God invites us to participate in God’s life in all the ages and conditions in which we live, from the days of youth “even to old age and gray hairs” (Ps. 71:18). But what does vocation look like for ...

In our doctoral seminar we were discussing theories of mission. Our professor, who had grown up in the mission field in China, had personal experience with the ideas we were playing with. He closed ...

COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a ...

How Martin Luther’s doctrine of vocation can mold marriage, parenting, and childhood. For Gene Edward Veith Jr., provost and professor of literature at Patrick Henry College, Martin Luther’s doctrine ...

Brian Robinette explores polarization and the obstacles it creates for meaningful communication and connection. Against so much historical and contemporary conflict, Robinette argues that the ...

In his decades of teaching geology at Calvin University, Ralph Stearley noticed that many people assume that there is some kind of deep conflict between faith and science, an attitude that plays out ...

The prelates encouraged family prayer and taking care to form children in the virtues. The bishops offered some guidelines for educating the family in the process of vocational discernment. (photo: P.