So it is that in accordance with the Divine Plan a wonderful variety of religious communities has grown up which has made it easier for the church … to be equipped for every good work and ready for the work of the ministry—the building up of the Body of Christ. —
Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life Perfectae Caritatis, no. 1

“National Vocation Awareness

Week will be celebrated in our country November 1-7, 2020.

Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women.

“May they be inspired by Jesus Christ,

supported by our faith community,

and respond generously to God’s gift of a vocation.”

Resources to aid in discernment to the Consecrated Life:

• Sacred Scripture
  
• Church Documents
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church (especially #871-945 on vocations and religious life)
  • Vita Consecrata: On the Consecrated Life and its Mission in the Church and in the World by St. John Paul II
  • Perfectae Caritatis - A Decree of the Second Vatican Council on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
  • Essential Elements in the Church’s Teaching on Religious Life by The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
  • On the Dignity and Vocation of Women by St. John Paul II

Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life

“In the hidden recesses of the human heart, the grace of a Vocation takes the form of a dialogue. It is a dialogue between Jesus Christ and an individual in which a personal invitation is given. Jesus calls the person by name and says: ‘Come.’ This call, this mysterious inner voice of Christ, is heard most clearly in silence and prayer. With a burning heart, in conversation with the Lord, perhaps some of you have noticed that Jesus is asking more of you” (Pope Saint John Paul II).

God our Father,
Who wills that all men be saved
And come to the knowledge of Your Truth:
We beg you to send
Laborers into Your harvest,
And grant them grace to speak Your Word
With all boldness; so that Your Word
May spread and be glorified,
And all nations may know You,
The only God, and Him whom You have sent,
Jesus Christ your Son, Our Lord. Amen.

Our Lady, Queen of the Americas,
Pray for us.

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Contact

Sister Gabrielle Mary Braccio, RSM
Delegate for Consecrated Life
222 North 17^th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299
10th Floor Room 1029

Phone: 215-587-3795
Fax: 215-587-3790
Email: sr.gbraccio@archphila.org

To assist those who feel called to the consecrated life, the Office for Consecrated Life lists those Congregations who serve in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Please see listing below.

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