Most popular questions

• Why are there so many different religious organisations?
• Why are there so many different religious orders?
• If I request information about joining a religious organisation, will I be pressured into joining?
• Would entering a religious community mean that I would have to sever my relationships with family and friends?
• Do religious communities offer a trial period?
• If I don’t believe that Christ is really present in the Eucharist, can I still become a priest?
• 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?
• School was never something I really liked. Is the study part of formation very hard?
• Why do I have to be celibate to be a priest?
• Are religious orders different from one another? If so, how are they different?