Longtime readers may remember that last year I posted the inspiring story of a popular Christian singer named Danielle Rose, who was leaving a thriving music career to become a nun. Well, nearly a year later, we have an update, courtesy The Anchoress. There’s word that she has just been accepted into the notiviate: Today…

Italy, the home of Romeo and Juliet, now offers another saga of star-crossed love — with a decidedly religious twist. From the London Telegraph: An Italian man whose girlfriend left him to become a nun is holding a vigil outside the convent where she is staying in a bid to get her to reconsider. Heartbroken…

Here’s a charming and uplifting piece, courtesty Roman Catholic Vocations, about a parish priest beginning his new assignment in Akron, Ohio: Catherine Paparella nudged her college buddy more than 20 years ago during a Mass and told him he had the perfect personality to be a priest. ”We were listening to a seminarian who was…

Here and there, we’ve been hearing indications of an uptick in vocations. Now comes word that one of the most influential seminaries in Rome is welcoming its biggest class in more than a generation: The Pontifical North American College welcomed its largest incoming class in 40 years Aug. 28 when 61 seminarians arrived. While classes…

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