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Title: Vocations Explained
Matrimony, Virginity, The Religious State and The Priesthood

Author: Anonymous

Other: Cardinal James Gibbons
Cardinal Francesco Satolli
Thos L Kinkead
Archbishop Michael Augustine

Release Date: February 17, 2010 [EBook #31311]

Language: English

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VOCATIONS EXPLAINED

MATRIMONY, VIRGINITY,
THE RELIGIOUS STATE, AND THE
PRIESTHOOD.

BY A
VINCENTIAN FATHER.

AN ABRIDGMENT OF
"QUESTIONS ON VOCATIONS"
APPROVED BY
CARDINAL GIBBONS AND CARDINAL SATOLLI.

_Published with the permission of the Superior General of the
Congregation of the Mission._

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO:
BENZINGER BROTHERS,
_Printers to the Holy Apostolic See._

"Vocations Explained"

is a compendium of "Questions on Vocations," a catechism approved by
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons; His Eminence Cardinal Satolli; by five
Archbishops and twenty-two Bishops; also by numerous priests and
religious Brothers and Sisters.

Nihil Obatat
THOS. L. KINKEAD,
_Censor Librorum._

Imprimatur
MICHAEL AUGUSTINE,
_Archbishop of New York._

NEW YORK, March 2, 1897.

COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS.

CONTENTS.

I. DEFINITION.--EVERY PERSON HAS SOME SPECIAL VOCATION
II. NECESSITY OF FOLLOWING A VOCATION
III. MATRIMONY--IS IT A VOCATION?
IV. MIXED MARRIAGES
V. VIRGINITY
VI. THE THREE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS
1. Poverty
2. Perpetual Chastity
3. Obedience
VII. THE RELIGIOUS STATE
VIII. MARKS OF A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE
IX. DOUBTS ABOUT A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE
X. ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO ENTER THE RELIGIOUS STATE
XI. MEANS OF PRESERVING A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE.--SOME
OBSTACLES
XII. CHILDREN AND THE RELIGIOUS STATE
XIII. DUTY OF PARENTS REGARDING THE RELIGIOUS VOCATION OF THEIR
CHILDREN
XIV. VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD
XV