easter (this year on April 26) as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sr Majella Quinn’s Life of Service</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mercy Sister Majella Quinn spoke to Daluxolo Moloantoa about her vocation, which 65 years ago took her from rural Ireland [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seminarians Prepare for a Journey of Discernment</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Kati Dijane &#8211; Thirteen young men discerning a calling to the priesthood took part in a vocational retreat held [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vocations Sunday in Mariannhill Diocese</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Sr Maria Kampila SU  &#8211; On this year’s Good Shepherd Sunday, Bishop Augustine Neil Frank OMI , hosted the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Towards a Vocation Culture in Southern Africa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Vaclav Klement SDB]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Fr Vaclav Klement—The annual Salesian practical trainees workshop, which included 7 young confreres from 6 countries (South Africa, Malawi, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lesotho Holy Cross Sisters Celebrate Golden and Diamond Jubilees </title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Article and pics by Bokang Tsoanamatsie &#8211; The congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross from the Menzingen Province [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vocation Sunday Brunch at All Saints Cathedral, Diocese of Mthatha</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Sr Francis Ngiba SU &#8211; To promote vocations to religious life, the Ursuline Community in Mthatha hosted a Vocation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In a hostile world, the vocation of Christians is to hope, pope says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Justin McLellan, CNS &#8211; Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vocations and Blessings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, A  popular item for sale in souvenir shops around the Vatican is a calendar of portraits of handsome [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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