As a high school student, Cassidy Roderick felt somewhat isolated when she discerned God calling her to become a religious sister. But even though she attended a Catholic school, she had never even met a ...
They may not wear habits or live in community, but the lay Catholics who have been formed in the spirituality of a religious order look to embody the evangelical counsels as best they can in ...
In our culture, obedience is largely thought to be the opposite of freedom — something to escape through adulthood, no longer being under the authority of parents and school. The Catholic Church, however, teaches that ...
Sister Frances Marie, a Passionist Sister of St. Joseph Monastery in Whitesville, Kentucky, expected contemplative life to be ‘boring’ when she first heard about it in high school. Now as a professed sister, she sees ...
In her testimony about living in a religious community, Sister Lucia Christi with the Sisters of Life shares how she was surprised at the range of personalities found in her community. Far from the common ...
Discerning a vocation to the cloister can be a time of anxiety and fear. But Allison Barrick, an aspirant to the Passionist Nuns in Kentucky, shares that God desires to teach us that he is ...
Dominican Sister Mary Bendyna is the former executive director and senior research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. Her work with CARA and the Council of Major Superiors ...
Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, says that life in a monastery is different for each monk or nun, but he sees it as a combination of work ...
Hobbies — such as skateboarding, art, games and collections — help priests and religious better fulfill their vocation by creating balance in their lives.