God Calling: Vocation Vibes

Episode 19 - My Call to Consecrated Hospitality

HOW IS IT THAT A YOUNG WOMAN who majored in education because she loves children found her greatest happiness in serving Jesus in the elderly poor? How is it that a vivacious and talented young lady who loved fun and friends was inspired to give her life totally to God, finding abundant joy and friendship as a consecrated hospitaller religious and using her gifts and talents in the service of His people? And what is this vow of "Hospitality" that Sr. Ellen Anne lives today as a Little Sister of the Poor? Click here to find out...

Episode #18 - Call to Charism

WHERE AM I CALLED? In discerning the consecrated religious life, people often assume that their vocation will be to a certain work or ministry, but—as awesome and as greatly needed as the “works of our hands” might be—the call is ultimately to an even broader, deeper, and more all-encompassing reality!
In drawing an individual to a religious community, God personally invites the person to enter into a certain charism, a rich new spirit and a whole new way of being and living that not only encompasses the specific ministry of the community but is also a radiant gift and witness to the Church and to the world. Find out more as Mother Mary Richard of the Little Sisters of the Poor tells us about this exciting and beautiful aspect of vocational discernment. Enriched with these insights, you’ll be better prepared to seek the charism that’s the best fit for your heart!
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Episode #17 - Young Adults: The Power of Connection in Finding Your Path

As a young adult and a person of faith--however strong or weak that faith might be--do you sometimes feel confused by all of society’s pressures and expectations? Are you groping to find your way in life and to get a sense of who you were really created to be?
Peter Blute, Executive Director of Young Catholic Professionals, offers insights and advice from his wealth of relevant personal and professional experience: Discover the power of connection with other young adults of faith. Jesus Himself was young among the young; meet Him in those connections and He will show you the way!
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Episode #16 - My Story: The Eucharist and the Rose

THE ROSE TELLS IT ALL! From the time when Sr. Therese Marie of the Eucharist received her First Holy Communion as a little girl to the moment she saw a Little Sister of the Poor on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) to the experience of deepening her love for Our Eucharistic Lord and also her vocational discernment while studying at Franciscan University of Steubenville, her path seemed clear…but then she fell in love with a really great young guy! What to do? The story of the rose will answer that question…and will bring a smile to your face. (And if it does, please consider liking/sharing/following our podcast!)

Episode #15 - A Vocations Perspective from the Wisdom of Our Elders

DON’T MISS THEIR CHARMING COMMENTS, ON-TARGET INSIGHTS, AND GREAT ADVICE! Avid enthusiasts for vocations and ardent prayer supporters of all young men and women who are discerning their God-given calling, the elderly residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor are represented by Marge, Brother Jeff, and Dot, who make their way to the studio to tell the good news about vocations as they see it.
 
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Episode #14 - God's Instrument: A Conversation with Music Artist Sarah Hart

Sarah Hart, a talented Catholic music artist who has performed across the country and has even sung for the pope at the Vatican, shares with us how her initial response to this calling was a definite and repeated “no.” Secular careers beckoned and greatly attracted her, but eventually she responded to her call to be God’s instrument through music, and she fell in love with it.
Sarah tells of the joy of seeing God touch people through her gifts over the years, inspiring young men and women to discover and respond to their own call in turn. In a number of those individuals the call has revealed itself to be a vocation to the consecrated life or to priesthood.
Listeners are invited to ponder their own calling and to discern in what way God might desire to use them as His instruments in the song of salvation for His people in need.
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Episode #13 - Called? ME, Gen Z?

In this ephemeral landscape of fleeting images we all long for happiness that lasts forever. We are wired for it, always seeking for something eternal. Sr. Sophia Peters, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist who is a marriage and family therapist and also a formator for your women entering her religious community, walks us through the generational characteristics of today’s young people (“Gen Z”). She shows us how those traits and tendencies can present not only as challenges, but also as blessings for these individuals as they seek their path to happiness.
Everyone has a vocation. And in each generation, there are some individuals whom God calls to walk closely with him in the priesthood or consecrated life for the service of their brothers and sisters. But considering current societal pressures and generational factors, how can they hear and respond to the call? Sister Sophia shows us how profound silence, listening, and presence to God can lead to a clear vision of the path to which he is calling us, and how his grace is ever-present to support us in engaging on that path and ultimately in discovering our greatest joy and fulfillment.
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Episode #12 - Religious Sister: Spiritual Mother

Discerning young women often hesitate to follow their call to the religious life because they fear that their desire for motherhood will not be fulfilled—and yet it is quite the contrary! “And everyone who gave up homes, brothers or sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.” (Mt. 19:29)
Sr. Amy Kristine from the Little Sisters of the Poor relates the many ways in which a religious Sister exercises a very real spiritual motherhood on behalf of those whom she serves. She illustrates, moreover, how the spiritual motherhood a woman experiences in living out the consecrated religious life has profound and enduring significance in both time and eternity.
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Episode #11 - A Vocation Within a Vocation: Lay Associates

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The Little Sisters of the Poor treasure their lay “Jeanne Jugan Associates,” men and women at least 18 years of age who embrace both the spirituality and the mission of their foundress, St. Jeanne Jugan and of their religious family. Meet our new Associates who have just made their promises for the first time and listen as they relate what drew them to the charism of this religious family, as well as the joy that they experience as they now set out upon this special “vocation within their vocation.” While the role of the laity has received greater emphasis since Vatican II, many vowed religious families have long had formally organized lay associations; please enjoy this glimpse into ours!
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Episode #10 - Brothers to Us All

WHAT IS A RELIGIOUS BROTHER? As we highlight Religious Brothers’ Day which is celebrated in May of each year, Brother Tom Osorio from the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God relates his experience of the vocation to religious brotherhood. In conversation with Sr. Carolyn from the Little Sisters of the Poor, Brother Tom describes the sacred space where the religious Brother and those whom he serves both enter into an encounter with God. In living the vowed life of a religious (and particularly the vow of hospitality which Brother Tom’s and Sr. Carolyn’s communities both share), Brother Tom speaks of the movement from “doing” to “being” to “embracing”.
Among the many different ministries in which various communities of Brothers labor in the Church, Brother Tom’s religious family brings Jesus’ healing wherever there is a need—from the care of the weakest and most forgotten to serving as Brother nurses for the Pope at the Vatican.
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