Religious Life is a vocation in which members live in a community with a shared apostolate (or mission), charism (the particular expression of the community’s life, the community’s “culture”), and spirituality.Religious share in work, prayer, and recreation with their...
According to the Code of Canon Law, a consecrated virgin is consecrated to God by her diocesan bishop, enters a public state of consecrated in the Church, and is betrothed mystically to Christ. Her life is one of perpetual virginity. What isn’t a consecrated virgin?...
Five Signs Religious Life Might Be Right For You By Sister Colleen Therese Smith, A.S.C.J. Not long ago a young woman posed this question to me: “Does God send signs?” She had been praying to God for a very specific sign that would alleviate any doubt in her mind once...
A vocation is a call from God who created you to share intimately in His inner life of love. You are called to perfect love in union with God for all eternity! You live out this call by making a total self-gift of yourself in love. As you take up your cross and follow...