Vocation

Father Haverstock’s vocation inspired by priest’s surprise words on his confirmation day

“You’re going to be a priest.” Those words came suddenly from the mouth of a priest standing before Paul Haverstock, right before smearing his forehead with chrism oil to confirm the young convert, then a senior at the University of Kansas.

Archbishop Hebda ‘the type of person you wish would become a priest’

“I think maybe I had been distracted for a bit, and thinking I could do all these other things to better the world, and was losing sight of the great work a priest can do," Archbishop Hebda said of his college years. "When I started going to daily Mass, that renewed my interest in serving as a priest."

Vocation stimulator?

Young people attending the Steubenville North youth conference find encouragement to consider discerning if they are being called to a life as a priest or religious.

From Steubenville conference to the seminary

Bailey Lauret credits his attending the summer youth conference as one of the factors in his decision to discern a vocation to the priesthood.

Widowhood and the curveballs in life

I think if God played Major League Baseball, he’d be a pitcher. He’d pitch mostly fastballs, and then, just to mix things up, an occasional curveball — a big curveball.

You can’t drive a parked car: Attend vocation events to help discern

Everyone who is discerning the priesthood or religious life should attend events where they are able to talk to seminarians, priests and religious who are living the way of life that they are discerning. A number of discernment events are coming up in the next couple of months.

Why did I choose SJV? Big brother was my guide

Three men at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul have older brothers who have gone through seminary. Here, they describe the influence of their older brothers on the journey that led them to SJV.

Grilling a bishop

Young adults ask tough questions at Theology on Tap event

Sister’s unlikely vocation leads to lifetime of service

Last September, Sister Mary Madonna Ashton retired as the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ delegate for religious.

Church-related job, career a good way to contribute talents, enrich own faith

Looking for a career in the Church? You might just find what you’re looking for here.

Falling in love with a vocation

National Vocation Awareness Week is Jan. 13-19. The following reflection was first posted on the blog of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Msgr. Lavin — AKA ‘Scooter’ — lives in the hearts of St. Thomas alums

When The Catholic Spirit put out a call for anecdotes about the late Father James M. “Scooter” Lavin, graduates of St. Thomas recalled fondly the priest who was a fixture in the Ireland Hall dormitory, on the St. Paul campus and across the Twin Cities.
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