by Kevin Banet | Sep 9, 2013 | Attracting vocations
“We have several in California that we’re keeping touch with, and several in the Midwest.” — Sr. Catherine, Servants of Mary vocation director, Kansas City, upon completion of initial Come & See Quiz program (Sept. 9, 2013)
by Kevin Banet | Aug 23, 2013 | Attracting vocations, Newsletter, Using video
The organizers of World Youth Day were smart. They wanted to promote vocations, and so they picked a talented youth Jesuit priest to give a short video sermon on discerning one’s vocation. The priest, Fr. James Martin, S.J., bangs out not only good, solid Jesuit...
by Kevin Banet | Jul 16, 2013 | discernment, News in general, Pope and Vatican, Vocation news
Awesome talk! You’ll love Pope Francis’ very touching delivery of his talk to 6,000 novices, seminarians and young people at the Vatican July 6. Also here are other talks, including Fr. Robert Barron’s stirring testimony of how the two Thomases, St....
by Kevin Banet | Jul 15, 2013 | Ad programs, Attracting vocations, Vocation resources
We’re happy to say that our Come & See Vocation Assessment Quiz is humming along well. This past weekend we received responses from two religious communities who are getting results with it. The program uses paid advertising to attract candidates to take a...
by Kevin Banet | Jul 13, 2013 | Attracting vocations, discernment, Pope and Vatican, Vocation news
Be joyful, know what religious poverty really is, and a bicycle just might be better for you than a car, Pope Francis told thousands of seminarians, novices and young people discerning their vocations July 6 at the Vatican in a celebration of the Year of Faith. The...