WASHINGTON (CNS) — Nine years ago, Natalie Smith thought something had to be done to reverse the vocations crisis. Smith, a convert to Catholicism who had worked in marketing, felt like there had to ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.

Pope Leo XIV has shared his advice for how to discern one's vocation, starting with the importance of creating space for interior silence to "hear what the Lord desires for our happiness." In Pope Leo ...

Father Brett Brannen, vice rector of Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., is the author of To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood. After searching ...

My friends jokingly call me the lay vocation director. It may have something to do with the fact that seven of my closest friends already have entered seminary, and I am only a sophomore in college.

Amid widespread uncertainty and social fragmentation, Pope Francis urged young people to embrace their vocation as "pilgrims of hope," offering their lives generously in service to others and as a ...

Composite Photo by Jannaya Barrion. Photos from Br. Ceasar Inocente and the Order of the Discalced Carmelites – Philippine Province of St. Teresa of Jesus The life of a religious brother unfolds ...

For some priests, the call to the priesthood came during childhood or young adulthood. But for Deacon Eric M. McDade, YA, God ...

I began my journey of discernment in high school believing it was an easy and almost magical process. I saw it play out fruitfully in the lives of others, but as I entered the seminary in my senior ...

One writer has described vocation as the place where our great joy meets the world’s deep hunger. I am convinced that our aim in life should be to live and work in a way that brings us joy, rather ...