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 ...

“Knock, knock, knockity-knock! / ‘It’s eight o’clock,’ the Sister said. / ‘Who can it be that comes to see / The convent all abed?’” A young girl crosses the threshold, taking her first steps in ...

Members of Catholic religious congregations in South Korea have called for concerted efforts to tackle a decline in vocation and blamed secularization as a cause for the decrease in the number of ...

Sister Pia Jude and Sister Luca Benedict are both Sisters of Life who will be speaking at the upcoming Life Fest, a morning of prayer for youth put on by the Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of ...

(RNS) — Sister Maria Angeline Weiss recalls her choice to embrace the religious life of a Catholic sister as fairly straightforward. As a 16-year-old Catholic high schooler in Allentown, Pennsylvania, ...

(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 ...

This month's question brings us to the end of our journey with the inspiring group of panelists for the seventh season of The Life. While public discussion often highlights declining numbers in ...

The Vocations Tree display at St. John Neumann Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland invites parishioners to select a prayer card and pray for a seminarian during Lent. The initiative began at the parish ...

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — An incredible milestone was celebrated at the Franciscan Villa as Sister Eugene Marie Schneider marked her 100th birthday. Sister Eugene, who joined the sisterhood in 1942, has ...