"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.[ DO VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD COME DIRECTLY FROM GOD ]
XVI.[ FOSTERING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD]
XVII.[ PREVENTING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD]
XVIII.
[ MEANS OF KNOWING OUR VOCATION ] 1. [Prayer]
2. [Freedom from Sin]
3. [Humility]
4. [Retreat]
5. [Counsel]
[Prayer of St. Bernard]