Trauma and Its Impact upon Applicants
Trauma and Its Impact upon Applicants
By Joseph J. Guido OP
Vocation ministers often hear stories of how grace has triumphed over adversity and in the process revealed or confirmed a vocation to church life and ministry. Candidates tell stories of conversion, renewal and return to the practice of the faith, of turning away from sin, the development of prayer and the deepening of understanding, the decisive importance of a mystical experience, a devotion to Mary or the role of a confessor, and the sudden or gradual conviction that one has been called. Read more...
By Mary Elizabeth Kenel
via Zoom
St. Louis, MO
Baltimore, MD
10 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Being connected to others doing similar ministry is a big reason that Friar Emanuel Vasconcelos, O.F.M.Conv. is part of the NRVC. He is vocation director for the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels province. He is also a Mid-Atlantic Member Area Coordinator, along with Sister Jean Rhoades, D.C. Read more...
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