vocation

Priest’s love of cars helps raise funds for vocations in poorest diocese
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 13, 2017
How to get the engine running for vocations? A priest who loves rebuilding hot rods might have the answer. Father Matthew Keller is donating a 1969 Pontiac Firebird Convertible that he refurbished for a raffle in support of vocations for the Diocese of Gallup in New Mexico.
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Pope in Genoa challenges the ‘worldliness’ of Catholic life
- Global Church, Vatican
- May 27, 2017
In a busy morning, Pope Francis said that the Church is interested in the “dignity of work” because even Jesus was a worker, acknowledged the role religious people have had in the drop in vocations by leading a worldly life, and challenged the young people of Genoa to question whatever the surrounding culture presents as normal, including the fact that the Mediterranean Sea has become a cemetery.
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Young people to be more than study subjects in upcoming synod
- Vatican
- January 13, 2017
“Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment” is the theme for the next Synod of Bishops, set to be held at the Vatican in October 2018, and judging from a preparatory document for the summit released on Friday, young people won’t just be study subjects but protagonists during the entire synod process.
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O’Malley urges young people to ‘bring God’s mercy to life’
- Catholic News Service, World Youth Day Krakow
- July 28, 2016
The Jubilee Year is a chance to reboot or start over again, Boston’s cardinal told WYD pilgrims. ‘We need to find a new route to take us where we need to go.’
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