In an article entitled “Investing in Vocations,” Philanthropy Daily brings attention to the crucial work of our mission.
“The men and women who buck the cultural trend to embrace religious life need more than financial support to stay the course—they need encouragement and prayers to see their vocations to fruition.
Another organization dedicated to directly enabling more religious vocations is The Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations. Specifically designed to financially aid individuals entering religious vocations, the Fund works to take on the student loan debt of men and women who feel called to explore religious life.
A perhaps little-known requirement of entering a religious community is that the discerning individual must be free “from all debts they cannot pay.” Unfortunately, in the 21st century, many young people discerning a vocation cannot meet this requirement, most commonly due to significant student-loan debt….
Nonprofits, and their donors, have stepped up to play a critical role In American religious life through relieving the financial cost facing seminarians and postulants. Along with complementary efforts to prayerfully encourage vocations, these institutions are showing concrete ways to alleviate a particular American crisis—for how can Catholics obtain sacraments without priests?—and, more so than merely addressing a problem, to create an emerging “culture of vocations” that will continue to bear great spiritual fruit.”
Read the full article here: https://philanthropydaily.com/investing-in-vocations/