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Vocations

Vocations

"Becoming a priest, or a man or woman religious, is not primarily our own decision.... Rather it is the response to a call and to a call of love." - Pope Francis, Address to Seminarians and Novices, July 6, 2013

Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Check out the Office of Vocations for local discernment dinners and retreats

Discernment for Men

Office of Vocations - discernment for diocsean priesthood and religious life in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Saint John Vianney College Seminary - the minor seminary (college seminary) for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, SJV prepares young men for major seminary. 

Saint Paul Seminary - the major seminary for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, SPS prepares men to enter the priesthood and permanent diaconate, also offers graduate degrees and certificates for the laity. 

VISION Vocation Network - provides resources for vocational discernment to religious life and societies of apostolic life.

Discernment for Women

Office of Vocations - discernment for religious life, consecrated virginity, and secular institutes in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious - provides discernment resources and information for different religious communities across the United States

United States Association of Consecrated Virgins - provides information and resources for women discerning a vocation to consecrated virginity lived in the world

VISION Vocation Network - provides resources for vocational discernment to religious life and societies of apostolic life