Tag: vocations

VATICAN CITY -- Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis...

—In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations this year, Pope Francis acknowledges the fact that every vocation – from marriage...

Back in the mid- to late 1990s, Ed Dolphin was a student at St. Edmond’s Academy in north Wilmington. He went on to Archmere...

VATICAN CITY -- Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their vocation of becoming "men and women...

BEAR — An opportunity to discuss the life of a priest drew a group of young men to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in...

The story of God calling out to Samuel when he’s sleeping always makes me think of parenting a young child in the middle of...

Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger "What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question our young people frequently hear, and probably find...

Each November we enjoy fresh-picked apples, cranberries and pumpkin-spice everything as our excitement builds towards Thanksgiving. The church in the United States observes another...

By Silvio Cuéllar It was a summer evening in early August, and we were anxiously awaiting the visit of our daughter, Sister Juan Maria of...

WASHINGTON -- Every year the U.S. Catholic Church dedicates a week in November to pray for and promote vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate...