Since 1997, the World Day for Consecrated Life honors them for spreading the Church’s message across the globe.

Jesus comes to us in the Church through the foundational charism of an Institute: it is nice to think of our vocation in this way!

Suggestions of how to mark 2nd February

This year’s theme is: “Vocations: Witness to the Truth”.

A small group of Dominican nuns hope that the monastery they built in the mountains of Western Canada will become the voice of Jesus to anyone who stops to listen.

A just-released study of more than 5,000 former full-time volunteers shows that 37 percent had considered a vocation to priesthood or religious life.

“Religious persons are called upon to follow the Lord in a special way”.