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!
- 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.
- 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.