Kristin Foresman
The earliest memory I have of the first inklings of a call to religious life was in high school or college when a few people here and there mentioned or wondered about religious life for me. A priest in Confession even mentioned it one time. These encounters poked something in my heart and piqued my curiosity at the idea, […]
Sister Therese Michael
My journey of discerning becoming a religious sister began in 2019, the summer after I graduated high school. It was at a Steubenville East conference in Lowell, MA. Sister Miriam James asked the women in the room to quiet their hearts and to ask Jesus if He was calling us to be a religious sister. […]
Cam O’Meara
My name is Cam O’Meara, and I grew up in a suburban town in central Connecticut with my mom, dad, younger brother, and younger sister. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, playing baseball, watching the Red Sox, running, playing violin, and going to the beach on vacation. I was raised Catholic and was […]
Ryan Box
I genuinely believe that even now, at the age of 22, my life is a testament that our Lord Jesus is always and has always been perusing us in love from the very first moment we were born. While I was unaware of His Presence for most of my life, I am so grateful for […]
Thuy Ngan Tran
There are two events that I can confidently say have changed my life completely, unexpectedly, and most wonderfully. The first was Come and See 2016 with the sisters of the Lovers of the Holy Cross, Los Angeles (LHC-LA). The second happened six years later. Prior to attending Come and See, I was a lukewarm Catholic. […]
Paul Wells III
My name is Paul Wells III. I grew up in Lakeland, Florida, where I was born on 15th of January, 1983. I was raised Catholic by my two parents, Paul and Peggy, who are still married, thank God. My father is a Realtor in Lakeland and my mother is a Registered Nurse at Bartow Regional Hospital. […]
Jorge Rodriguez
My vocation story starts with my two birthdays: my birth date and my baptismal date. Respectively, they were February 29, 2000, and February 25, 2001. I was baptized in St. Francis of Assisi parish in San Juan, PR. I grew up in Puerto Rico until I was 9, in a bilingual setting and a culturally […]
Kristen Chenoweth
It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it […]
Alicia Ley
My name is Alicia Renae Ley. I was born and grew up in Washington, Missouri. On November 22, 1998, I was baptized at Zion United Church of Christ in Union, Missouri. I have a younger brother of three years, David, and two amazing parents, Bill and Lisa. God has blessed me with such a loving […]
John Metilly
Except for the light illuminating the crucifix above the altar, the chapel was pitch black. Suddenly a violent banging sound, the strepitus, resounded through the chapel. The strepitus signifies the violent death of the Lord, and is performed at the end of the night offices during the Triduum. I was ten years old when I […]