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OTHER COMMUNITIES SEARCH
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ASSOCIATE COMMUNITIES
Associate Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ We are baptized men and women who make a non-vowed renewable covenant with the Associate Community in the Spiritual Family of Catherine Kasper for the purpose of mutual spiritual enrichment, development of community, and promotion of service. Our commitment is based on the common call of the Holy Spirit to live the charism of Blessed Catherine Kasper, foundress of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Congregation. The Associates, Fiat Spiritus Community, and Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ form the Spiritual Family of Catherine Kasper. Contact: Libby Riggs, P.O. Box 1, Donaldson, IN 46513; 574-936-9936; email: lriggs@poorhandmaids.org; website: www. poorhandmaids.org/associates. See our online ad at VocationNetwork.org. Code #049.
NEW COMMUNITIES OF CONSECRATED LIFE
Fiat Spiritus Community (FS) We are a community of vowed Christian men and women who are committed to living an apostolic life. We are called to listen to the Holy Spirit through community which empowers us to discern our response to the needs of our time especially with the needy and underserved. The Fiat Spiritus Community, together with the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ and Associate Community, live the Spirit of Blessed Catherine Kasper, our foundress. Contact: Brother Bob Overland, F.S., P.O. Box 1, Donaldson, IN 46513; 574-936-1726; email: boverland@poorhandmaids. org; website: www.fiatspiritus.org.See our online ad at VocationNetwork.org. Code #049.
RESOURCES
TrueQuest Communications provides resources for spiritual enrichment, faith formation, and evangelization. Sign up for daily meditations at TakeFiveForFaith.com. More at TrueQuestWeb.com.
Code #999.
SECULAR INSTITUTES
Don Bosco Volunteers (D.B.V.) are consecrated laywomen living the Salesian spirituality of Saint John Bosco (Don Bosco), while fully immersed in the ordinary occupations and careers of secular society. We participate in the evangelizing mission of the Church by witnessing Christian joy and service especially to young people and those most in need. We do not live in community but share communion of life through prayer, Days of Recollection, and a yearly retreat. Founded in 1917 by Blessed Philip Rinaldi, Don Bosco Volunteers are a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right for single Catholic women who are consecrated to God through the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience while maintaining their lay status within the Church and the world. Candidates must be women who have never married, be between the ages of 21-40 and who want to dedicate their life in a radical way to love of God and neighbor. Members follow a formation plan of discernment and preparation for vows, six years of temporary vows, then perpetual vows. Contact information: P.O. Box 334H, Scarsdale, NY 10583-5834; seculardbv@aol. com; http://donboscowest.org/volunteers.
Code #360.
United States Conference of Secular Institutes (USCSI) is an association of all the Secular Institutes in the United States. Its mission is to provide education, resources, and support for member institutes, and to assist inquirers in finding the Secular Institute that is right for them. USCSI is committed to making known, understood, and appreciated the call to consecrated secularity in the Catholic Church. Total consecration to God through the evangelical counsels of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience is the hallmark of all Secular Institutes. Institutes are for single women or for single men, and some are for diocesan priests. It is the newest and fastest-growing vocation in the Church today. For more information see www.secularinstitutes.org. Inquirers may be helped by writing to or talking with Kathy Tierney, Vocation Committee, 2021 Woodcrest Road, Indianapolis, IN 46227; 317-783-4405; desalessecular@ gmail.com. Code #147.
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Catholic Volunteer Network connects passionate volunteers with dynamic programs serving around the world to foster and promote domestic and international faith-based volunteer service opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds, and skills. As the leading membership organization of Christian volunteer and mission programs, Catholic Volunteer Network supports and enhances the work of member organizations through volunteer recruitment, training and resources, networking opportunities, and advocacy. Established in 1963, the Catholic Volunteer Network membership consists of over 200 domestic and international volunteer and lay mission programs. Each year more than 20,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in 112 other countries. Catholic Volunteer Network publishes and distributes RESPONSE, the most comprehensive handbook of lay mission volunteer opportunities. RESPONSE is distributed free of charge to persons interested in faithbased service and those who promote such service. Find us online at www.CatholicVolunteerNetwork. org. See our online ad at DigitalVocationGuide.org.
See ad on page 113. Code #483.
Global Sisters Network Global Sisters Report is an independent, nonprofit source of news and information about Catholic sisters and the critical issues facing the people they serve. Our network of journalists report about their lives and works, and sisters write commentary from their perspective. Visit us at GlobalSistersReport.org. Follow us social media at Facebook.com/SistersReport and on Instagram and Twitter @SistersReport. Do you know an interesting Catholic sister, community, or project we should write about? Are you interested in writing for us? Email us at info@globalsistersreport. org. See our online ad at DigitalVocationGuide.org.
See ad on page 29. Code #476.
grow in their vocation—wherever God is calling! We are Catholic sisters who engage with a vibrant online community around faith, vocation, and finding joy in everyday life. We connect with people worldwide to bring the centuries-old tradition of religious life in areas such as prayer, community, and ministry into conversation with the joys and challenges of everyday life in today’s world. At aNunsLife.org, you’ll find podcasts, blogs, videos, and livestreaming events. We invite you to interact with us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. A Nun’s Life was founded online in 2006 by I.H.M. Sisters Maxine Kollasch and Julie Vieira. The ministry is rooted in the belief that each person is called by God to a vocation that benefits the individual and world. People from 150 countries and all walks of life engage with A Nun’s Life Ministry. See our online ad at DigitalVocationGuide.org.
See ad on page 38. Code #574.
Compass, U.K. aims to help Roman Catholic men and women between the ages of 20 and 35 to discern their vocation, with a particular focus on vocation to religious life. Compass groups meet for weekends over the course of an academic year, during the course of which participants have the opportunity of praying, sharing and discussing on topics such as discernment, vocation, prayer, ministry, and the religious vows. There are currently two Compass groups in England, one meets at Worth Abbey in Sussex, and the other is mainly based in Katherine House FCJ in Salford with one weekend at Our Lady of Hyning Monastery, Carnforth. Both groups are run by a male and a female religious from religious congregations that are members of the Conference of Religious and the board of Catholic Vocations Projects (an independent charity) that includes male and female religious from both apostolic and monastic congregations. For more information visit www.compass-points.org.uk or email compass@ ukvocation.org.
Code #499.
National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations
(NFCRV) serves as a sign of hope in the future of consecrated life and is dedicated to increasing the number of women and men entering religious communities. The Fund hopes to accomplish this goal by: Offering financial assistance to religious institutes so that they may accept candidates who have student loan obligations; assisting congregations in developing policies and resources so that they may work effectively with those who have educational debt; inviting contributors to invest so that the vital legacy of religious life continues for the Church and the world. The Fund awards grants based on need. Any canonically recognized religious institute with membership in the National Religious Vocation Conference may apply for a grant to service a candidate’s educational debt during formation. Learn more at nfcrv.org.
See ad on page 11. Code #496.
Vocations Ireland is an association of the Vocation Directors of the Catholic Religious Orders in Ireland. We work to present religious life, apostolic, missionary, and contemplative, as a life choice that is one way of following Christ and bringing deeper meaning and purpose to life. Contact Director Margaret Cartwright; Vocations Ireland, St. Mary’s, Center, Fitzwilliam House, 185201 Merrion Road, Dublin 4; Phone: 01 260 3707; info@vocationsireland.com; vocationsireland.com.
