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This should serve as an inspiration for our young people on how God can use the new media in spreading the good news in cyberspace. An agricultural engineer from Ecuador recently joined a group of contemplative nuns in Spain after...

Here is Pope Benedict XVI’s full text of his homily to all young seminarians present at the Holy Mass for World Youth Day 2011 Madrid on August 20, 2011 at La Almudena Cathedral in front of  4,500 young seminarians and priests. Pope...

My vocation story began back when I was in 5th grade. We had a vocation day at school and I remember a Fr. Carl coming to speak to us. I clearly remember the brown robe, cord and knots, and sandals....

When I first blogged about Fr. Corapi’s decision to leave his Society I have mixed feelings about it. I have sympathy for the embattled priest and at the same time have doubts in his intentions. It seems to me that...

Fr. John Corapi, the famous EWTN tele-preacher and priest has left the Order of Priesthood after suspension was served to him by his own religious order. The suspension was administered due to a pending investigation into his own alleged sex...

With the human ability to think under fire from relativism, priests and theologians need to study more philosophy, the Vatican says.This was one of the main points of the “Decree on the Reform of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy,” which Benedict...

Swiss Capuchin Franciscan monks in Switzerland have placed a job advert in a newspaper as part of a recruitment drive. The Capuchin order says it is looking for professional single men like bankers or lawyers aged 22 to 35 to join...

If you can remember, when Cuba became a Communist Country, all seminaries where closed and religious and diocesan priests were disbanded and left the country, bringing down the whole priesthood and vocation to a halt for more than a half...

The Capuchin Order is a certified prolific producer of Saints in the Catholic Church. Aside from the great numbers of their saints in the official Canon of the Catholic Church, they are still continuing to provide us with inspiration and...

One of Hong Kong’s four new permanent deacons says his vocation is linked to Pope John Paul II, and particularly to the Pontiff’s death. Deacon Stephen Kwok Ping-fai was one of four to be ordained July 24 at the Cathedral of...

This is very alarming indeed. The Capuchin order in India is declining in terms of membership. The once strong number of Capuchin Brothers in the land of diverse spirituality is experiencing a tough time in their vocations.  The Capuchin Order...

Did you know that a Hollywood actress entered the convent and actually became a nun? God calls in mysterious ways isn’t it? The limelight seems dim for this Hollywood actress because she never saw fulfillment in want she did despite the fact...

And yes I am not making this up. It’s true. The late Francis Magalona’s first dream was not to be in showbiz but to become a Priest. I was deleting some old files in my computer until I stumbled upon...

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday urged young people to follow “the call” to the priesthood, as the Roman Catholic Church struggles to shake off the impact of a series of clerical sex abuse scandals. “Don’t be afraid, dear young people,...

In actual fact, the best thing that ever happened to me was discovering within me the vocation that is called “Franciscan.” Unlike a lot of other spiritual traditions, the Franciscan tradition can’t be easily described by a set of definitions,...

I AM… Firmo, but my friends call me Jun-G. I am an only child. For the past years of my life, I’ve gained so many friends around the Philippines and abroad. I consider them not just my friends, but also...

Of all the places on earth, Holy Land has the highest incidence of vocations this last few years. Toppling Europe and the US in the vocation race, Holy Land seminaries are now full packed, needs expansion and lacking of funds...

To share my vocation story is like saying to a cow “go fly to the moon”. My vocation story is so complicated, so weird and so perplexing that it would take at least 200 pages of a record book just...