Are you being called?
Find answers to help you discern the Lord’s call for your vocation.
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St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Founded in 1832 by Reverend Francis Patrick Kenrick, third Bishop of Philadelphia, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary is the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary’s mission is to form priests to be shepherds after the heart of Jesus Christ, and permanent deacons, religious and lay men and women for various forms of ministry, service, and discipleship.
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Serra Meets
Organized and hosted by The USA Council of Serra International, is a monthly series of virtual lectures from leading clergy and experts on the topic of Catholic vocations.
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Serra Meets – Archbishop Cordileone
Watch this edition: Protecting the Legacy of St. Junipero Serra in Modern Times.
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Franciscan Resources
Learn more about, and hear more from, our patron saint’s religious community:
the Order of Friars Minor
ORDO FRATRUM MINORUM
Franciscan Friars
The Order of Friars Minor was founded by St. Francis of Assisi. The friars give themselves totally to God, their supreme love; through profession of obedience, poverty and chastity, which they are to live in the spirit of Saint Francis.
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INTELLECTUAL-SPIRITUAL TRADITION
This site is a resource for anyone who is interested in bringing the spiritual heritage of Francis and Clare of Assisi to people today.
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Province of the Immaculate Conception,
Order of Friars Minor
Franciscan formation is based a personal encounter with the Lord and begins with the call of God and the individual’s decision to walk with Saint Francis.
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Video Series
Breaking in the Habit is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in and/or discerning the Franciscan life. Fr. Casey Cole, OFM, started Breaking in the Habit when he was a postulant.
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ST. JUNIPERO SERRA
In character Serra was eager, optimistic, zealous, dynamic, even adamantine. Primarily a man of action, he preferred the active apostolate to the classroom or to writing.
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by Jovian Weigel, OFM
The Franciscan life is a high calling. But if God has given us this vocation, he will also give us his grace to carry it out.
FRANCISCAN CONNECTIONS
Franciscan Connections is an international Franciscan blog that connects, communicates, and conveys the best of Franciscan learning in the twenty-first century.
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