. . . It's important to keep in mind that the concept of "vocation" is ultimately not about sorting ourselves or others into ...

To some the words politics or politician are pejoratives. A person the voters have elected to represent them and their community may be dismissed as “just a politician.” In our representative ...

Kathy Bollerud, Chair of the Board of the Himalayan Education Foundation, will share her story of how a 2008 trip to India inspired her to help the children of the Himalayas, and how the foundation ...

My physical therapist told me that, because of my scoliosis (which was exacerbated by a pregnancy), I had been using all the wrong muscles for ordinary things like sitting, standing and lifting. We ...

In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2023, Pope Francis said God’s call to a particular vocation also includes the mission to offer one’s life for others. “God’s call,” the Pope ...

A deacon in Diocese of Rochester describes each individual’s vocational call as “a profound invitation” to holiness from God.

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 ...

I find comfort in the routines in life, especially when so much of life seems so uncertain and capricious. For almost a decade, I went running along the same route each day and encountered many of the ...

The word vocation, originally used to indicate lives directly consecrated to God through priestly or religious service, has recently come into use in a much broader fashion. To expand vocation to ...

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael Novak delivered this address at the Catholic University of America on January 14, on the first anniversary of the university’s School of Business and Economics.] The Catholic ...

Max Weber's Science as a Vocation has long been part of the canon of science studies. In this paper, the key analytical categories that Weber uses to discuss scientific work are applied to some recent ...