Every autumn, young people head off to school — I’m thinking mainly about those entering college or university. They arrive on campus with sometimes vague, but always developing, ideas about their ...

Building on Bethel’s long-standing strengths in mentorship, spiritual formation, and real-world preparation, The Studio is integrating vocational exploration and career readiness into key parts of the ...

In The Edge of Sadness, the elegiac successor to his wildly successful novel The Last Hurrah, Edwin O’Connor places these words about the priesthood and lay clericalism in the mouth of the story’s ...

As the vocation director for the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, Franciscan Sister Clare Matthiass helps young women discern whether they are called to religious life. But when she began discerning ...

I find comfort in the routines in life, especially when so much of life seems so uncertain and capricious. For almost a decade, I went running along the same route each day and encountered many of the ...

KRAKOW, Poland — One of the gravest issues facing Catholics, especially in Western countries, is the marked decline in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. However, we know that God ...

Find today’s readings here. There’s an old saying that goes, “If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.” Today’s first reading is from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. He speaks of his ...

Sister Josephine Garrett processes during a Nov. 21, 2020, Mass at St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, where she professed her final vows as a Sister of the Holy Family of ...

FRACKVILLE – Catholic Masses this past weekend celebrated World Day of Prayer for Vocations, with St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Parish of Frackville presenting a crucifix to a family to pray ...