Vocations

Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope.

“Our vocation, that place to which we are called to give ourselves, is the field. It looks different for each of us depending on what God calls us to, but the treasure is always Christ.”

“An essential element of the synodal journey is the development of a greater sense of co-responsibility of the lay faithful for the life and future of the church,” the pope said Oct. 20.

All donations for the event go toward supporting seminarian education for the Diocese of St. Cloud.

Quo Vadis — Latin for “Where are you going?” — is an invitation from the Seattle Archdiocese’s vocations office for young men in high school to learn more about the priesthood, deepen their faith and discover how to hear God’s call in their lives.

Findings include the percentage of active vs. nonactive deacons; the archdioceses/dioceses and eparchies with the largest number of permanent deacons; sociocultural demographics; and ministerial involvement.

The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that a calling to religious life depends on God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Greece.

“We are called to see where Christ’s hand might be pointing and to reach out and point in a similar manner.”