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Casting the net: Finding joy as we cast the net in new ways

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

If you hate winter time, you might not get this, but to me one of the many pleasures of the season is one that I’m partaking in right now. I’m writing this in a warm office, cup of tea steaming on my desk, while three feet away, on the other side of the window, snow is gently coating every living and non-living thing. Nothing will be spared. All will be transformed. Read more...

Renew the glory of your vocation by clinging to the hand of God

By Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C.

Why must something so beautiful—seeking God’s call—so frequently be difficult? The paradoxes of vocation ministry are resolved in surrendering to God, who bestows and sustains each person’s vocation. Read more...

Vocation ministry in a connected, ecologically fragile world

By Brother David Andrews C.S.C.

The powerful force of globalization has potential for good and ill in a world that teeters on the edge of environmental ruin. Vocation ministry, in its quest for a meaningful life, can help form a sustainable future. Read more...

Reframing religious presence in a digital culture

By Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski M.H.S.H.

The Internet is not just a handy tool for reaching out to prospective members. If we are to understand, evangelize and invite younger generations, we must grasp how the digital age is shaping the whole culture. Read more...

Good reads for grasping digital culture

Good reads for grasping digital culture

By Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski M.H.S.H.

Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, Born Digital, The Facebook Effect, Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet are all good books that offer insight into digital culture. Read more...

Cast the net from a firm foundation

Cast the net from a firm foundation

By Archbishop Pietro Sambi

Young people in every age hunger for a life of meaning, a life rooted in God. The Holy Father suggests a way for vocation ministers today to “move forward in hope.” Read more...

Transformative love, passion for justice belong in vocation ministry

By Fr. Bryan Massingale

The planet is more connected than ever, and yet we remain racially and economically divided at home and abroad. How do we proceed as vocation ministers in such a world? Read more...

Book notes: Book offers discernment help in a user-friendly way

Book notes: Book offers discernment help in a user-friendly way

By Sr. Linda Bechen R.S.M.

Young adults are bombarded with a multiplicity of choices and options. This multiplicity, coupled with the need to make choices in a timely fashion, at times overwhelms and complicates. Into this muddled situation comes What’s Your Decision? by J. Michael Sparough, SJ, Jim Manney and Tim Hipskind, SJ as a welcome and much needed resource. Read more...

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