Vocations

Ordinandi Dinner honours five set for priesthood

Quinton Amundson · March 15, 2025

The esteemed Ordinandi Dinner will celebrate 35 years of honouring men set to embark on a religious life as ordained priests in 2025.

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Discerning the ‘I do’ of a vocation

Sr. Helena Burns · January 24, 2025

Having difficulty discerning your vocation — or know someone who is? These tips might help.

Vocation directors take on challenge of drawing priests

Quinton Amundson · October 11, 2024

Canadian archdiocesan and diocesan vocation directors assembled at the FCJ Retreat & Conference Centre in Calgary from Oct. 1-4 to contemplate how they can join forces to inspire more calls to the priesthood and consecrated life.

Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus

Justin McLellan · October 11, 2024

Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.

Discarded chalice’s new life helps spread the call for vocations in Thunder Bay

Saved from scrap heap, parish embraces it once again for sacred use

Luke Mandato · May 16, 2024

Upon visiting a local scrap yard last summer to dispose of some waste, one local man from the Thunder Bay District noticed someone attempting to sell an item - one he knew was too precious to be lost to time.

Toronto welcomes five new shepherds

Luke Mandato · May 13, 2024

A packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, filled with family, friends and well-wishers, gathered May 11 to see five men become the newest priests for the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Church vocations go beyond the priesthood

Luke Mandato · May 4, 2024

Last month’s ShareLife Speaker Series shed light on the significance of vocations and how they can be better understood and nurtured.

Fr. Ramsperger soared high in priesthood, not air force

Luke Mandato · February 28, 2024

Fr. Leo Ramsperger has been celebrating Mass as a priest since the mid-1950s, and despite retiring from formal service back in 1997, he remains deeply rooted in his faith and continues to celebrate life at every opportunity.

‘I really wanted to touch poverty’

A chance meeting with young Guatamalan boy fueled Sr. Bourget’s desire to serve the poor

Anna Farrow · January 6, 2024

A chance meeting with young Guatamalan boy fueled Sr. Bourget’s desire to serve the poor.