Question of Religious Community’s Ministries
One of my Sisters suggest I apply to National Catholic Reporter’s “Global Sisters Report,” a site where each year 20 international Sisters answer two questions. After being accepted, I answered my two assigned questions. You might be interested in checking these out. The latest one is found at http://bitly.ws/t39F It is my answer to Do […]
Conquering the Vocation Crisis
It’s no secret that the number of priests and consecrated religious in the Catholic Church is in free fall. A sad 20% of parishes have no resident pastor. Today there are about a quarter of the religious sisters that there were in the 1960s. The words of Jesus can hardly be more relevant: “The harvest […]
Vocation: Opening Ears to the Call
National Vocation Awareness Week is November 3-9. As a former vocation director for my community and for the Diocese of Cleveland, I can attest that promoting vocations is hard work! But it doesn’t depend on individuals who do it as a full-time ministry. Parishes can be powerhouses for stirring up vocations. I’ve just read a […]
Mary, A Consecrated Virgin
The Year of Consecrated Life, which began on November 21, casts the spotlight on religious vocations, such as the calls to be a sister, brother, nun, monk, or priest. Consecration is the setting aside of persons (or objects) exclusively for God and divine service. The word is derived from the Latin for “to make sacred.” […]