All over the province of Cebu this week, seminarians are in different parishes to explain what vocation is all about. More ...

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a ...

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from ...

Members of Catholic religious congregations in South Korea have called for concerted efforts to tackle a decline in vocation and blamed secularization as a cause for the decrease in the number of ...

Such formation, he noted, should go beyond intellectual training and focus on missionary spirituality, inculturation, and ...

John Flanagan, executive director of the Labouré Society, noted that canon law requires those entering religious life to be free from debts that they are unable to pay. Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune ...

Tuan Anh Nguyen's journey to religious life began with a stint as a youth minister, a proposed bargain with God and a (possibly) divine sign in a video game. Though wagering a vocation on his mad ...

(RNS) — ‘Their lives are so much more complicated and distracting than mine was,’ said Brother Larry Schatz, vocation director for the Christian Brothers Midwest province. (RNS) — Tuan Anh Nguyen’s ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Elegant cups filled with tea and delicate scones, with a side of good conversation. But this was not a typical “high tea.” This tea featured the presence of various religious ...

The life of a religious brother unfolds silently in a world driven by countless demands—hidden in prayer, community, and ...