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?
• Why are there so many different religious orders?
• Are religious orders different from one another? If so, how are they different?
• What if I change my mind about being a priest during training or things just don’t work out? How do I pick my life back up again?
• If I request information about joining a religious organisation, will I be pressured into joining?
• As a priest, will I get to see and talk with family and friends regularly?
• I read stories of religious communities merging or closing down. Are religious organisations dying out?
• Do religious communities offer a trial period?
• What can I do as a priest that I cannot do as a layperson working for a charity or NGO?
• Why would anybody become a priest nowadays?