De La Mennais Brothers: Making Jesus Christ better known and loved by young people

Here’s the beginning of Pope Francis' letter for Vocations Sunday (last weekend). For the whole letter, click here . MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 52nd WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS 26 APRIL 2015 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Theme: Exodus, a fundamental experience of vocation Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Fourth Sunday of Easter offers us the figure of the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep: he calls them, he feeds them and he guides them. For over fifty years the universal Church has celebrated this Sunday as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In this way she reminds us of our need to pray, as Jesus himself told his disciples, so that “the Lord of the harvest may send out labourers into his harvest” ( Lk 10:2). Jesus command came in the context of his sending out missionaries. He called not only the twelve Apostles, but another seventy-two disciples whom he then sent out, two by two, for the mission (cf. Lk 10:1-6). Since the Church “is by her very natu...

In honour of Vocation Sunday tomorrow here's an excellent post from DVO app. March 1 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace... 2 Tim 1:9 (NIV) Vocation - Part 1 What's your calling? Growing up in church this question was bandied about almost as much as "how are you today?" The urgency of the way in which it was always asked made me nervous. What IS my calling? Am I called? Am I one of th...

Is God possibly calling you to life as a Religious Brother? Ask yourself the question.

Find below some links to resources produced by the National Office for Vocation in England and Wales for today’s celebration of Vocation Sunday that you can make use of throughout the year whenever addressing the question of vocation with pupils, young people in general...  *********************** Vocations Sunday: 11th May 2014 Good Shepherd Sunday is the moment when all the faithful are invited to pray for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. Teresa Carvalho, NOV’s newly appointed Discipleship Promoter, has worked hard putting the following online resources together: -  Pray for Vocations: Parish liturgical resources & aids for prayer -  Hear about Vocations: Testimonies from priests and religious -  Teach about Vocations: School resources -  Read about Vocations: Including links to Pope Francis' message for Vocations Sunday 2014 It is also possible to order the printed resources which have been created for this Voc...

What is your own personal vocation? Spend time today listening to the promptings of the Spirit in your heart. Trust Him. "Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by … the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves.” Pope Benedict XVI (Thanks to Middlesborough Diocese Youth Mission Team for the following quote + picture) "Let us dispose our hearts therefore to being “good soil”, by listening, receiving and living out the word, and thus bearing fruit. The more we unite ourselves to Jesus through prayer, Sacred Scripture, the Eucharist, the Sacraments celebrated and lived in the Church and in fraternity, the more there will grow in us the joy of cooperating with God in the service of the Kingdom of mercy and truth, of justice and peace. And the harvest will be plentiful, proportionate to the grace we have meekly welcomed into our lives." - ...