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 the form of parish ministries, spiritual direction
“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 men and women spoke to Our Sunday
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 the people of God through their respective
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 this same joy, dear brothers and sisters
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 vocations.
But the report's inclusion of many first-person
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 Little Sisters of the Poor, whose mission
On August 22, at their motherhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist welcomed one of the largest postulant classes in their 23-year history, a class of 18 young women. Now numbering more than 150, the
Beyond the towers of barbed fences, razor-sharp wires and labyrinths of maximum-security checkpoints is a prison population isolated from those who share the inescapable message of God's love. In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, inmate visitations have been suspended,
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about appreciation for priests. She writes, “We need the sacraments. And we need holy men who will give their lives for them. Show them. Thank them. Whatever our vocations, let’s help one
As a high school student, Cassidy Roderick felt somewhat isolated when she discerned God calling her to become a religious sister. But even though she attended a Catholic school, she had never even met a nun. What was she supposed to do