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Vignettes: Never Settling Down
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Vignettes: Community
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Vocation Vignettes - Novitiate
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Vocation Vignettes - The Call
The Sisters of the Federation of The Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada have created a wonderful series of Vocation Vignettes with a new one available every month. Click here to see December’s offering “The Call”
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John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Vocation as Call
Each baptized Christian is called by God to do something special, to become someone special!
Our call or vocation as Christians is to become more Christlike. Each person has special gifts and talents that will help that person to be of service to others.
Service is the vocation that is common to all Christians. After discernment and a deliberate choice, each person is called to live out that call to service through a particular lifestyle.
God calls some to be sisters, brothers, deacons or priests. God calls others to be husbands, wives, parents, or single.
Through prayer, reflection, and conversation with others about our dreams and talents, we can best combine our talents with a lifestyle that will help us to share the Gospel of service with others.
Called as Single Person
Lifestyle
A single person is a woman or man of faith and prayer who:
† Is called to live Christian values
† Lives the Christian call to serve
† Make Christ present in all parts of our lives – family, profession, volunteering, friendships
Service
A single person may be called to:
† Teach or counsel
† Do social work
† Be a lector or liturgist
† Work in a parish
† Service wherever time, talent, money, and personal responsibilities will allow
Called as Married Person
Lifestyle
A married person is a woman or man of faith and prayer who:
† Lives Christian values in the home
† Vows fidelity to a husband or a wife through the sacrament of marriage
† Teaches Christian values to children in the family
† Promises to help his or her partner become a better person
† Lives the Christian call to serve
Service
A married person may be called to:
† Teach
† Be a lector or liturgist
† Do retreat work
† Do social work
† Service wherever time, talent, money, and family responsibilities will allow
Called as Priest
Lifestyle
A priest is a man of faith and prayer who:
† Is called to be a church minister
† Proclaims the Word of God and administers the sacraments
† If a diocesan priest, vows obedience to the bishop which includes living
celibately
† If a religious order priest, vows obedience, poverty and celibacy
Service
A priest is called to:
† Be a servant, teacher, and missionary
† Build a parish community that works to bring healing, justice, and peace to all
† Preside at Eucharist
† Administer the sacraments
Called as Brother
Lifestyle
A brother is a man of faith and prayer who:
† Lives by a vow of poverty, sharing all things in common
† Lives by a vow of celibacy, loving all people universally, not making a
commitment to one person in particular
† Lives by a vow of obedience, listening to God’s will through prayer and other people
† Lives and prays in community with others
Service
A brother may be called to:
† Teach adults or children
† Provide the needy with health care or other human services
† Work in a parish
† Serve as a missionary in another country
† Serve wherever the church’s needs are the greatest
Called as Deacon
Lifestyle
A deacon is a man of faith and prayer who:
† Serves the poor
† Assists the bishop and priests of his diocese
† Fulfills the duties of an ordained minister in addition to those of his
professional work
† May be married or single
Service
A deacon may be asked to:
† Minister at baptisms
† Give homilies
† Witness marriages
† Minister to the elderly
† Work in prisons
† Serve wherever the church’s needs are the greatest