2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?

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2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?

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What draws people to religious life?

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Editor's note

Jesus at the center

By Carol Schuck Scheiber, editor

If you boil down the much more sophisticated answers people give, for most, the reason to enter religious life really does come back to a passion for living one’s faith in Jesus in a fuller, more intense way. Read more...

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What attracted me to religious life

What attracted me to religious life

By Nate Tinner-Williams, Sister Clara Johnson, Tucker Redding S.J., and Sister Jessica Vitente S.P.

Four recent entrants describe what drew them to consecrated life. Read more...

What the 2020 study reveals about attraction to religious life

What the 2020 study reveals about attraction to religious life

The NRVC Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life explored people's attraction to consecrated life.The topic was examined through survey questions and in focus group discussions. The resulting data and narratives reveal why people have been entering religious communities in the early 21st century. Read more...

Key findings about Catholic youth and young adults

Key findings about Catholic youth and young adults

Accompany us. Mentor us. Help us with life decisions. Those are among the key findings from an important examination of youth and young adults and their pastoral needs. Read more...

Taking ourselves lightly

Taking ourselves lightly

By Sister Michele Vincent Fisher C.S.F.N.

Humor and play have a place in the serious business of vocational discernment. Read more...

Vocation ministry and the mystics

Vocation ministry and the mystics

By Father Kevin DePrinzio O.S.A.

The mystics have wisdom that can help vocation directors and people in discernment. Read more...

Feed your spirit: Receiving the adjacent possible

Feed your spirit: Receiving the adjacent possible

By Sister Margo Ritchie C.S.J.

And if we stay with the image of adjacent possible, I think we could easily describe the various prototypes of life in common that we now call religious life. Read more...

2021 Fall Book notes: Called to love

2021 Fall Book notes: Called to love

By Sister Graciela Colon S.C.C.

Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day supported and encouraged each other in their respective vocations and call to radical witness. Read more...

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