The saint who started World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The saint who started World Day of Prayer for Vocations

by Sam Alzheimer A couple of months ago I ran across my great-grandmother’s prayer book, a small leather-bound tome which had obviously seen a lot of use. As I fanned through the pages, a prayer card fluttered out. It was a prayer for vocations written in 1964...
Priests Offer Advice after Community’s Surge in Vocations

Priests Offer Advice after Community’s Surge in Vocations

New book A Living Sacrifice offers guidance for men discerning religious life When Fr. Benedict Croell was vocation director for the Eastern Dominican Province of St. Joseph, over one hundred men entered his province in just eight years.  By any measure, that is a...