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What is a vocation? The word vocation comes from a Latin word meaning “to call”. In ordinary everyday language it can mean just our job or occupation, but when we are looking at things from the background of faith, it usually is understood to be the call that God gives us through our Baptism to grow to become like Jesus Christ – to share his life and love, to be holy and to offer our gifts and talents in the service of God and for the benefit of other people. In the Catholic Church, there are four main states of life which a person can follow in responding to the invitation that God gives: - that of a single person
- a married person
- a member of a religious congregation (sister, brother, priest)
- that of an ordained minister i.e. a priest or deacon
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