Category: Vocations
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God Is Constantly Calling: A Look at Women’s Vocations in 2025
Categories: VocationsThe Pillar: “Women Religious Talk Vocations” “God is constantly calling”—these words resonate deeply with the heart of the Poor Handmaids. In this recent article from The Pillar, we are reminded that…
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Listening to the Young: Discerning Religious Life Today
Categories: VocationsTakeaways from AP’s Reporting on Young Nuns At PHJC, we are privileged to walk with women discerning a call to religious life. A recent Associated Press article offers important insight into this…
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Wisdom Along the Way: What We Wish We Knew Sooner
Categories: VocationsIn our life as Poor Handmaids, we often say that formation never ends—it simply evolves. Religious life is a continuous unfolding, marked by lessons that deepen with time and the…
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Reflection on Formation: “When I Entered the Novitiate…”
Categories: VocationsAs Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, we hold dear the sacred beginnings of our journey into vowed religious life. Those early days of formation remain etched in our memory, not…
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Seeking Vocation: Choosing Freedom Over Anxiety
Categories: VocationsBy Maria Mellis What does God want me to do with my life? Where is he calling me? Will I ever find my vocation? Few things cause as much anxiety for…
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A Saint that Ignites My Vocation
Categories: Vocationsby Sr. Connie Bach, PHJC On October 14, 2018, I had the wonderful experience of a lifetime in attending the canonization celebration of our foundress, Saint Katharina Kasper at St.…