Day 7: Vocation Aware VOCATIONS BONANZA

It's day 7 of the National Vocations Awareness week, and we're doing it big. What do we have for you after the jump:


Links to FAQ's about vocations to the religious life


Information for parents whose children are discerning


A few vocations videos


A copy of my very first vocations testimony evAaaaaAr

But to kick things off, one of my faves, Father Corapi:


Alright, I hope that got the blood going.



Vocations Questions & Answers:
Vocations.com FAQ - great stuff organized by topic
Vocationanswers.com - Questions about discernment, religious life, priesthood, etc.
Catholic Priesthood Q&A - This one's for the guys discerning, sorry, sisters.
Some answers... Vocations - This is an online article from Catholic.org that answers several common questions about vocations.


Resources for Parents
Vocation.com - Parents
Parent's Prayers for Vocations
Diocese of Grand Rapids Parent Resources
Also, read this story about a sister whose parents weren't too happy at first that she was entering the convent

here are a few vids:
first, the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist on The Today Show:

and here's one from MTV - Yes, MTV (not a fan, but this is pretty cool) - Sisters of Life:

MTV Shows

and here's a link to the Trailer for the Movie "Into Great Silence" about Carthusian Monks



Here's a link to a vocation reflection i did during the second week of advent. It was the very first time I had shared about my vocation publicly - nervewracking! but it isn't my entire vocation story, just some basics, that correlated to the reflection, maybe i'll get a more in-depth one up in the future:
prepare.doc


That's it for now... but if you want to lose hours reading tons of great vocation stories and watching tons of vocation videos check out romancatholicvocations.blogspot.com