by Kevin Banet | May 23, 2011 | Attracting vocations, Come & See Program
A new survey that I’ve written aims to help single Catholic women sort out one of the most common questions about religious life: How do I know if I’m called? The seven-question survey, written in cooperation with the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate...
by Kevin Banet | May 4, 2011 | Attracting vocations, New media
The Church needs bloggers and bloggers need the Church, participants at a meeting between 150 bloggers and Vatican officials agreed. The meeting, on May 2, was sponsored by the pontifical councils for culture and for social communications. Bloggers were acknowledged...
by Kevin Banet | Mar 14, 2011 | Attracting vocations, New media
The Austin, TX diocese has some good points on finding candidates for religious life and the priesthood. Here are a few that they take from the National Religious Vocations Conference: Membership in the Catholic Church Generally good health Adequate intellectual...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 5, 2011 | Attracting vocations
Nigeria is one of the Catholic “hot spots” in the world today — the Church is flourishing with a faithful that is strong in their Catholic life, and with many vocations. In a book given to me as a Christmas present, Cardinal Francis Arinze sheds some light on gaining...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 21, 2010 | Attracting vocations, New media
Your Website is Vital for Vocations How do qualified candidates learn about a religious community? A community’s website is very important — second in importance behind personal contact, according to a recent study by a vocation organization. The study,...