by Kevin Banet | May 26, 2018 | News in general, Social media
Religious orders in the United States are successfully using social media to attract vocations, says the current issue of the National Catholic Register. In its May 27 – June 9 issue, the article “Digital Discernment” explains how communities...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 1, 2018 | IRL, News in general
Even though I’m serious about promoting vocations to religious life, I’ll have to admit that sometimes I like to play practical jokes. One day, while I was working at the Institute on Religious Life, the phone rang. The voice was soft and yet intense. Yet...
by Kevin Banet | Dec 22, 2017 | Know who you are, News in general
Having lived in the city all my life, I never knew the attraction that living off the land has for many people. Until I lived in rural Kentucky. When I was a younger man, I left city life for an area of central Kentucky with rolling hills and simple farmhouses. I...
by Kevin Banet | Dec 13, 2017 | Books, News in general
Are you discerning religious life? Not sure if your calling is to marriage? The single life? We recommend Bishop Robert Barron’s new ebook, How to Discern God’s Will for Your Life. It covers all the basics of finding God’s calling, or vocation, for...
by Kevin Banet | Dec 9, 2017 | News in general, Pope and Vatican
Pope Francis encourages religious at the vocational ministry and consecrated life conference at the Vatican Just recently many religious and consecrated persons from all over the world gathered at the Vatican. The event was the December 1 – 3 vocational ministry...
by Kevin Banet | Nov 24, 2017 | News in general
Watch our short video below to hear the humorous warning issued today by our parish priest concerning Thanksgiving Day. I also bring up his quote of George Washington on his proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our vocation...