{"id":227,"date":"2014-08-22T09:57:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/?p=227"},"modified":"2014-08-24T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:13:31","slug":"what-about-my-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"What about my career?"},"content":{"rendered":"

NRVC: Can your career fit into religious life?<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m often asked by inquirers if their career– either the one they’re currently working, or the one they’re in school for– can fit into religious life and the Paulist Mission. \u00a0It’s a complicated question, and one that really has to be answered on an individual basis. \u00a0For someone who has a career and skills that the community needs (or might need), then the answer is “maybe.” \u00a0For example, a man with a JD (a law degree) might find that the Paulists, like any large organization, could use his knowledge and experience when dealing with a whole range of legal issues: real estate, financial development, liability, contracts, etc. \u00a0But that doesn’t mean he’d be practicing law as a Paulist. \u00a0As priests our primary works are preaching, administering the sacraments, reconciling, teaching the faith, and doing all the administrative tasks that go along with pastoral ministry. Someone with a law degree could be a great asset, but he’d serve as a priest, not a lawyer.<\/p>\n

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That doesn’t mean that the Paulists aren’t interested in men with degrees in biochemistry, computer science, Spanish literature, or petroleum engineering. We’re looking at prospective vocations as whole people, not as skill-sets or academic degrees. We need men with a wide range of life experiences and knowledge. Even if you’re not working as a pharmacist, physician or philosopher, the Paulists need men who can relate to scientists, engineers, artists and chefs.<\/p>\n

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I started my college career in Computer Science. \u00a0When I realized I was headed to the Paulists and the seminary, I switched to a liberal arts degree that would supply the philosophy prerequisites I’d need to study theology. \u00a0But throughout my Paulist career I’ve worked in communications- especially computer-based communications. \u00a0Those interests and skills have served me well, whether I was working as a radio producer, a pastor, in administration, or as vocations director.<\/p>\n

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And this is the amazing thing about responding to a vocational call: nothing goes to waste. When God calls someone to ministry, he calls the whole person, along with all their interests, experiences, education, and skills. \u00a0Nothing goes to waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NRVC: Can your career fit into religious life?   I’m often asked by inquirers if their career– either the one they’re currently working, or the one they’re in school for– can fit into religious life and the Paulist Mission. \u00a0It’s a complicated question, and one that really has to be answered on an individual basis. \u00a0For someone who has a career and skills that the … Continue reading What about my career?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5FUlW-3F","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporalworks.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}