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Editor's Note

Be prepared, the American way

By Carol Schuck Scheiber and Carol Schuck Scheiber, editor

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Human formation never ends: candidates and adult maturity

By Fr. James Greenfield O.S.F.S. and Father Kevin Nadolski O.S.F.S.

Just because candidates are in their 20s or 30s and have met certain goals in life doesn’t mean they are healthy, mature adults, capable of living well in a religious community. What are the signs, then, of true human development? Read more...

Helping serious discerners prepare for human formation

By David B. Couturier O.F.M., Cap.

The U.S. Catholic ministry world has changed a great deal. Here is what the church needs from pastoral ministers today and how vocation ministers can help discerners begin to prepare. Read more...

Promote intellectual formation among young adult discerners

By Fr. Ronald D. Witherup SS

Vocation ministers have much to assess when considering applicants. For many communities, a person’s capacity and openness to learning should be an important factor. Read more...

The inner journey of the transition into religious life

By Sister Jane Becker O.S.B.

Any major life transition creates inner turmoil. Here is a glimpse of what happens within new members in the period between acceptance and entrance. Read more...

A campus program that builds on the new openness to religious life

By Sr. Judith Schaefer OP

When she took a university teaching job, women students asked Sister Judith Schaefer, OP to help them understand religious life. Here’s what she did with that request and what she’s learned along the way. Read more...

Apply best practices from young adult ministry to vocation ministry

By Mike Hayes

Young adults want a life of meaning, but they often find it difficult to engage in discernment about their life direction. Here are practical ideas for vocation ministers and their communities from the world of young adult ministry. Read more...

Book notes: Books reveal truths about young adults

By Father Kevin Nadolski O.S.F.S.

A NUMBER OF RECENT BOOKS examine the role of faith, church, religion and spirituality in the 20-and 30-something Americans that vocation ministers largely engage as future religious. David Kinnaman’s UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters (Baker Books, 2007) and Robert Wuthnow’s After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion (Princeton, 2007) both provide dense, though helpful, sociological assessments of this demographic. Read more...

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Sister Tarianne DeYonker, O.P.

Sister Tarianne DeYonker, O.P. is part of the vocation team for the Adrian Dominican Sisters headquartered in Michigan. Her six-person vocation team initiates and nurtures relationships with many young adults--especially those who are making decisions about how to use their gifts. Read more...

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