PFSGM Vocational Blog

Peace and good! I would like to recount how I understood that the spiritual director that the Lord put in front of me was the correct...

From the "Life of St. Anthony," written by St. Athanasius After the death of his father and mother he was left alone with one little...

“Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father’s house, that the king might desire your...

“I’m not worthy…” At breakfast recently, we sisters were discussing how often this apparently-humble phrase twists itself into preventing...

From the Confessions of St. Augustine (Book VIII, 29): I was saying these things and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart,...

When I first started considering religious life, I googled: “How do you become a hermit?” I have always wanted to do things “all the...

From the Legend of St. Clare (Ch. IV, 2-8) “The Solemnity of the Day of the Palms was at hand when the young girl [Clare] went with a...

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...

In our journey of Faith and discernment, there will be “mountaintop” moments when things seem to be going great, but there will also be...

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

From Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 3 March 2010: [St. Bonaventure] was called Giovanni di Fidanza. An episode that occurred when...

In the Gospel of Mark (6:45-52), we read that Jesus “saw the disciples tired of rowing because the wind was against them.” This makes me...

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...

“When I wished at one period to be filled with great quietness, and to shun the path of men, I used to go into a certain field not far...

“If I have found favor in your sight, give me a sign that it is You who are speaking to me” (Judg 6:17) People often believe it would be...