Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

In the past two and a half months I have moved from living on my own, to investigating new ministries, and also moved back into community again.  For someone like me who likes to be in control and don’t really like transitions, this is way too much transitions.  How am I dealing with all these transitions you may ask?  Well, I am trying to live in the moment while be centered and grounded in Jesus Christ.  My prayer life helps me through everything.  However for me, it is more difficult praying in this transitional time. At present I am investigating new ministries.   A ministry is a job whose foundation is service to others.   According to Farnham et al in the book Listening Hearts - Ministry comes from the same root as minus , which mean less.   Jesus said, “For who is greater: the one who is at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at table? But I am among you as one who serves” (Lk 22:27) .   In a ministry your chief motivat...

Last Sunday in our parish church Sister Uloma renewed her vows as a Missionary sister, Servants of the Holy Spirit (Techny). She is from Nigeria but has been in the US several years. I am renewed in my Dominican vocation seeing this public act of faith and commitment. My ministry engages me each day to serve others. Our life as women religious is a public declaration of our love for God and our role to serve others. This public witness of vows sustains my Dominican vocation and nourishes me spiritually. This week I’ll be preparing classes as our English Language learners begin their Fall sessions. And then to close the week we will have an outdoor public vigil asking for justice for immigrants in the United States. One ceremony to another fills my week in realizing the need to be servant in this world. What is your week like? How are you called to be of service to others? Come join us! Kathleen Long OP Waukegan, IL