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	The Catholic Diocese of Peoria - Vocations - About Vocations - Promoting Vocations to the Priesthood
		Such confidence and trust are rooted in a clear understanding that all vocations, and in particular that to the ordained priesthood, are a result of a divine initiative to which individuals respond.
		For individuals promoting vocations to downplay this important discipline or to give the impression however implicitly that it may or should change is a profound disservice to both the prospective seminarian and to the Church.
		I mention the importance of vocations to the diocesan priesthood and religious life as ways of helping the Lord love and sanctify His people and ask the confirmands and others in the church to consider such vocations and pray for such vocations.
	www.cdop.org /vocations/about_vocations.cfm (3077 words)

	Vocations Congress Set to Convene
		Vocations workers in Canada and the United States will gather in regional meetings this fall to discuss signs of hope as well as obstacles for young people considering ordained ministry and consecrated life.
		Bishops, vocations directors of religious communities, parents, catechists, school and youth ministers are expected to attend the regional meetings.
		They are planning it with input from the Vatican and from leaders of religious orders and associations of diocesan and religious vocations directors in both countries.
	www.jknirp.com /vocat.htm (308 words)

	APREL-NURTURING VOCATIONS - A Ministry for All
		Overall, the shift of vocational concentrations is from the northern hemisphere to the southern and towards newly evangelised countries.
		They affirm that difficulties regarding vocations are connected with an insufficient knowledge of the Church and with a purely functional vision of vocation as distinct from a biblical/theological one.
		Prayer groups and vocational cenacles are seen as important means of promoting and sustaining vocations to priesthood and the religious life.
	www.rc.net /australia/aprel/vocpas.htm (1472 words)

	Vocationist Fathers Home Page
		Justin Russolillo, is a Catholic Religious Congregation that strives to foster vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life, especially among the poor.
		The Society of Divine Vocations, more commonly referred to as "Vocationist Fathers," currently serves God's people in Italy, Brazil, Argentina, United States, Nigeria, Philippines, India, Madagascar, Columbia and Ecuador.
		Their ministry is carried out in Parishes, Schools, Missions and the Vocationary (a place for vocational discernment and religious formation).
	www.vocationist.org (150 words)

	USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - North American Vocations Congress Slated For 2002 in Montreal
		The Congress, which is billed as the Third Continental Congress on Vocations to the Ordained Ministry and Consecrated Life in North America, will close on the 39th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, April 21, 2002.
		The purpose of the congress is to establish a positive environment within North America for promoting vocations to the ordained ministry and to the various forms of consecrated life.
		The congress will celebrate vocations and facilitate discussion of pertinent issues and theological reflection aimed toward the initiation of a continent-wide pastoral plan for vocations.
	www.nccbuscc.org /comm/archives/2000/00-215.shtml (478 words)

	Vocation Information in the Diocese of Hamilton
		Vocations are not only to pray for if we like, a nice and proper thing to do.
		A vocation is not only something that happens to you; it is something you have to take and make happen if God seems to point that way.
		Vocation is an indication of God's will for us as we go through life.
	www.vocationinfo.ca (493 words)

	Vocations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Ask a parish priest about a vocation to the priesthood, sisterhood or brotherhood.
		If you recognize some of these indicators in your life, perhaps God is calling you to consider serving God’s people in the church as a priest, sister or brother.
		Vocation information on the internet is at www.vocations.com.
	www.stmatthewchurch.org /Main/vocations.htm (245 words)

	Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buildings were ascribed to specific architects - Michaelangelo, Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci - and the cult of the individual had begun.
		But there was no dividing line between artist, architect and engineer, or any of the related vocations.
		At this stage, it was still possible for an artist to design a bridge as the level of structural calculations involved were within the scope of the generalist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Architecture (2106 words)

	RTE News - Vocations campaign to use beermats, posters
		The Westminster diocese of the Catholic church in England is launching a recruitment campaign using beermats and posters.
		The church is also proposing a number of changes to cope with the sharp decline in vocations: lay ministers may be allowed to live in clergy houses in areas where priests are not present, and be allowed to run weekday services.
		The number of priests working at Westminster dicosese alone has fallen from 850 in 1990 to 600 this year with the number expected to decline to 470 over the next decade.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0529/vocations.html (180 words)

	CHRISVOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It is important to create a vocation culture and talking about our lives as moms, dads, husbands, wives, priests, sisters, brothers, deacons in terms of “our vocation” will foster a vocation culture and the belief that all Christians have a vocation.
		Parenthood is a vocation not only important to the life of human society, it is a vocation vitally important to the life of the church.
		Our faith community is not complete without the vocation of religious sister, and we are grateful to the generous women who have freely and willingly responded to their unique call.
	www.drvc.org /vocations/12chrisvoc.htm (3080 words)

	Vocations
		Cardinal Maida and your parish community encourages you to "Try It On!" The archdiocesan vocations office offers many opportunities to help you explore whether God is calling you to the priesthood.
		If you are interested and are 16 years or older, or have any questions call the Vocation Office of the Archdiocese of Detroit at (313) 237-5875 or contact your parish priest.
		By recognizing characteristics inherent to those who have a vocation, you can have assist in encouraging their call.
	waynestmarys.org /vocations.htm (756 words)

	Vocations.ca >> What's New
		VATICAN CITY, May 2, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II proposes two ways to foment vocations to the consecrated life: the prayer of the whole Church and the witness of consecrated persons themselves.
		"My heartfelt wish is that prayer for vocations be intensified ever more; prayer that is adoration of the mystery of God and thanksgiving for the 'great things' that he has accomplished and does not cease to carry out, despite human weakness," the Holy Father says in his message.
		This "is the way," he concludes, "to counteract the reduction in vocations to the consecrated life which threatens the continuance of many apostolic works, especially in mission countries."
	www.vocations.ca /Whats_new/news_04_05_02_foment_consecrated.php (419 words)

	Catholic Vocations: What is Your Vocation: Archdiocese of Melbourne: Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		I’m glad to be able to write to you on this new web site for only the second time.
		May the Lord continue to help you discover your vocation.
		Maintained by Catholic Vocations, Archdiocese of Melbourne Australia
	www.catholicvocation.org.au (291 words)

	What Are Lay Vocations? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Married or single Catholic women and men from all walks of life are able to join secular orders -- monastic orders (such as the Benedictines) admit laity as oblates, while the mendicant orders (such as the Franciscans and Carmelites) have secular orders.
		As laity, when we bridge this perceived gap between religious orders and "regular" (secular) life, we also break down the fear and resistance that exists towards vocations to religious life and the clergy.
		If a child sees a parent living out a vocation as a Lay Dominican, for example, she or he is much more open and aware of their own vocational possibilities.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/roman_catholic_lay_vocations/109422 (499 words)

	Vocations, Seminary Department
		KofC maintains a vocations scholarship endowment fund, from which annual scholarships of $2,500 are awarded to deserving seminarians.
		National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors (NCDVD):The National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors promotes diocesan priesthood, providing resources for the training, support, and advocacy of diocesan vocation directors as they work with the church to foster a culture of vocations, raising up new priests for the Body of Christ.
		NRVC is a professional organization of men and women committed to vocation awareness, invitation and discernment to consecrated life as brothers, sisters and priests.
	www.ncea.org /departments/seminary/vocations.asp (309 words)

	Religious orders 'need full-time vocations directors' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Dominican Fr Gerard Dunne, who is the incoming director of Vocations Ireland, an organisation set up by the congregations to explore ways of attracting vocations, attributed the relative success of the two congregations to two factors.
		"The vocations we attract tend to be from men in their late 20s or early 30s and they have thought out the issues of meaning and purpose.
		The latest vocations figures for religious orders were released at the annual general meeting of Vocations Ireland, which took place in All Hallows College, Dublin, on Saturday.
	www.cathnews.com /news/410/54.html (328 words)

	Message for the 40th World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2003
		In a mysterious manner, the vocation to service is invariably a vocation to take part in a most personal way in the ministry of salvation — a partaking that will, among other things, be costly and painful.
		In fact, the priestly vocation or the religious vocation are always, by their very nature, vocations to the generous service of God and of neighbour.
		Dear young people, service is a completely natural vocation, because human beings are by nature servants, not being masters of their own lives and being, in their turn, in need of the service of others.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/vocations/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20021118_xl-voc-2003_en.html (1772 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Schools to promote vocations
		He said reforms would ensure pupils were not be "forced" to follow an academic route, instead being offered vocational courses at further education (FE) colleges.
		"It seems as though the first minister wants to open the door for vocational education at the same time as his executive is slamming the door shut on college places," said SNP education spokeswoman Fiona Hyslop.
		That followed a commitment in the Labour-Liberal Democrat partnership agreement that 14 to 16-year-olds should be allowed to take vocational courses at FE colleges even though they were still at school.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3236339.stm (486 words)

	Catholic Pages Directory: » Religious Life » VOCATIONS
		Discerning a Vocation by Fr Anthony Bannon LC (from Catholic Dossier, July/August 1998)
		A vocational article for youth explaining what vocation is, and suggesting some ways to discern a vocation.
		Vocation Crisis: The Self-Inflicted Wound by John P Fraunces.
	www.catholic-pages.com /dir/vocations.asp (337 words)

	Archdiocese of Hartford: Office of Vocations
		We also would like to help direct those men and women in discerning a vocation in the consecrated life as a religious sister or brother.
		To talk about a priestly or religious vocation, contact Father Alphonso Fontana at 860-286-7670 or by email at frfontana@vocationshartford.org.
		The Office of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Hartford is committed to fostering quality, faithful, and lasting vocations to the priesthood.
	www.archdioceseofhartford.org /vocation.htm (422 words)

	ABC News: Bishops Urge New Vocations for Priests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		From left, Monsignor Sofron Stefan Mudry, Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Cardinal Francis Arinze, Reverend Ciro Benedettini, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez and Monsignor John Patrick Foley at a press conference on the Oct. 2-23 Synod of Bishops, at the Vatican, Thursday Oct. 13, 2005.
		The moderator of the meeting of Catholic bishops Cardinal Angelo Scola, has urged the prelates to consider ways to cope with the priest shortage after several churchmen said that removing the celibacy rule "wasn't a path worth traveling," the Vatican said Thursday.
		The 250 prelates attending the Oct. 2-23 Synod of Bishops drew up an initial set of proposals to vote on next week and present to Pope Benedict XVI for his consideration in a future document.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1215559 (425 words)

	Vocations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Is a Vocation to the priesthood for you?
		A new program launched today by the bishops’ Committee on Vocations is meant to renew priests’ sense of vocational fulfillment and to encourage them to draw on that satisfaction and invite other men to pursue the priesthood.
		The work of the Office is supported by a Committee made up of representatives from all vocations and areas of Church life: married, single, ordained and consecrated.
	www.ecatholicism.org /category.cfm?Category=27 (330 words)

	Welcome to the Diocese of Springfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Diocesan Vocations Office is committed to giving an opportunity to discern a potential calling to a church vocation on a deeper level.
		This will be done through regular meetings with the Vocation Director and members of the Vocations Awareness Team for those interested in the diocesan priesthood.
		With a full time vocations director, our office can take the time to talk with you about your own spiritual journey and work with you in discerning your vocation.
	www.diospringfield.org /vocations (182 words)

	CNS STORY: Synod proposes greater vocations efforts, no easing of celibacy rules
		The idea of ordaining married men in the Western church is "a road not to follow," said Proposition 11, one of 50 propositions presented to the synod Oct. 18.
		They encouraged prayers and eucharistic adoration celebrations for the intent of priestly vocations.
		They also called for a more equitable distribution of priests and for a willingness among priests themselves to serve where they are most needed.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0505907.htm (1198 words)

	Archdiocese of Regina - Vocations
		The stories reveal the many ways in which people are "giving their lives away”; which is one definition for the word ‘vocation’.
		This is not always easy - responding to God's call was challenging for Jesus and so it will be for us.
		But our "vocation" or God's dream for us is not boring or dull but alive and dynamic.
	www.archregina.sk.ca /Vocations.htm (97 words)

	Catholic Online - Cathcom - Pontificating with priests: Marx, vocations and papal infallibility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		His discourse in late July to 140 priests and religious in northern Italy offered insights into a pontiff the church and the world are still getting to know.
		And while welcoming the upsurge in Third World vocations, he said his recent conversations with Asian and African bishops underlined the need for caution.
		He said the joy at seeing seminaries overflowing carries with it "a certain sadness" because some candidates are coming with the hope of social advancement.
	www.catholic.org /cathcom/international_story.php?id=16067 (1030 words)

	Vocations Online
		The vigil is a formal response to a request by Pope John Paul II to pray for vocations, Dudkowski said, adding that it is a laity-sponsored event.
		The Day of Prayer, observed next May 11, will have as its theme "Vocation to Service." "In today's culture, the person who serves is considered inferior; but in sacred history the servant is the one called by God to carry out a particular action of salvation and redemption," the Pope explains in his message.
		WASHINGTON (Catholic News Service) -- Jesuit Cardinal Avery Dulles said Oct. 30 that "the present crisis of vocations to the priestly and religious life might be less severe" if the Second Vatican Council's teaching on the "greater excellence" of celibacy over married life had been better understood and accepted.
	www.vocations.com /news/default.html (6361 words)

	Vocation \| Holy Name Province
		We serve as priests or brothers in a diversity of ministries.
		Be a practicing Roman Catholic between the ages of 22-38.
		Have completed at least two years of college if they wish to be priests; otherwise, they should have completed high school.
	www.hnp.org /vocations/index.cfm (242 words)

	The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit
		Prayer for vocations, and action on behalf of vocations, are vital to the present and future well-being of the Church here in Detroit!
		To those of you who are considering a vocation, may I encourage you to contact the Vocation Office and stop by Sacred Heart Major Seminary.
		Ultimately, what we want to create throughout the Church is what you might call "a culture of vocation," wherein people of all ages are more conscious of, and committed to, the mystery of living out to the fullest our baptismal relationship with the Lord Jesus and His Body, the Church.
	www.aodonline.org /AODOnline/Vocations+2234 (414 words)

	Vocations
		The Office of Vocations is responsible for raising awareness throughout the diocese of the need for vocations to the priesthood and religious life and, specifically, to recruit men for the diocesan priesthood.
		This office provides vocation awareness programs for parishes, elementary and secondary schools, religious education, youth ministry and college campus ministry programs, as well as discernment programs for individuals.
		The Office of Vocations is available to handle questions that come forth pertaining to the priesthood or religious life.
	www.hbgdiocese.org /clergy/vocations.html (503 words)

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