by Kevin Banet | Apr 27, 2023 | Attracting vocations, Vocation news
Left to right, Sr. Maria Cecilia (third year temporary professed), Sr. Toni (second year novice), Sr. Ashlie (postulant), Sr. Katie (first year novice), Sr. Maria Teresa (first year temporary professed) Any sign of growth in a religious community these days is a cause...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 1, 2018 | Attracting vocations
It helps to get advice from an expert. To find someone who can shed some magical light on whatever sticky problems stand in the way. As a vocation director, you’ve probably spent a lot of time wondering which is the best way to promote vocations. You’ve...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 9, 2017 | Attracting vocations
I remember being shocked when seeing for the first time the tunic worn by St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy. It was a patchwork of rags – something that you would see only on a homeless man in the streets of a big city. We all know that religious take vows of poverty,...
by Kevin Banet | Jun 23, 2017 | Attracting vocations, Facebook
Facebook has recently expanded its ad platform to those age 13-17. This is a great boon to vocation promoters, such as vocation directors, since now we can reach children at a time of their life when they should be thinking about their life’s calling. I remember years...
by Editor | Jun 20, 2017 | Attracting vocations, Come & See Program
Vocation Match, sponsored by the VISION Vocation Network, is used by many religious communities to bring in names of vocation candidates. Vocation Match is one of several online Catholic marketing services which offer to find candidates for religious and consecrated...
by Editor | Jun 12, 2017 | Attracting vocations, Books, Come & See Program
Face it, our information age is an information overload. All you need a simple yet proven method for attracting vocations using social media. We have put vocation marketing to the test and have refined it in the fires of success (and a little trial and error). Jesus...