Posts Tagged ‘Religious vocations’

Religious community seeks vocations to join sisters with Down syndrome

Monday, November 14th, 2022
Down syndrome

A religious community that includes sisters with Down syndrome isn’t something many would expect to hear about. In fact, there’s just one in the entire world – in southern France. There, the religious community welcomes sisters with Down syndrome to live out their vocation of contemplative prayer. The Prioress, Mother Line, is now seeking able Read more

Pope: be realistic about vocations drop

Monday, March 21st, 2022
Pope urges communities to be realistic

As the number of vocations to religious life is dropping, sometimes sharply, Pope Francis urges communities to be realistic, trust in God and educate laypeople to carry on their work and spirituality. In a meeting March 17 with members of the Augustinian Recollects, an order founded in 1588, the pope acknowledged that 25 years ago, Read more