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Next Steps Proposed to Attract New Generations to Religious Life Saturday, October 02, 2010 WASHINGTON (CNS)—At what one participant called a "critical juncture in consecrated life," dozens of religious and Catholic lay leaders gathered in Chicago recently to hash out the next steps needed to attract young people to religious life today.

Priest Examines Complex Identity, Faith Lives of Young Adults Saturday, October 02, 2010 WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Passionist Father Robin Ryan used to think he had a handle on how most young adults thought and acted.

Anonymous Gift Allows Teacher to Pay Debt, Enter Religious Life Monday, July 05, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS (CNS)—At the start of June, Jennifer Prickel was still wondering when God might allow her to follow her call into religious life.

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ERIE, Pa. (CNS)—Debbi-Ann Chambers is reflective and loves to read poetry, especially the wisdom of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. Thursday, June 24, 2010 Mercy Challenge Offers Inside Look at Religious Life Thursday, June 24, 2010	WASHINGTON (CNS)—A former NASA engineer, a PlayStation video game developer and widowed deacons are among the 440 men in the ordination class of 2010. Sunday, May 16, 2010 Widowers, Engineer, Video Game Developer Among 2010 Ordinands Sunday, May 16, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. (CNS)—"I'll trade you one archbishop for two priests." Saturday, June 12, 2010 Priest Trading Cards Promote Vocation Awareness Saturday, June 12, 2010	WASHINGTON (CNS)—In his breviary, seminarian Christopher S. Rhodes carries a special holy card depicting Father Augustine Tolton, the first recognized black priest in the United States. In 2012, Rhodes hopes to be ordained as the first African-American priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., in more than two decades. Thursday, April 29, 2010 Seminarians, Inspired by Pioneer Priest, Pray for Black Vocations Thursday, April 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—It might seem like an example of reverse mission: young African men leaving their homeland to pursue ordination as Catholic priests in a religious order that has no missionary presence in Africa, but a long-standing ministry to African-Americans. Thursday, June 03, 2010 Africans Leave Their Homeland to Minister to African-Americans Thursday, June 03, 2010	MELBOURNE, Fla. (CNS)—Former Army paratrooper David Isnardi had Mercy Sister Immaculata Knox as a teacher for only a year, but he said she had "such a huge impact" on his life. Saturday, April 17, 2010 Nun's Influence Felt Way Beyond Classroom Saturday, April 17, 2010

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Click the link to read the full document. Thursday, July 02, 2009 The Priesthood Today: We're All in This Together From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Vision: Catholic Religious Vocations Network National Religious Vocations Conference
Click the link to read the full document. Thursday, July 02, 2009 Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Profoundly Human Saint From St. Anthony Messenger magazine	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Priesthood: Past, Present and Future From St. Anthony Messenger magazine
Click the link to read the full document. Thursday, July 02, 2009 St. Elizabeth Seton: Mother to Many From St. Anthony Messenger magazine	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 What’s Your Vocation? From St. Anthony Messenger magazine, St. Anthony Messenger Press
Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Apostolic Visitation of Seminaries in the United States Vatican’s Congregation of Catholic Education	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Vocations: How Is God Calling Me? Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press
Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 ‘Priestly Life and Vocations Summit: Fishers of Men’ video U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Vocations	Click the link to read the full document. Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Servant-Leaders Needed From St. Anthony Messenger magazine, St. Anthony Messenger Press