National Catholic Register

National Vocation Awareness Week: 5 Ways Men and Women Are Called to a Religious Vocation

COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...
National Catholic Reporter

Candidates for Catholic men's religious orders increasingly diverse

Tuan Anh Nguyen's journey to religious life began with a stint as a youth minister, a proposed bargain with God and a (possibly) divine sign in a video game. Though wagering a vocation on his mad ...
National Catholic Register

Study on Priest and Religious Student Debt Finds It Can Be a Barrier to Vocations

John Flanagan, executive director of the Labouré Society, noted that canon law requires those entering religious life to be free from debts that they are unable to pay. Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune ...
Religion News Service

In Catholic men’s religious orders, diversity brings new opportunities — and occasional friction

(RNS) — ‘Their lives are so much more complicated and distracting than mine was,’ said Brother Larry Schatz, vocation director for the Christian Brothers Midwest province. (RNS) — Tuan Anh Nguyen’s ...