Entries Tagged as 'College'

College Education Part I- Should Cloistered Nuns Have A College Education?

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

by Therese Ivers
Frances was a very bright AP high school student. During her senior year, Frances discovered the Lord and felt a very strong call to live her life in the cloister. After looking around at various convents, she felt very attracted to a community in a close by city. After a lot of thought [...]

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Tags: College · Consecrated Life · Discernment · Religious Life · Separation from the world · contemplative · vocations

Finances: Do You Have Personal Debt and Wish to Pursue a Religious Vocation?

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Many who graduate private colleges have student loans that they must pay off before they may join the seminary or religious life.  I have personally known people whose entrance into religious life and the seminary were delayed, sometimes by several years, because of educational loans.  In fact, there are some I am aware [...]

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Tags: Canonical Requirements · College · Religious · Religious Brothers · Religious Life · vocations