Tag Archives: Vocation

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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 11/07/2010

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If You Expect A Lot – You Will Get A Lot!

By | April 30, 2010

In my years of Catholic Youth Ministry I have embraced the concept of having high expectations of the young people we are trying to lead closer to Christ! As leaders we can’t sell young people short and expect less. Yesterday at a Catechetical Symposium I helped lead in the Archdiocese of Boston there was a fishbowl sharing experience that included some college students. At the end we asked them to give the youth leaders, DRE’s and Catholic school teachers present a word of advice. One young man simply said “If you expect a lot – you will get a lot!”

Future Fathers: Supporting Seminarians

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The goal of this Life night is to facilitate a culture of discernment in your youth ministry. This night will also provide opportunities to build up the Church by connecting teenagers and those preparing for the priesthood in your diocese through intercessory prayer and support.

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Tapping into the Principle – When a Discipline Becomes a Desire

By | April 5, 2010

Ever make a commitment to do something consistently every day? It takes a lot of discipline to do something like this. Maybe you just finished Lent and committed to giving up something for 40 days. Often times when we do this we find that what once was a discipline has now become a desire. It’s true what starts off as discipline can often turn into something we want to keep doing. Here are three steps to do this:

Life Night

Re-Gifted: Universal Call to Holiness

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this Life Night is to introduce this semester on vocation. This Life Night will address the universal vocation of holiness before we talk about specific vocations. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night seeks to break open the foundation of all vocations—our call to holiness. In this first night of the vocations semester, the teens will understand that no matter what specific vocation God calls them to, they must first offer themselves as a gift back to the

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Vocation

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Objective: The middle school youth will understand the concept of “vocation.” They also will discuss the Sacraments of service and consider whether they are feeling a call to serving God and His people as a lay person or through the religious life. Overview: The word “vocation” is derived from the Latin word vocare, meaning “to call.” Vocation, in the Christian sense, refers to the individual calling of each person to serve God in a personal way. As stated in the Catechism of the Catholic

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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 08: Vocation

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This book is the final in the series and breaks open the universal call to holiness and the individual vocations of Holy Order, Marriage, Single Life and Consecrated Life. In this book you will find eight Life Nights that introduce the concept of discerning God’s will for our lives and practical ways to do so. These nights are designed to call your teens to holiness in creative and engaging ways. This Curriculum Guide includes: Re-Gifted: Universal Call to Holiness Now Hiring: God’s Unique

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Now Hiring

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Goal for the Life Night: This night will help teens understand vocations as a specific and unique calling rather than a job or something they can choose. This night will give the teens practical to tools to begin to discern their vocations. Life Night at a Glance: In today’s society, a job is central to a person’s life. It provides for physical needs and helps define a person’s status. This night seeks to help teens understand that a vocation is different from a job or career. The night begins with

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Hitched

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Goal for the Life Night: More than the fairy tale, marriage is about sacrifice. The goal of this Life Night will help the teens understand why marriage is a sacrament. This night will answer questions on marriage, divorce and annulments. Finally, this night will help the teens to discern their vocation and encourage them to pray for their future spouse. Life Night at a Glance: For many teens, the idea of marriage is a fairy tale painted by stories and movies. This Life Night will give teens a new

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Called

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help teens understand the role and effects of Holy Orders for bishops, priests and deacons. This night will also give teens practical tools to discern their own vocation. Finally, this night will give the teens an opportunity to affirm and appreciate the priests and deacons in the parish. Life Night at a Glance: It is very important that your parish priest(s) and deacon(s) are present this night. Be sure to invite them to come to Life Night well