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Building a parish culture of vocation

  • Writer: HORIZON
    HORIZON
  • Oct 20, 2025
  • 12 min read

By Sister Colleen Gibson S.S.J.


Father Dat Tran, C.S.P. with a newly baptized girl at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Photo courtesy of the Cathedral of Saint Andrew
Father Dat Tran, C.S.P. with a newly baptized girl at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Photo courtesy of the Cathedral of Saint Andrew

OFTEN, WHEN I TELL MY VOCATION STORY, people marvel at the fact that until I met with our congregational vocation director, I had never actually met a sister. Sure, I knew about sisters; I had heard sisters speak and read their writings, but in terms of personal encounters, my experience was extremely limited. If I had never met a sister, people wondered, how did the idea of a vocation to vowed religious life enter my consciousness?

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