by Atlanta Vocations | Oct 20, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
If you wanted to be a journalist, it would make sense to talk to someone who works at a newspaper. If you wanted to be a chef, it would make sense to talk to someone who works at a restaurant. Just so, if you feel an attraction to the priesthood, sooner or later you...
by Atlanta Vocations | Sep 16, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
Many people, even many Catholics, have a vision of seminary as a very strict monastery. They imagine men walking around in hooded robes with folded hands, observing strict silence, and never smiling or laughing. But that is not even true of a monastery, much less a...
by Atlanta Vocations | Aug 13, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
“The unexamined life is not worth living,” Socrates famously said. He really meant it, too, as he also said that a man must “interrogate his own nature” and “work precisely” or else he will “miss what is good and become involved in what is bad.” Every Christian man...
by Atlanta Vocations | Jul 10, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
God calls some men to seminary whom He does not call to become priests. Yep, you read that right. God leads us one step at a time, and it’s impossible to see around corners. And sometimes He wants us to know for sure where He’s not calling us. You may...
by Atlanta Vocations | May 14, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
“It does makes sense to become a priest: the world needs priests, pastors, today, tomorrow and always, until the end of time.” In an open letter on October 18, 2010, Pope Emeritus Benedict spoke from his heart to seminarians throughout the Church....
by Atlanta Vocations | Apr 9, 2020 | Discernment Enewsletter
If you’re discerning the priesthood, you have a choice during the pandemic lockdown. You can either bemoan your isolation and put your discernment in “lazy limbo” or you can treat this challenge as an opportunity to dive deep. Since you’re a man striving to be a...
