Vocations

women's discernment resources

Church Documents

Consecrated Life (Vita Consecrata): Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II, March 25, 1996

Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns (Verbi Sponsa): Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Starting Afresh from Christ: A Renewed Commitment on Consecrated Life in the Third Millennium: Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life ©2002

Handouts

Vocation Discernment
by Fr. Peter F. Ryan, S.J.

Worthy is the Lord: An Explanation of Cloistered Contemplative Life
by Sister Mary of the Trinity, O.P.

Web-Sites

www.religiouslife.com
www.cmswr.org
www.catholic-pages.com
www.vatican.va

Books

What Does God Want? A Practical Guide To Making Decisions
by Michael Scanlan, T.O.R
Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. ©1996; ISBN No. 0-87973-584-8

Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom
by Raiero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
Society of St. Paul ©1995; ISBN No. 0-8189-0745-2