Sister Grace Dominic takes her vows as a member of the Sisters of Life on Aug. 6, 2016. (Credit: Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Life.) Listen As with other new employees at the Catholic Standard ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida, has been appointed as the next executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy ...

The number of people joining religious life is fast dwindling. There are some sociological reasons for this, such as fewer children in families and growing job opportunities for women. However, some ...

To welcome and live the gift of vocation, which is “never an imposition or a one-size-fits-all model to which one merely conforms”, but “an adventure of love and happiness”. This is the invitation of ...

When Sister of St. Joseph Jane Morrissey moved in Springfield from the Gray House into an apartment, she brought with her numerous boxes of accumulated, unsorted paper. She began submitting some of ...

The soul of education is the education of the soul. Phillip VanDenBrink still remembers the quote he learned from his priest, Father Salatka, when he was in high school. As VanDenBrink has settled ...

Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Greensburg Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus Lawrence E. Brandt. “His many years of service leave a legacy marked by fidelity, intelligence, and strength,” ...

God invites us to participate in God’s life in all the ages and conditions in which we live, from the days of youth “even to old age and gray hairs” (Ps. 71:18). But what does vocation look like for ...

Find today’s readings here. There’s an old saying that goes, “If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.” Today’s first reading is from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. He speaks of his ...