All Vocations are Local

Stephen P. White of Catholic University writes in The Pillar:

“Do you know what does have a massive influence on priestly vocations? Family, friends, parish priests, and prayer. Eighty-nine percent of new ordinands this year grew up in households with married parents, living together. The national average is something like 60%. Ninety-seven percent had at least one sibling and about half (48%) have three or more siblings.”

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Image: A priestly ordination at Westminster Cathedral in London, England, on June 27, 2015. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk