Resources

Many of the questions YOU have about discerning God’s call and what it’s like to be a priest are questions others have had.

Check out our Resource section for some great suggestions of vocational articles, journals, homilies, books, and links:
 

Resources

Suggested Readings

..."We need this moment...because as we watch you give everything to Christ, we know, in our hearts, that Christ wants everything from us, too. And that makes sense".  Making Perfect Sense Ordination Homily ~ written by: Fr. Michael A. Renninger, March 5, 2006

Articles on-line

Discernment

• The Vocation to the Priesthood by Archbishop Timothy Dolan (January, 2008 Assembly, A Journal of Liturgical Theology magazine)
• A Good Fit for You? Life as a Priest, Brother or Sister (AmericanCatholic.org)
• Dare to Consider: Religious Life and Priesthood (AmericanCatholic.org)
• Heart Searching and Life Choice (.pdf doc, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
• The Vocation Question: Answered in the Heart (US Conference of Bishops)
• The Great Spiritual Traditions (.pdf doc , Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
• Is It for Me? (Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia)
• What people fear most in a vocation decision (Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia)

The Vocation

• Seminarians Visit Rome Reflection of a seminarian's travels to Rome, Italy
  
• Women's Discernment  Ms. Bernadette Snyder takes vow as Consecrated Virgin
  
• Our Haiti Connection  Reflections of a seminarian's travels to Haiti
  
• The Call to Priesthood (The Catholic Virginian)
• Sacraments of Vocation: Holy Orders and Matrimony (AmericanCatholic.org)
• On Being a Servant - A Holy Week Homily written by Rev. Msgr. Kevin Irwin, Theological College,  March 19, 2008

Celibacy

• Celibacy…to Love as Christ Loves (Diocese of Joliet)

The Priesthood

• The Charism of the Diocesan Priesthood (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
• Sacrament of Holy Orders: Priesthood in Transition (AmericanCatholic.org)
• Elements of Priests’ Life and Holiness (.pdf doc, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

For Parents

• When Your Adult Child Chooses a Different Path (AmericanCatholic.org)

Vocation Discernment in other Archdiocese and Diocese around the globe

• Los Angeles
• Des Moines
• Joliet
• Denver
• Shreveport
• Melbourne, Australia
• Catholic Vocations Ministry Australia
  
   

  Vision Magazine ~ Click here to view Vision Magazine on line

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