Building a parish culture of vocation
- HORIZON

- Oct 20, 2025
- 12 min read
By Sister Colleen Gibson S.S.J.

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?