vocation Archives

Priorities for Life: Ministry and the Workplace

by Randy Hain | Feb 10, 2022 | In the Workplace, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash Over the last few weeks, I have been looking at...

Priorities for Life: Focusing on Your Primary Vocation

by Randy Hain | Feb 3, 2022 | Living the Faith, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

Photo by Juliane Liebermann on Unsplash Last week, I began sharing my top three...

A Checklist for Catholic Dads

by Randy Hain | Jul 15, 2021 | Men of Faith, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

I have had numerous conversations over the years with other Catholic dads about the challenges of...

Who We Are Matters

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Sep 19, 2020 | Into the Deep, Sunday Reflections | 0 |

“Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard” (detail) by Rembrandt I believe that one of...

Let Yourself Be Duped

by Joannie Watson | Aug 28, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living the Faith | 0 |

It often seems that following the Lord means bigger crosses. How is this fair? A Trickster?...

A Crisis in the Single Life

by Joannie Watson | Aug 14, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living the Faith | 0 |

“Some of us will have a path to holiness through a vowed vocation. But due to fallen human nature, not all of us will.” We speak a lot about a crisis of vocations, the crisis in the priesthood, and a crisis in married life. At...

For Better or Worse, In Sickness and Health, from Day One

by Fr. Roger Landry | Jun 9, 2020 | Family, In the Spotlight | 0 |

“I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you...

Courage in the Christian and Priestly Life

by Fr. Roger Landry | Mar 26, 2020 | In the Spotlight, Men of Faith | 0 |

Two weeks ago I had the joy to preach the annual five-day retreat for Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where 25 years ago this year I began my formation for the priesthood. It was an opportunity to express my...

Church—Are you called?

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2020 | Sunday Reflections | 0 |

Since Christians are members of Christ’s Church and the term Church means those who are called, that must mean that every single believer without exception has a call or a vocation. The Mass readings for the Third Sunday in...

Advent Reflection — Wonderfully Made

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Dec 16, 2019 | Daily Reflection | 0 |

“Creation of Adam” (detail) by Michelangelo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons...

Encountering the Word — Mark 1:16-18

by ICL Editor | Nov 30, 2019 | Daily Verse | 0 |

“And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you become fishers of...