Discerning A Vocation...

+JMJ
Feast of Bl. Pope Urban V

Well, I'm back folks and hopefully for good this time! So what in the world happened to me??? After last Christmas I did my aspirancy with the Dominican Nuns and had a wonderful time. I discerned that my vocation was not to the cloister, but I was still attracted to religious life. I came back to college after break and had a really stressful semester. I got bogged down by the demands of senior year (aka my thesis) and had a pretty rough time of it. Happily, I made it through and graduated in May, woohoo!

Since graduation, I worked at a museum but am now on the job hunt again. Discernment-wise, I did a live-in with the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a retreat with the Sisters of Life. Both of these really helped me to see where God was calling me. After leaving the Apostles, I felt at peace, but the Sisters of Life were still nagging me. So I went on the SoL retreat in November. It was a blessed, fun-filled retreat and at the end I knew they were not for me. I knew the Apostles were having a retreat Dec. 1-3, so I went just to have some time away. God however had other plans.....During the weekend I felt a profound, lasting peace and I knew the Apostles were the order for me!

During that retreat I got to witness, two young women enter as postulants which was really awesome. At the end of the retreat, I told Sr. Maureen, the provincial superior that I wanted to enter.

What's next you might ask....well I'm looking for a job to get my student loans taken care of and working on my spiritual life. I know this is kind of a big update all at once, but I want to restart the blog with a bang!