Resources

When your child receives their vocation, it usually is not an event, but an evolving process which you have likely witnessed unfold over time that culminates in a concrete decision to follow the vocational call from God. Your diocese should have a priest or sister...

Praying for our children is nothing new as parents. Praying for a child’s religious vocation is new and sometimes even difficult as it brings many changes to our lives and those of our families. It’s important to remember that we are praying for the will of God in our...

Your child’s discernment is a multi-year process that has milestones along the way. Your support as a parent does not start and end when your child decides to enter religious life or the priesthood. Your support will take on different elements and forms as your child...

We are a unique family of parents that have children who are discerning or have entered religious life. For most of us we are 2 or 3 generations away form having religious vocations in our family tree, if at all. Gone are those familial experiences by family members...

Coping with mixed emotions can take us by storm, especially in the early days and months. For as many human emotions there are, there is an opportunity to feel them all and often inthe same day, or even moment. We enter this process as parents being spectators, or...

First and foremost, the role of the parent is one of unconditional love and support. Your child is in the process of making and committing to a radical commitment in today’s world and needs a solid foundation backing them on this journey. It is important to understand...

This article appeared in the Diocese of Covington, KY paper The Messenger  Daughter Betrothed……                                         Jesus Groom…… I doubt there is a father who when handed his daughter to hold for the first time in the hospital, doesn’t project...

I want to start by saying the process of my daughter exploring and eventually entering religious life as a consecrated women has been one of the most blessed, and challenging stages of my life. It has taken me through a multitude of emotional, thought provoking, and...

Our little family was thrown for a loop when our daughter at nineteen announced her decision to seriously discern religious life. Just as with most things for married couples even when having the same goals and beliefs, we settled into two different approaches to...