Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller shares the vocation stories of four families, all who share the common denominator of holy orders. The Wertin family has two sons that are priests, and after the death of their mother, ...
The technological developments of the last half-century have provided new and spectacular opportunities for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Men and women who have dedicated their lives to Christ have a particular voice and ...
In an increasingly secularized world where a sense of the transcendent is dimming, the presence of men and women who consecrate their lives to God is a reminder and a witness to the reality of ...
From feeding the poor to sheltering the homeless and caring for the sick, the works of mercy that men and women in consecrated life carry out every day show God’s radical love in action. The ...
The role of a priest, deacon or religious brother or sister often involves offering counsel in one way or another. As many of these men and women told Our Sunday Visitor, this can come in ...
“Our prayers are like oxygen to us,” said Father Yaroslav Koval, a Ukrainian priest in Pittsburg. “Without oxygen, we cannot live. Without prayer, we cannot have a spiritual life.” Father Koval, other clergy and religious ...
According to recent statistics, there are some 36,000 priests, 46,000 men and women religious and 19,000 permanent deacons serving in the United States today. Each of these links to an impressive history of service to ...
Religious and priestly life must be filled with the simple joy of caring every day for what really matters -- faithful friendship with God and one another, Pope Francis said. "I pray that you will experience ...
A new report on vocations to men's and women's religious orders from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate is filled with facts that can help everyone from pastors to formation directors foster more ...
When the novel coronavirus was at its peak earlier this year in Delaware and Washington, D.C., Sister Constance Veit said she felt like a blindfolded soccer goalkeeper, trying to stop something she couldn’t see. The ...
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