Contents
VISION 2013 CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS VOCATION DISCERNMENT GUIDE
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CARMELITE 56
Religious sightings
6
Nuns, priests, and brothers in the news
Prayer & discernment
The orange couch behind the door,
or: When good enough is enough
BROTHER JOHN MARK
FALKENHAIN, O.S.B.
12
Come and see!
LAURA DODSON
20
How to stay open to God’s call
FATHER ANDREW CARL WISDOM, O.P.
30
My week with the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Rochester
CAROLINE HOPKINSON
36
Religious life
Living the vows
SISTER RENÉE DAIGLE, M.S.C.
44
Taking on new habits
CHRIS BRONSON 52
What does it mean
to be a Carmelite?
PAT MORRISON 56
WOMEN OF SPIRIT 68
A dictionary for discerners
CAROL SCHUCK SCHEIBER
64
VISION spotlight
Women of Spirit
JOEL SCHORN
68
Priests
Why I love being a priest
FATHER CHARLES GORDON, C.S.C.
74
All because of God
HEIDI SCHLUMPF
80
Energized by working
with those on the margins
JESSE ESQUEDA, O.M.I.
132
Sisters
Six compelling excuses for not
becoming a nun—debunked
SISTER JULIE VIEIRA, I.H.M.
86
Called, and called again
SISTER CAMILLE D’ARIENZO, R.S.M.
92
A swimmer changes course
to devote herself to prayer
SISTER MARIA VICTORIA CUTAIA, O.S.B.
150
WHY I LOVE BEING A PRIEST 74
Brothers
My journey to being
a Brother of Mary
BROTHER BRIAN HALDERMAN, S.M.
100
Becoming a truer version
of himself
BROTHER JOHN EUSTICE, C.S.V.
138
Missionaries
Beginning again in Ireland
ANDREW O’CONNELL
108
Being Catholic
Why Catholics care
about people living in poverty
SISTER SUSAN ROSE FRANCOIS, C.S.J.P.
116
Accept the gift of forgiveness
INTERVIEW OF FATHER BRITTO M. BERCHMANS
BY CAROLINE HOPKINSON
122
What do Catholics mean
by “authority”?
ALICE CAMILLE
126
