Vocations

“Becoming a priest or a man or woman religious is not primarily our own decision.... Rather it is the response to a call and to a call of love.” - Pope Francis, Address to Seminarians and Novices, July 6, 2013

"If you are what you should be, then you will set the world on fire."

- St. Catherine of Siena

Vocations in the Diocese of Harrisburg

"Do you know what it means to be truly spiritual? It means becoming the slaves of God. Marked with His brand, which is that of the Cross." - St. Teresa of Avila

"If anyone is seeking God, know that the Beloved is seeking that person much more."
- St. John of the Cross

God has created
me to do Him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me which He
has not committed to another.
I have my mission;
I never may know it in this life,
but I shall be told it in the next.
I have a part in a great work;
I am a link in a chain,
a bond of connection between persons.
He has not created me for naught.
I shall do good, I shall do His work;
I shall be an angel of peace,
a preacher of truth in my own place,
while not intending it,
if I do but keep His commandments
and serve Him in my calling.

— John Henry Cardinal Newman