Vocations

Who do you want to be?

Life is full of choices. In fact, we make them everyday. We choose our clothes, food, friends, play, study. In fact, life is full of choices of what we want to do. But as life goes on, we are slowly faced with a different kind of choice: Who do I want to be?

Yes, who do you want to be? Engineer, priest, teacher, doctor, social worker, farmer, lawyer, scientist, researcher, filmmaker… the list goes on. The choice is yours. You can definitely choose your own career — but not your vocation!

So what is a vocation? Do I have a vocation? What makes a vocation different from a career.

 

What is a vocation?
A vocation is a call. It is a call from God. While you may choose your own career, you cannot choose your vocation. It is God who chooses you. Your response is to choose to follow the vocation God is calling you to follow.

Many are called to married and family life. Some are called to lead single lives. Yet some are called to follow God as ordained ministers. Further still, God calls some people to follow him in a special way, as religious, through the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. What is God calling you to be? Is he calling you in a special way? Could he be calling you to be a Jesuit?

Are you still confused? Do you have a vocation? Or are you sure you do not have one? Read on…

 

Do I have a vocation?
Ask yourself…

• Have I been thinking of joining the Jesuits?
• Have I been dreaming of being a priest?
• Do I see myself as a religious?
• Do I want to add meaning to my life?
• Do I think of contributing by making a difference to this world?
• Do I feel interiorly drawn by God?

These are the type of questions that could be going on within you, you probably do have a strong vocation.

Consider you have a vocation. Could God be calling you to live that vocation as a Jesuit?

Who is a Jesuit? What does it mean to be a Jesuit?

 

Me, a Jesuit ?

“What is it to be a Jesuit today? It is to know that one is a sinner yet called to be companion of Jesus as Ignatius was.”
General Congregation 32

The Society of Jesus, popularly known as Jesuits, is one of the oldest religious orders of the Catholic Church. Today there are over 20,000 Jesuits spread across 112 countries. They serve the Church in different capacities as scientists, theologians, poets, philosophers, explorers, missionaries, pastors, preachers, educationists, psychotherapists, sociologists, historians, writers, painters, technicians, administrators… the list goes on.

Who do you want to be? Engineer, priest, teacher, doctor, social worker, farmer, lawyer, scientist, researcher, filmmaker…

Come, join the JESUITS…
and make a world of a difference to the world!
Make a world of a difference to your life!

The Jesuits of the Goa Province welcome you
to walk in the legacy of Francis Xavier.

You could browse though this website and get yourself acquainted with the Jesuits of the Goa Province. You could learn more about the Jesuits by browsing through other Jesuit websites or reading books related to them.

Above all, do not hesitate to contact the Vocation Promoter. He will be more than willing to assist you in your call.