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To have a good conversation about becoming a religious sister, brother, or priest you are most welcome to contact The Vocation Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago at 312-751-5240.

Resources - Books

Vocation - Major Life Decisions

The Meaning of Vocation: in the Words of John Paul II (Scepter Publishers),
ISBN # 0-933932-99-5

Weeds Among the Wheat: Discernment - Where Prayer and Action Meet), Thomas H. Green, S.J. (Ave Maria Press) ISBN # 0-87793-318-9

Discernment: Acquiring the Heart of God – Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ (Pauline Books & Media)
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How in the World Do We Make a Difference? Getting to the Heart and Soul of Love and Work – Fr. Norman K. Douglas, Lawrence W. Vuillemin, Stephen F. Hallam( Acta)

Vocation to Marriage

God’s Plan for You: Life, Love, Marriage, and Sex – David Hajduk (Pauline Books & Media)

·Beginning Your Marriage – John L. Thomas, S.J., Joan McGuinness Wagner (Acta)

Should We Marry?, Joseph Champlin (Ave Maria Press)

Vocation to Religious Life

In Good Company: The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, by James Martin, S.J. (Sheed & Ward)

Vocation to Priesthood

Priests for the Third Millennium by Archbishop Timothy Dolan (Our Sunday Visitor),
ISBN # 0-87973-319-5

Still Called by Name: Why I Love Being a Priest – Fr. Dominic Grassi (Loyola Press)
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The Joy of Priesthood – Fr. Stephen Rossetti (Ave Maria Press)

Together on the Road: A Vision of Lived Communion for the Church and the Priesthood – (Pauline Books & Media)

Related Websites:

Priesthood in Chicago: www.chicagopriest.org

Seminary preparation for priesthood: www.usml.edu

Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious: www.cmswr.org

Religious women and men: www.visionguide.org

www.vocacioncatolica.com (Spanish)