Resources
Books
- Kielbassa, Marilyn Total Youth Ministry-Ministry Resources for Pastoral Care, St. Mary's Press, Winona, MN ©2004
- Scanlon, Michael, Inner Healing, Paulist Press, Broadway, NY ©1974
- Carotta, Michael, Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of Your Adolescent, Harcourt Religion Publishers, Orlando, FL ©2002
- Third Continental Congress on Vocations in North America
Websites
- U.S. Bishop’s Committee on Vocations
- Offers resources every year to celebrate World Day of Consecrated Life and prayers and resources for World Day of Prayer for Vocations
- Articles on Vocations
- National Coalition for Church Vocations: A variety of resources for vocation awareness, education, and discernment. (Suggestion: A Manual for Vocation Discernment, I Heard God Call My Name, Prayer…Some Helpful Hints).
- National Religious Vocation Conference
- National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors: Vocation Anonymous Test and Articles on vocations.
- National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry: “Because of the Call: Youth Ministry Resource Manual.” Nine Sessions for youth to reflect on God’s call.
- Vocations Resources
- Vision’07: Vocation Network. A site to assist in discerning one’s call. See also: Vision Vocation Guide. A youth friendly resource with vocation tests, articles, lists of religious communities.
- Southeast Pastoral Institute: Bilingual resource “A Life Project Towards Happiness: Your Calling. Proyecto de Vida para tu Felicidad: La Vocación.
- ¡Oye!: A bilingual resource for discernment geared to young Hispanic Catholics.
