PFSGM Vocational Blog

Peace and good! My name is Sister Clara (born Marta Peixoto) and I am from Portugal; I entered the community when I was 17 years old, now...

When I first started discerning religious life, I didn’t want anyone to know: I thought this secret was still too intimate and uncertain...

Searching for one’s vocation is also a time of trials! As the Word of God reminds us, “If you present yourself to the Lord, prepare...

Sometimes, in religious life, one changes his or her name. As we see in the Bible, the change of a name – as in the calling of the first...

I have wanted to be a nun for as long as I can remember… When I was about 12 years old, I began to attend a certain “nun camp” every...

How I received my religious name: In April of 2003, while on a pilgrimage to Rome with a senior brother of the community, we chose to...

We are often asked why we choose a religious name other than our civil name. In the Word of God, being given a new name is tremendously...

Over the summer after I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree, I spent two weeks in discernment with the Little Nuns of Jesus and Mary. The...

Usually finding and receiving a religious name is a very exciting process,even though it is different for each religious community. In...

Pope Francis says: “Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer. Only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.” That’s actually what...