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Understanding Personal Vocation: A Journey of Faith at Christ Our Hope Catholic Church

Welcome to the introductory lesson on personal vocation at Christ Our Hope Catholic Church in Seattle, WA. Led by Fr. Llane Briese-Bell, this course explores essential questions surrounding vocation, including "What is a vocation?" and "What forms the basis of a Christian vocation?" Participants will engage in both academic and personal growth components, focusing on Catholic views on vocation, personal discernment, and the relationship between vocation and social issues. Join us to discover the call of God in your life and how it shapes your purpose in the world.

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Understanding Personal Vocation: A Journey of Faith at Christ Our Hope Catholic Church

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  1. WELCOME!!! The Baptismal Font, Christ our Hope Catholic Church, Seattle, WA.

  2. PERSONAL VOCATIONIntroductory Lesson Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School Fr. Llane Briese

  3. Bell Work • Take out a sheet of paper and answer the following two questions. (We will use the same sheet, and I will collect it on Friday.) • What is a vocation? • What is the basis of a Christian vocation?

  4. A Course on Personal Vocations • A Different Sort of Course • Academic component • Personal Growth component • Three Parts of the Course: • Catholic Theoretical Views on Vocation • Personal Vocation • Vocation Life and Social Issues

  5. Vocation: An Introduction • English: vocation • Spanish: la vocación • French: la vocation • Italian: la vocazione • German: die Berufung(vb. rufen) • Example: MeineBerufungistPreister und Theologielehrerzusein. • Latin: vocatio –vocare(vb. “to call”) • Greek: kalein— (vb. “to call, invite, summon”) • Hebrew: qārā’

  6. From Lumen Gentium • “Christ is the Light of nations. Because this is so, this Sacred Synod gathered together in the Holy Spirit eagerly desires, by proclaiming the Gospel to every creature, to bring the light of Christ to all men, a light brightly visible on the countenance of the Church.” (no. 1) • “Therefore in the Church, everyone whether belonging to the hierarchy, or being cared for by it, is called to holiness, according to the saying of the Apostle: ‘For this is the will of God, your sanctification’.” (no. 39)

  7. From Lumen Gentium, cont’d: • “However, this holiness of the Church is unceasingly manifested, and must be manifested, in the fruits of grace which the Spirit produces in the faithful; it is expressed in many ways in individuals, who in their walk of life, tend toward the perfection of charity, thus causing the edification of others; in a very special way this (holiness) appears in the practice of the counsels, customarily called ‘evangelical.’” (no. 39) • 1 Corinthians 12:12-13As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

  8. Vocation: Two Elements • Vocation = “a calling” • A State in Life (status): • Answer to the question “Who am I?” • A Sacred Work (career, life’s work): • Answer to the question “What do I do?” • Requires discernment, the act of figuring out who I am and determining God’s will. • Principal Goal of Course: Present the tools for discerning one’s own vocation, and understand how the Church sees the variety of vocations in the world.

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