Most popular questions

• If I request information about joining a religious organisation, will I be pressured into joining?
• Why are there so many different religious organisations?
• Are religious orders different from one another? If so, how are they different?
• What if as a priest I need to take time out to care for a relative or family member?
• 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?
• The idea of public speaking is very challenging to me and I avoid it if possible. How can I be a priest when I hate public speaking?
• I read stories of religious communities merging or closing down. Are religious organisations dying out?
• Why do we have priests? Can’t lay people do the work of priests?
• Do religious communities offer a trial period?
• Would entering a religious community mean that I would have to sever my relationships with family and friends?