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These years of dealing with the aftermath of clergy sexual abuse crisis has forced a profound overhaul not only in the screening and selection of candidates but in the accompanying, mentoring and especially the human formation of seminarians.

Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, is encouraging dioceses to use National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 7-13, as a time to foster vocations in their local faith communities.

Religious women must live out their calling in a spirit of openness that gives hope to those who have none and closes the generational gap between young and old, Pope Francis said.

The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, 7-13 November, with dioceses across the US holding events to foster an appreciation for all vocations and pray specifically for those discerning a vocation to ordained ministry and consecrated life.

Sister Frances Wetzel was born in Winslow, AZ. She has served as an Adrian Dominican Sister all over the country including in Tucson, and Phoenix, AZ.

At first glance, the terms "millennial" and "nuns" wouldn't seem to fit in the same sentence, let alone in the title of a book, but this look into the vocations and lives of nine Daughters of St. Paul shows us women serious about living a rather traditional and contemplative religious life in the midst of social media and other contemporary challenges.

Fr. George Holley in Yuma, speaks on his divorce and the importance of walking with others like him. Fr. Holley is now ministering others who are divorced, or separated through the Rose Sweet program.

On August 27th, Sister Mary Joe Sobieck celebrated her 25th Jubilee as a Springfield Domincan Sister from Chicago at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Tucson AZ. 

August 10, 2021 (Nashville, TN) – Four young women professed the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as members of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tennessee on August 10, 2021. Among those who made their First Profession was Sister Evelyn Rose Morse, O.P., a former parishioner of St. George Roman Catholic Parish in Apache Junction in the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona.

Este breve artículo aborda algunas de las preguntas más comunes que las parejas católicas tienen sobre la Planificación Familiar Natural (PFN). Soy enfermera y estoy estudiando para ser en un proveedor certificado del Método SymptoPro de Planificación Familiar Natural para enseñar en nuestra diócesis. —Michele Grantham, enfermera certificada—