Vocations

(OSV News) — Sister Catherine Lucia Phoebe Addington of the Daughters of St. Paul still remembers when she first walked into a convent chapel as a fourth grader. “I saw …

The gathering is intended “to proceed, in mutual listening, to a synodal discernment on the steps to be taken” to “proclaim the Gospel to families today.”

Pope Leo XIV has a message for American teens gathered at the Steubenville Youth Conferences about where true joy is to be found.

Ahead of his May 23 priestly ordination, Deacon Scott-Vincent Borba — co-founder of beauty giant e.l.f. Cosmetics, who left stardom for the seminary — sat down with OSV News for …

What does the latest generation of priests in the U.S. look like, and what factors have shaped their vocation?

As pope, John Paul II held a tradition of writing a Holy Thursday letter to priests his entire pontificate.

“Life reveals itself as a continual act of trusting in the Lord and abandoning ourselves to him, even when his plans unsettle our own.”

In recent years, it has become a little tradition in Rome to celebrate the anniversary of Cardinal Newman’s birthday with a Mass in the chapel where he celebrated his first …

Consecrated men and women “reveal God’s invitation to love him with one’s whole life” on earth, in hope of doing so eternally in heaven, said Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, chairman …

Those considering formation should have a “heart and a soul for those who need to hear Jesus’ consoling words,” especially the poor and suffering.