Tag: Vocation
Former journalist says religious life is all she’d hoped
When the ABC reported that its journalist Nancy Webb was leaving left her job in Toowoomba to join a Catholic convent in Toronto many...
Sr Mary Grace says ‘Yes’ to God’s love
Sister of Life Mary Grace says the graces of her vocation are not only to make her heart full, but yours too.
The 33-year-old Sydney...
Fr Chris de Sousa CRS: Being intentional with your discernment at...
Prior to my vocation as a religious order priest, I worked as a lawyer in Perth and was an active youth leader and serving acolyte for the Somascan Fathers, who took pastoral carriage of my native parish in 2004.
From the Doctor’s surgery to the Diaconate
By Deacon Louis Azzopardi
You are probably all familiar with the story of the diaconate in the early church and how it eventually became part...
Journey to Discernment
It's a question faced by everyone starting a career … what’s my calling? Some refer to it as a profession, others a vocation.
For those...
Deacon follows in siblings’ steps
Religious vocation is Steve's greatest prize
As a civil engineer Steve Drum saw his job as building bridges between people, today on the eve of...
Last of a holy family
Father William Creede CSsR, one of eight siblings who all pursued religious life, has passed away aged 93.
The last surviving member of the family...
A century of playing to God’s tune
Sister Rose Anne Croke RSC says she will “never forget the day” she entered religious life in Sydney.
Now as her 100th birthday approaches on...
From rich to poor, married to priest
When Father Bob Sheridan was four or five years old, electric trains only travelled as far as Parramatta. At midnight street lights went out...
Fr Michael De Stoop: When I am weak, I am strong
In 1966, German theologian Karl Rahner SJ (1904–1984) pondered what the priest of tomorrow will be like if he is to prove worthy of...
Six Sydney priests offer heartfelt advice to ordinands
In two week's time, on Saturday 3 August, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP will ordain seven young men to the priesthood at St Mary's Cathedral...
God delivered love when I needed it
The reality of looking for Mr Right
As I was approaching the BIG 30 I heard it said, “If you’re unhappy as a single, you’ll...