This site is to help Catholics discern their vocation in the Roman Catholic Church.
We uphold the authority of the magisterium of the Catholic Church and do our best to present the truth about vocations.
Authors or guest speakers/writers quoted in this website are not necessarily upheld as model theologians and in addition, their entire works are not to be considered as approved or promoted by us unless clearly indicated as such. Quotations, articles, or excerpts should be read in context and nothing further.
This site is not designed to actively promote or discourage any group, movement, or person within the Catholic Church although there may be an exception if it is deemed advisable by the administrator. Rather, it is the hope that given the assistance of the tools handed over in these pages and within the membership section that a person will be able to analyze potential spouses, dioceses, communities and movements independently and make informed decisions himself/herself.
Our Administrator, Therese Ivers, is a canon lawyer and a member of the ancient Order of Virgins. She took a 2 year diploma course at the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. She served for three years as the Vocations Promoter in the Diocese of Sioux Falls, SD, assisting women in discerning their vocations, and a Judge within the Diocesan Tribunal before resigning her positions to go on for further study. Currently, Miss Ivers is studying in Rome for her doctorate in canon law, writing her dissertation on diocesan hermits. In her private canon law practice, Therese assists those discerning a vocation with theological and canonical insights as well as offer her professional services for groups desiring to become Diocesan Congregations or Associations of the Faithful. She also practices marriage law, representing private clients and serving as an official for certain Tribunals in the USA.
Other collaborators on the Do I Have A Vocation? Team have backgrounds in vocations and are knowledgeable in the field.
The patroness of this website is St. Philomena.
