Theology 12: Vocations Chapter 2

A chosen occupation that is more likely to express one's talents than a job

• Career
• Laity
• Meditation
• Free Will

A call from God to all members of the Church to embrace a life of holiness in a particular way that is unique to them

• Vocation
• Career
• Divine Providence
• Laity

A contact person for a religious order or for a diocesan office dedicated to answering questions of inquirers and encouraging vocations

• Vocation Director
• Spiritual Director
• Bishop
• Laity

These people share a love for each other and raise a Christian family.

• Married People
• Priests
• Bishops
• Religious Sisters and Brothers

These people are dedicated to the service of the Church.

• Priests
• Single People
• Divorced People
• Married People

These people are entrusted to teach, sanctify, and govern the Church in the name of Christ.

• Bishops
• Single People
• Religious Sisters and Brothers
• Married People

These people engage in missionary work and are dedicated to community within religious orders

• Religious Sisters and Brothers
• Bishops
• Single People
• Married People

Someone in this state of life plans to make a lifelong commitment one day in the form of marriage vows, priesthood, or religious vows.

• Transitional Single Life
• Permanent Single Life
• Permanent Married Life
• Transitional Married Life

Someone in this state of life, either by intention or by circumstance, will not to be married to a spouse, receive priestly ordination, or join a religious community in their lifetime.

• Permanent Single Life
• Transitional Single Life
• Permanent Married Life
• Transitional Married Life

All of the baptized faithful except those who have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders

• Laity
• Priests
• Bishops
• Deacons