It’s always good to take cues from the experts.
Who else is better suited to write a book on vocations than the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist?
As you probably know, the sisters in Ann Arbor, MI are the Olympians of the religious world today. You may have seen their fundraising photo which shows about a hundred novices and the headline “A Different Kind of Vocations Crisis.”
In the EWTN video below, Sr. Joseph Andrew, OP brings to light the difficulties young people have today in discovering their vocation in life. Her insights will help vocation directors understand today’s mindset of young people who may have a consecrated or religious vocation.
New book: And Mary’s “Yes” Continues
Go ahead and view it for some real insights. Here are some video takeaways that will help you as a vocation director:
- We all have spiritual motherhood or spiritual fatherhood as humans.
- In Vita Consecrata, Pope St. JPII talked about spiritual motherhood.
- There is a need for authentic fatherhood/motherhood in the Church. All men created with paternal nature. Gift of self in that nature, and give it to children.
- We aren’t challenging people with the truth. We have too much of a laid back approach.
- Sister helps the women discern through email. She helps them find their vocation. Whatever their vocation, she wants them to find it. Most people are called to marriage. If they are called to religious life, it’s which spirituality, which community.
I’ve ordered the book myself and am eager to use it to help recruit vocations for our client communities.
Order the book, And Mary’s “Yes” Continues.
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