Laboure Society provides valuable help in vocations
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org Sarah Golden is thrilled to have found help as she seeks to discern her call to religious life.The help is needed because she is among at least a third of the...
View ArticleEditorial | Encourage those who discern God's call
A little encouragement can go a long way.The Catholic Church in the United States is celebrating National Vocation Awareness Week Jan. 13-19. The annual event is a reminder for parishes and individuals...
View ArticleFocus 11 vocations rally catches young people discerning at key moments in...
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View ArticleI THOUGH YOU SHOULD KNOW | Jesus is counting on you to pray for vocations
Bishop Robert J. Hermann Before Jesus gathered the 72 disciples in today's Gospel and sent them forth, He had previously spent an entire night in prayer with His Father, just before choosing the...
View ArticleSteubenville serves as conduit for planting seeds for religious vocations
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org Drew Burkemper was hoping he would get through the entire weekend of Steubenville without a mention of vocations. Several years ago, as he attended the...
View ArticleSeveral Nashville Dominicans mark transitions along vocational path
Catholic News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation celebrated a series of transitions in their Nashville-based community as several women made their final...
View ArticleBEFORE THE CROSS | Marriage is a vocation, a gift from God
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson I have been writing about marriage and family life a lot lately. When I wrote about the seven sacraments during Lent, I reflected on marriage as a sign of God's love for...
View ArticleBEFORE THE CROSS | The generous single life responds to call to holiness
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson During the past several weeks, I have been writing about vocations as a deeply personal response to the universal call to holiness. I have written about the call to...
View ArticleDear Father | By 'dying to self' in vocation, we become a living image of Christ
Father John Mayo Q: Sometimes I hear religious, priests or others describe their vocation as a ‘dying to self.’ What does that mean?read more
View ArticleArchbishop Carlson reflects on five years of leading the archdiocese
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | Twitter: @jenniferbrinker When Archbishop Robert J. Carlson was appointed five years ago to lead the Archdiocese of St. Louis, his first response was to...
View ArticleTWENTY SOMETHING | Identical twins answer the call to priesthood
Christina Capecchi Agnes Koenigsknecht had the look of an air-traffic controller, the one that strikes so many mothers of the bride."We need one round table on the stage," she instructed on a Friday...
View ArticleStudy: College choices can steer men toward thinking about priesthood
Mark PattisonCatholic News Service WASHINGTON -- The college experience -- and the Catholic college experience, especially -- can influence a young man's decision toward considering a priestly...
View ArticleWork of vocation directors vital to church's future, says archbishop
Gregory A. Shemitz | Catholic News Service HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- Archbishop Jorge Patron Wong, secretary for seminaries at the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy, understands the need to affirm, assist...
View ArticleEDITORIAL | Support is crucial to priesthood vocations
On May 23, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson ordained six seminarians to the priesthood for service in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Fathers Peter Fonseca, Daniel Kavanagh, David Miloscia, Alexander Nord,...
View ArticleFather Scheid Players bring faith to the stage
Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe With the youngest cast members on stage, two as young as 5 years old, director Dan Karcher stressed probably the most important...
View ArticleAdoration, Eucharistic experiences foster a culture of vocations
Colleen Dulle | colleendulle@archstl.org | twitter: @colleendulle With all the talk of the "culture wars," it's easy to dismiss as meaningless platitudes the "culture of death," the "throwaway...
View ArticleCarpentry skills lead to vocation call for seminarian
Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe ||| Photos by Weston Kenney | westonkenney@archstl.org | instagram: westonkenney The makeover in Mary, Mother of the Word Chapel on...
View ArticleMAN OF THE HOUSE | Vocation of marriage models Christ's love for the Church
Mike Eisenbath By now, every Catholic -- and a whole bunch of non-Catholics -- are aware the Church faces a vocations crisis.Yes, we need more women and men discerning a call to join the religious...
View ArticleGUEST COLUMNIST | Encouraging and fostering minority vocations
Deacon Charles Allen Just more than nine years ago, I was blessed to be ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of St. Louis by then-Archbishop Raymond L. Burke.Since that day -- the Feast of St....
View ArticleHumor, holiness make Bishop Rice approachable to men discerning priesthood
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org and Joe Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org On occasion when Father Jim Theby gets a call from Bishop Edward M. Rice, the bishop will start the conversation something...
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