“When I think about a vocational call, I think of two things: First, God is the one who calls, and it is always a call of ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.

If you are Catholic, one might recognize that the three Church-designated vocation callings are — religious life, marriage, and being single. However, within the Catholic community discourse, one ...

“Knock, knock, knockity-knock! / ‘It’s eight o’clock,’ the Sister said. / ‘Who can it be that comes to see / The convent all abed?’” A young girl crosses the threshold, taking her first steps in ...

Sister Magdalene Schafer of the Daughters of Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus in Steubenville, Ohio, recently described the “beautiful process” of answering her religious vocation thanks in part to the ...

Through the gift of their vocation and their different charisms, consecrated men and women play a central role in the Catholic Church's mission to spread the Gospel, Pope Francis said. "Indeed in many ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has strongly praised U.S. institutes of women religious for their contribution to the Church’s evangelizing mission, while urging them to be careful not to lose the ...