Catholic Vocations Home
Authority in religious life must be understood as a way to help the community to seek and achieve the will of God
Challenge 2008
The Confraternity of Christ the Priest invites you to partake in Challange 2008, a National Vocations information weekend to take place in Albury, NSW from 26-28 of September.
Sixty-two percent jump in inquiries into Catholic religious life
Religious communities reported on average a 30 percent increase this past year in the number of individuals in initial formation—the period before final vows. In addition, 62 percent of participating communities reported an increase in vocation inquiries in the past year.
New instruction on obedience issued by Vatican
Church Teaching on Consecrated Life
The life consecrated through the profession of the evangelical counsels is a stable form of living by which the faithful, following Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, are totally dedicated to God who is loved most of all, so that, having been dedicated by a new and special title to His honor, to the building up of the Church, and to the salvation of the world, they strive for the perfection of charity in the service of the kingdom of God and, having been made an outstanding sign in the Church, foretell the heavenly glory.
