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Vocation & Ministry

Introducing a new podcast from the Office of Vocation and Ministry at Hellenic College/Holy Cross that will focus on Vocation and Ministry. This podcast is focused to college students, but it will help parents and teachers of college students and anyone who wants to parent or mentor their own children.

Comparing Married and Monastic Life

On Vocation and Ministry, Fr. Nicholas Apostola shares from his experience and perspective on the similarities and differences between the vocation of married life and monastic life.

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Vocation & Ministry

The Office of Vocation & Ministry (OVM) at Hellenic College trains and educates faithful, energetic, high achieving, and service oriented Orthodox Christian young people to be leaders in the church as priests and lay people.

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This collection of papers has its origin in the encyclical letter Ut unum sint (no. 95) and the request of Pope John Paul II to study the question of the Petrine ministry with other Christians with a view to "seeking--together, of course--the forms in which this ministry may accomplish a service of love recognized by all concerned." 

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"What should I do with my life? What should I major in? What career should I choose? Should I get married? What if I can't find a job that I want? How do I balance work and family life? Twenty-first-century North Americans struggle with questions of vocation and calling, and parish priests, spiritual fathers, lay counselors, parents, teachers, youth workers-those whom we regularly turn to for guidance-affirm this.

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