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Vocations Explained: Matrimony, Virginity, the Religious State and the Priesthood

Vocations Explained: Matrimony, Virginity, the Religious State and the Priesthood

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VOCATIONS EXPLAINED


MATRIMONY, VIRGINITY,
THE RELIGIOUS STATE, AND THE
PRIESTHOOD.



BY A

VINCENTIAN FATHER.


AN ABRIDGMENT OF

"QUESTIONS ON VOCATIONS"

APPROVED BY

CARDINAL GIBBONS AND CARDINAL SATOLLI.


Published with the permission of the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission.



NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO:
BENZINGER BROTHERS,
Printers to the Holy Apostolic See.



"Vocations Explained"

is a compendium of "Questions on Vocations," a catechism approved by His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons; His Eminence Cardinal Satolli; by five Archbishops and twenty-two Bishops; also by numerous priests and religious Brothers and Sisters.



Nihil Obatat
THOS. L. KINKEAD,
Censor Librorum.

Imprimatur
crossMICHAEL AUGUSTINE,
Archbishop of New York.



NEW YORK, March 2, 1897.



COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS.



CONTENTS.

I.

DEFINITION.—EVERY PERSON HAS SOME SPECIAL VOCATION

II.

NECESSITY OF FOLLOWING A VOCATION

III.

MATRIMONY—IS IT A VOCATION?

IV.

MIXED MARRIAGES

V.

VIRGINITY

VI.




THE THREE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS

1. Poverty
2. Perpetual Chastity
3. Obedience

VII.

THE RELIGIOUS STATE

VIII.

MARKS OF A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE

IX.

DOUBTS ABOUT A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE

X.

ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO ENTER THE RELIGIOUS STATE

XI.

MEANS OF PRESERVING A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE.—SOME OBSTACLES

XII.

CHILDREN AND THE RELIGIOUS STATE

XIII.

DUTY OF PARENTS REGARDING THE RELIGIOUS VOCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN

XIV.

VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD

XV.

DO VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD COME DIRECTLY FROM GOD

XVI.

FOSTERING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD

XVII.

PREVENTING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD

XVIII.







MEANS OF KNOWING OUR VOCATION

1. Prayer
2. Freedom from Sin
3. Humility
4. Retreat
5. Counsel
Prayer of St. Bernard




VOCATIONS EXPLAINED.

CHAPTER I.

DEFINITION.—EVERY PERSON HAS SOME SPECIAL VOCATION.

Q. What is a vocation?
A. A call from God to some state of life.

Q. Which are the principal states of life?
A.

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