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Siblings born two minutes apart continue strong bond as religious sisters

Benedictine Sisters Jill and Susan Reuber have often shared the same path in life, but their roads...
Family prayer, reading lives of saints inspire vocations, says sister

How many Catholic parents today encourage their young children to consider a vocation to the priesthood or religious life?
Monastery life allows God 'to make us truly free,' says Cistercian nun

Less than 10 miles north of Prairie du Sac, 22 contemplative Catholic nuns of the Cistercian Order live quietly on 112 acres of farmland.
‘Beyond the Habit’ video series focuses on vocations

A pole-vaulter, a dancer among women religious featured in "Beyond the Habit."
Seminarian preaches with paint; artwork 'helps out' his own prayer

For Deacon Elmer Herrera-Guzman, painting is an act of prayer.
Called by Name an invitation to discern the priesthood

For Father Jeffrey Kegley, it was opening his heart to the Holy Spirit that guided him to discern the priesthood.
Women religious: a call to ‘live in caring for one another’

While today’s communities of religious men and women face the same decrease in numbers as many other aspects in Church life, their mission remains just as strong and vibrant as it was generations ago.
Parents supportive of their sons’ priestly calling

When Dora M. Blanchett learned her son, Edward, was considering the priesthood, she asked, “Are you sure?” She and her husband, Donald “Eddie” Blanchett, then encouraged him to pursue his priestly vocation.
Lay Catholics have their own part to play in the mission of the Church

A recent blog post on the vocation of the laity drew a flurry of comments from readers including one who was frustrated by the idea that a Catholic blogger was trying to make a vocation into something more than the reader believed it actually was – a career choice by those who decided to become priests or enter religious life.
An in-depth conversation on lay vocations

The Monitor would like to thank the four parish and ministry leaders who contributed to our IN FOCUS coverage on lay vocations – Dr. Zeni Fox; Sister Angela Ann Zukowski, MHSH, D. Min.; Msgr. Vincent Gartland, and Father Jeffrey E. Lee.

Some of their insight was included in the magazine’s November issue; the full text of their Question and Answer interviews are posted here.

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