Most popular questions

• I feel I have a specific charism to youth outreach. Can I live this charism out as a priest, or must I follow the charism of the order I join?
• What is a deacon and how is it different than a priest?
• What can I do as a priest that I cannot do as a layperson working for a charity or NGO?
• What if as a priest I need to take time out to care for a relative or family member?
• I read stories of religious communities merging or closing down. Are religious organisations dying out?
• What’s the difference between a diocesan priest and a priest in a religious order?
• Are religious orders different from one another? If so, how are they different?
• As a priest if I decide that I no longer want to do something, such as work in a specific parish, do I have any say or is it all out of my hands?
• School was never something I really liked. Is the study part of formation very hard?
• If I request information about joining a religious organisation, will I be pressured into joining?

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