PRAYER & DISCERNMENT
Call within a call: Your vocation and a career by
Sister Janet Gildea, S.C. was a Sister of Charity for 37 years, ministering most of those years as a family physician. Sadly, she lost her battle with recurring cancer in 2019. She wrote this article for VISION 2015.
Sister Janet Gildea, S.C.
Becoming a sister, brother, or priest doesn’t have to mean giving up your professional path. Not only that, a religious vocation can reshape your career in surprising ways.
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WAS SO CLEAR about my call to be a family physician. I had been accepted to medical school. I desired to serve those most in need of healthcare—people I had met at a free clinic sponsored by an inner-city parish and where I volunteered in high school. The doctors, nurses, and other parishioners who served the sick in the evenings at the clinic taught me that healthcare is a basic human right and that my faith calls me to be sure that everyone has access. That was my calling.
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