Religious Vocations

We are in need for the cultivation of young men and women entering into religious life. This isn't to belittle the other vocations, Marriage and the single life should be taken very seriously and given the respect that they deserve. We will address those issues at a later date. Truthfully, we do have a shortage of priests and sisters. We need to be creative about getting the message out that being a priest or religious is a viable and holy option.

First and foremost if you have a young person who is interested in a religious life, have them contact our Vocations Office.



Here are some sites for vocations and/or videos that are pretty cool.

Nunpod- http://nunpod.vodpod.com/pod/tag/1720/vocations

streets of NYC(fishers of men) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX5X2cXMh0o&feature=related

lots of good video- http://www.chirhocards.com/multimedia.html

Franciscans friars- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7V3iYeZU0E

vision network for catholic vocations-- http://vocation-network.org/


Here is an awesome story about a young man who gave up a career in professional soccer to play for God's team.

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3657142


Vocations (these are links listed by the diocese for some religious vocations)

Resources for Women
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration www.benedictinesisters.org
Benedictine Sisters at Covenant Monastery in Harlan, Ia. http://www.mountosb.org/Covenant/index.html
Humility of Mary (Davenport) www.chmiowa.org
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence www.mcdp.org
School Sisters of St. Francis www.sssf.org
Servants of Mary http://osms.org
Sisters of Charity www.bvmcong.org
Sisters of the Holy Cross www.cscsisters.org
Sisters of Mercy www.mercyoma.org, www.sistersofmercy.org
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary www.dubuquepresentations.org
Sisters of St. Francis of Clinton, Ia. www.clintonfranciscans.com
Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, Ia. www.osfdbq.org

Resources for Men
Carmelites www.carmelites.org/vocation.htm
Missionaries of the Precious Blood www.catholic-forum.com/cpps-kc
Crosier Fathers and Brothers www.crosier.org
Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey www.mountmichael.org
Society of the Divine Word www.svd.org

Hope the Lord blesses you in great ways,