Discernment Resources

We suggest the following books as resources for discernment and reflections on the current state of vocation to religious life. We hope they are helpful!
 

• Catholics on Call: Discerning a Life of Service in the Church
  Robin Ryan, CP

• Discernment
  Rosemary Dougherty, SSND

• The Discerning Heart: Discovering a Personal God
  Maureen Conroy, RSM: Loyola Press

• Faithful Listening: Discernment in Every Day Life
  Joan Mueller; Sheed and Ward

• Hearing with the Heart – A Guide to Discerning God’s Will for You
• Learning to Hear with the Heart – Meditations for Discerning God’s Will
  Debra K. Farrington

• Let Your Life Speak
  Parker Palmer; Jossey-Bass Publications

• Thoughts in Solitude
  Thomas Merton; Noonday Press

• Finding God in Each Moment
  Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ and Eugene F. Merz, SJ

• In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Changing World - 14 Reflection Essays by Young Sisters
  Edited by Juliet Mousseau and Sarah Kohles

• New Generations of Catholic Sisters
  Mary Johnson, S. N. D. de N; Patricia Wittberg, S.C.; Mary L. Gautier

The following websites are great places to visit!

• A Nun’s Life
  An on-line community with many resources, blogs, videos, news, etc. telling the story of what it is like to be a religious sister today.

• Giving Voice
  A peer led organization that creates space for younger women religious to give voice to their hopes, dreams, and challenges in religious life.

• Global Sisters Report (A Project of the National Catholic Reporter)

• Leadership Conference of Women Religious
  An association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women in the United States.
   
• Religious Ministries
  A directory of Catholic vocations to religious life and lay ministry.

• National Religious Vocation Conference
  A professional organization of vocation ministers presenting religious life as a viable option in the Catholic Church.
   

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