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‘Shake the tree, Lord’ for more people discerning a religious vocation

by | Nov 18, 2022 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

In the past six months, Father David Blume, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has noticed a bit of an uptick in the number of people inquiring about support for discerning their vocation. “Every year I think, ‘Lord, thank you for all those who are stepping forward,’” he said. “‘And I don’t want to be greedy, Lord, but if there’s a few more out there, shake the tree, Lord.’” 

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As a seminarian, Bishop Cozzens encouraged his mother to work for religious vocations through Serra

by | Nov 3, 2022 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Years ago, when Judy Cozzens taught in the public school system, she knew she would retire early and work for the Church. When her son Andrew, “Drew” to the family, was preparing for his ordination to the priesthood, she called and asked him how he thought she should use her time. 

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There Is No Vocation to the ‘Single Life’

by | Aug 7, 2020 | , , , , | 0 |

The word “vocation” has been diluted.  Before the sixteenth century, “vocation” had an exclusively sacramental sense.  But, as Max Weber points out in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the Lutheran and Calvinist dissolution of monastic and priestly orders gave rise to its modern sense of “occupation” or “profession.” What is the difference […]

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