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CALLED by ONE, INVITED by MANY Convocation 2008 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 2 WINTER 2009 CALLED BY ONE, INVITED BY MANY Convocation 2008 Empowered by the Holy Spirit, let’s work together to build our future BY BROTHER PAUL BEDNARCZYK, CSC............................................................................... 4 Consider Paul, our brother BY FATHER DONALD SENIOR, CP.........................................................................................8 The Gospels and the journey to religious life BY FATHER DONALD SENIOR............................................................................................ 17 Inviting thresholds: how communities might respond to shifting times BY SISTER MARIA CImpERMAN, OSU................................................................................ 26 Laughing with the saints: joy, humor and laughter in the spiritual life BY FATHER JAMES MARTIN, SJ......................................................................................... 42 Book Notes: Good entertainment, weak spiritual guidance BY SISTER LINDA BECHEN, RSM....................................................................................51 and VOLUME 33, NUMBER 3 SPRING 2008 FORGING A FUTURE FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE A marginal life: pursuing holiness in the 21st century VOLUME 32, NUMBER 1 F ALL 2006 awareness BY L AURIE B RINK, OP............................................................................................................ 4 Paths HOPEto the future BY SARA BUTLER, MSTB, DORIS GOTTEMOELLER, RSM, AND CHRISTINE VLADIMIROFF, OSB.........10 God has shouted, “Yes, yes, yes!”Creating communities of hope Shifts in religious priesthood and the resulting challenges BY MARIA CIMPERMAN, OSU ............................................................................................................3 Increase BY TED KEATING, SM.......................................................................................................... 16 Hope and security: new foundations BY DAVID COUTURIER, OFM, CAP....................................................................................................What does it mean to be a priest within a religious comm11 unity? through BY KEVIN NADOLSKI, OSFS, ANDREW CARL WISDOM, OP AND KENNETH SCHNIPKE, CPPS......... 23 What gives me hope: three young voices BY MARY CATHARINE PERRY, OP; JESÚS ALONSOInquirers, CSC; and AND applicants JENNIFER GORDON continue, SCL ............to increase................. 17 BY PATRICE TUOHY................................................................................................................ 29 Religious life history and new membership through the lens of the paschal mystery BY JOEL RIPPINGER, OSB...............................................................................................................Get membership involved with a Vocation Summit 22 BY DON MILLER, OFM......................................................................................................... 31 How I stay healthy and hopeful as a vocation minister BY RENÉE DAIGLE, MSC................................................................................................................ 26 involvement Book notes: Lessons to learn from letting go Hope from the trenches BY J UDITH S CHAEFER, OP................................................................................................... 36 BY JIM KENT, OFM, CONV............................................................................................................. 30 Would life on this planet be any different withoutreligious life? 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