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Answers to other questions is needed before the vocations crisis can be resolved.
By Ann Carey. Fathers Coonan discern and embrace God's will.
By Carlos Briceno. How one diocese uses technology to open the door to conversations
By Carlos Briceno. As supply of priests dwindles, unprecedented meeting focuses on challenges of lay ministry
Though the path hasn’t always been straight, two priests and three sisters value their vocations.
Sean Gallagher Three dioceses' programs give teenage boys a chance to get to knowseminarians, as well as other campers who are considering priesthood
By George Dimitry Gallaro. Silver lining in otherwise dark clouds.
Wanna go on a ‘nun run’? Newest craze: Catholic collegians take whirlwind tours of area convents in search of a vocation. By Elisa Rose.
Emily Stimpson Steubenville, Ohio, religious community's Nun Camp gives teenage girls across the country a taste of what life is behind a convent's doors
Immigrant families produce many vocations -- but that changes once they've been here for a generation or two
This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Even with a vocations’ surge, the number of priests certainly will plummet. Here’s what we need to do
This article has free access for all visitors. By Father Patrick M. Carrion. Do we ever go beyond the image we have of our ordination and remember the words that were said?
By Vincent J. O'Malley. Four qualities for priests to consider. (Subscription required)
By Msgr. Edward V. Rosack. The vocation for the eternal salvation of people.
By Russell Shaw. Clericalism and being spread too thin add stress to priest-laity relations, participants say
This article has free access for all visitors. By Eddie O'Neill. Quo Vadis Days camps offer recreation and a close-up look at priestly life
By Scott Alessi. Polling thousands of clerics, new book refutes common misconceptions regarding priesthood
Professors predict greater need for pastoral counselors as a number of vocations dwindle.
By Sister Ann Stango, S.C.
Stories of religious vocations and familial love are among the latest offerings.
In Focus (Spring Religious Vocations) article. By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Priests, sisters and deacons spread Gospel from jail cells to seaports
Openers by John Norton
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Older candidates bring wealth of knowledge from life experiences. (Subscription required)
By Gerald Korson. They let Catholics achieve sanctity in their ordinary lives.
Until U.S. society acknowledges that it is not just ‘a Catholic problem,’ victims’ suffering will persist. (Subscription required)
by Anthony Dao. The Church needs to explain more not only about role but also about the nature of ordained and non-ordained. (Subscription required)
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Time for silver line to extend invitations to fill the black line in an irreligious country. (Subscription required)
By James Keating. Address by Dr. Keating to a gathering of seminarians at the North American College in Rome.
By Carlos Briceno. Organization reaches out with promotional tools to inspire young men to the call of discernment
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. They are at home on the stage or in a lab, in addition to religious vocations.
He highlights local Church’s role in helping young people hear God’s call to priestly, consecrated life. (Subscription required)
During August’s World Youth Day, the pontiff urged young people to grow in friendship with Christ so that they would live the life to which he is calling them. (Subscription required)
By Pope Benedict XVI. In this Year for Priests, pontiff asks young men to discern if God is inviting them to priestly ministry
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The Catholic Church is growing slowly but surely
Whether they realize it or not, mom and dad's attitudes toward vocations shape their children
Gerald Korson Being in the presence of the pope reminds young faithful of beauty, grace of the office
By Mary DeTurris Poust. How the terrible events of that fateful 2001 day spurred the vocations of a deacon who survived the attacks, a priest and a woman religious
By Francis Kelly Scheets. Throughout the post-Vatican Council era, blame for the vocation collapse has been laid on America’s growing secularism
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Countering the culture of selfishness in the vocations equation.
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Honors for first-class pastors. (Subscription required)
Deeper appreciation of gift priests receive in sacrament encouraged
By J.D. Long-Garcia. Sister Clissene Lewis of Arizona understands cultural challenges of community
By John Eckert. Better than I ever imagined. (Subscription required)
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. In the 1960s Father XYZ’s ‘problem’ was thought to be simple loss of inhibitions. (Subscription required)
Whether preparing for priesthood or married life, Catholics must constantly remain rooted in Christ. (Subscription required)
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. No generation gap can veto the fact that priests are with Christ and in Christ. (Subscription required)
By Steven J. Rolfes. Top five challenges priests face as they bring the light of Christ to a dark world
Letters to the Editor for December 14, 2008
Letters to the Editor for February 7, 2010
Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2010
Letters to the Editor about religious habits, modesty and migrant workers.
Letters to the Editor about the Tea Party, big government, abortion, vocations and religious habits.
Letters to the edtior about Catholic education, altar servers, Lady Gaga, and clergy sexual abuse. (Subscription required)
Letters to the Editor about big families, vocations, modesty and conversion.(Subscription required)
By Marge Fenelon. Associations, third orders and secular institutes are drawing laypeople to community life. (Subscription required)
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By Emily Stimpson. That's the question a good many unmarried Catholics have about their single state in life
By Matthew E. Bunson. What is World Youth Day?
This Openers column by John Norton has free access for all visitors. U.S. bishops' conference releases study of the men who will be ordained to the priesthood this year
By Emily Stimpson. How Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body can help Catholics better live out their vocations. First in a three-part series
By Russell Shaw. More than mere shrewdness, the virtue means following God's will despite the earthly costs
This article has free access for all visitors. By Ann Carey. With vocations shrinking and financial problems looming large, some women Religious find themselves at a crossroads.
By Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz, O.P. We need priests. We need their authentic holiness!
By Matthew Bunson. The Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week Jan 9-14, 2012. (Subscription required)
This article has free access for all visitors. Rather than 'investigations,' the on-site visits have given sisters a chance for self-reflection on charisms
Franciscan Friars are seeing an increasing number of men interested in giving up a life of financial uncertainty for a life of definite poverty.
Back to the future? A middle-aged Catholic sees something familiar in next generation of priests
By Elizabeth Scalia. The first part of fulfilling God’s plan for us, which will result in our inevitable happiness, is discernment
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Number of sisters may be on decline around world, but some communities have managed to thrive
This religious vocations article by Kay Cozad has free access for all visitors. Without money, modern-day comforts or even shoes, brothers spread Gospel in neighborhood
Gerald Korson Organizations help people who feel called to priesthood or religious life overcome financial problems so they can enter communities
Our Takes. Members of the religious order can come from any background and any walk of life
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Christopher Rengers. Vatican's two-prong spiritual plan to boost priestly vocations and fight clerical sinfulness
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Many dioceses, too, are seeing an increase in men who are attracted to the ordained life. (Subscription required)
This column has free access for all visitor. By John Norton. This issue contains our Spring Vocations special section.
By Msgr. Edward V. Rosack. The call to religious life is a service call.
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Process can take five to seven years, and varies for diocesan and religious candidates to priesthood. (Subscription required)
Seminarians and novices saddled with loans often must pay them off before taking vows
Gerald Korson Parishioners and even some priests misunderstand role of the diaconate
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Some are seeing many candidates seeking to begin process, while others experience lack of interest. (Subscription required)
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. With fewer priestly vocations, everybody must sacrifice something to keep Church strong
By Carlos Briceno. Program highlights the need for whole Church to nurture vocations
By Matthew E. Bunson. An interview with Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
By OSV staff. Pope Benedict XVI beatifies his predecessor as 1 million pilgrims crowd St. Peter’s Square and streets around Vatican to witness historic event
By Scott Alessi. Upcoming statement will address best practices, goals for effective and heartfelt homilies
By Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell. Our tradition emphasizes the catholicity of the Church.
By Deacon William Ditewig. John Paul II: ‘Deacons Are Configured to Christ the Servant’ — Part Two. (Subscription required)
By Matthew Bunson. With WYD in Madrid about to be held, this is a good moment to reflect on how it started and also what we can do to support this amazing celebration.
By Matthew Bunson. With WYD in Madrid about to be held, this is a good moment to reflect on how it started and also what we can do to support this amazing celebration. (Subscription required)
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker. Many Catholics are blessed to know the kindness of countless priests, but fewer have the opportunity to watch them grow up from childhood
By Peter Finney Jr. Although faced with the challenge of declining numbers, three agingcommunities are discovering new opportunities for renewed growth, ministry
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Highlights of USCCB survey of the men who will be ordained priests this year in our country.
To Whom Shall We Go? column by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. Because a vocation is fragile, and if we do not support it, who will?
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Centenarian religious brother uses computer to spread devotion to Mary
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. We are authentic when — and only when — we give ourselves to God and to our vocations
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