Discerning Your Vocation
Where is God calling you to love and serve him fully? Is it in marriage and family life? As a consecrated religious Brother or Sister? As a priest? In committed single life?
Read the stories of some who have sought and found their vocations...
Read the personal stories of discernment by military personnel and military-connected young adults, in their own words (more stories will be added soon) --
- Sr. Maris Stella, of the Sisters of Life
I grew up in Ludlow, Massachusetts with one older and two younger brothers. When I was in high school, I learned of the Naval Academy and decided to go there because I wanted to live for something greater than myself and I wanted to serve my country...
What is the Military Chaplaincy all about?
With a special 'vocation within a vocation', Catholic military chaplains are priests who administer the sacraments and attend to the other spiritual needs of military personnel and their families. There are currently approximately 300 chaplains serving about 1.4 million Catholics serving in the United States military throughout the world (and who make up the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA). Check out the following:
- Learn about Discernment Retreats to help discern a vocation to military chaplaincy.
- Find out about the life of Chaplains in their own words. Read testimonies written by Chaplains on the CatholicMil.org website.
- U.S. Air Force Chaplain Service web site
