Religious life

Dominican Sister Anne Therese Wilder, who grew up in St. Cloud, reflects on her call to religious life.

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) has partnered with another Jesuit ministry, America Media, to produce a series of five videos on vocations to religious life posted to America Media’s YouTube channel.

Through discernment, prayer and working for the greater honor and glory of God our whole life becomes our vocation.

An invitation to vespers with the Dominicans and Sister Anna, then simply Andrea Wray, was taken aback by the prayers and watching the priests and brothers and she thought “I want this.”

When young people feel called to the priesthood or religious life, they can’t keep it a secret. Eventually, they need to break the news to their parents.

The seeds of Sister Grace Dominic’s vocation were first planted in the Archdiocese of Washington, where she was born and raised, attended school, graduated from college and began a career in journalism. Here, in her hometown, God’s eventual plan for her life took shape. As she said, it’s where “everything began to unfold.”

In its ministry to young people, and especially in vocations promotion work, church workers must step out of the sacristy and take seriously the questions and concerns of the young, Pope Francis said.

Dolores Hart was 19 when she filmed her first movie scene: kissing Elvis Presley. The aspiring actress was dressed in a polka dot dress with her […]