Inside Contact Us Get Help         Vocation Guidance in Your Area Find a Spiritual Director Ask Your Vocation Question E-Mail Newsletter Enter your e-mail address to subscribe now:    read latest issue...		Multimedia All About Prayer Personal Vocation Guidance Newsletter Adoration for Vocations Events
			Home  /  FAQ's Page Options Back to FAQ's Previous Next Add to Favorites Ask Your Vocation Question Send Feedback Marriage Are there any vocations available for married people? Are marriage and religious life equal vocations, or is one higher than the other? Both she and I have considered religious vocations; should we get married or follow religious vocations? Am I meant to be married to this guy I'm dating? I'm having a really hard time discerning between priesthood and marriage. But marriage is a vocation too, isn't it? Can you participate in married life and the priesthood at the same time? What advice would you give to a young person who is serious about their vocation to holiness, but may be called to pursue it in marriage or single life? I feel tremendous pressure to have a career, but I feel called to have a family. I am already 29: Marriage or the priesthood? Why is religious life considered a greater or better vocation than marriage? Why do I keep feeling called to religious life and then married life? How do I know what God is calling me to, married life or religious life? Why is the religious life considered a greater or better vocation than marriage? What are the possible advantages if the priest will be allowed to marry? Are any orders open to married people? We have discussed marriage, but he also feels called to religious life. I have always seen myself married with a family... Are there any vocations within the Church for married people? Are religious disobeying God by being celibate and not marrying? Type your question here to search the responses in the AnswerBase. If you don't find an answer, send your question to Fr Bannon online...    Related Links I feel a very strong call to serve God as a married person; how can I do it? My boyfriend wants to become a priest? I'm crushed. How does one know if he or she is called to a religious vocation or if he or she is called to married life? My feelings for a guy seem to be getting in the way of my vocation. Is it a temptation? What does God want from me? What can I do to help me hear God's call? I used to think that I was called to priestly celibacy, but now I feel called to marriage. What should I do? I'm really torn between being a nun and a mother. Sometimes I feel God is calling me to be a mother, or sometimes to be a Carmelite. Is this a mix-up of feelings, or is it normal? Are any orders open to married people? What should I be looking for to tell me whether to get married or be a priest? Why am I afraid that God will call me to religious life just because I think I should get married? How do you know if you're called or not? Is feeling that you're not called to married life a sign that you have a vocation? Should I go full-steam ahead in discerning the priesthood even though I don't know much about it? What do you do if you think you may be called and you don't want to go? I keep going back and forth between married life and consecrated life. Which is it? Where can my nephew meet a good Catholic girl?			Search    Q&A Brendan asks: Would it be okay if I made my own vows to Christ? more questions... Adoration for Vocations Today (In GMT time) Noon Santa Elena (Chile) 2:00 PM La Natividad del Señor (Chile) 5:00 PM Elsa Yolanda Marquez de Salazar (Aguascaliente...) 5:00 PM María Madre de la Misericordia (Chile) View entire week... what is this?... News Volume Collects Pope's Words from US Visit <Zenit, August 24> Pope Considers Mission as Peter's Successor <Zenit, August 24> Papal Message Points to Road to Fulfillment <Zenit, August 24> more news... Events Oct 10-12, Cheshire, CT. Test Your Call Retreat. (0) Dec 26 - Jan 3, Rome. Rome Christmas Pilgrimage for Young Men. (3) Dec 26-30, Cheshire, CT. Test Your Call Retreat. (4) more events...
	An apostolate of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi at the service of vocations for the Universal Church.
Tell a friend about vocation.com Legionaries of Christ official site   Regnum Christi Movement official site   Contact Us Copyright 1999-2008, Legion of Christ.

ADODB.Connection error '800a0e78'

Operation is not allowed when the object is closed.

/content.asp, line 804