Next Vocation Weekend: February 3-5, 2012

Next Vocation Weekend: February 3-5, 2012

Next Vocation Weekend: February 3-5, 2012

Posted in: Vocation Weekend, Vocations|Tags: , , , , , , , |By: Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.|

February 3-5, 2012 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.

A Vocation Weekend is a no-strings-attached chance to spend time learning about the life of Dominican Friars in the Province of St. Joseph. Come pray with us, talk with our student brothers, meet our older brethren, and most of all listen for the voice of Jesus who continually calls men to become preachers for the salvation of souls. (It is possible also to visit the Dominican House of Studies informally; contact the Vocation Director).

For more information, check out the Facebook page for the Province of St. Joseph and Fr. Benedict’s blog for men discerning a vocation.

Also of interest to those discerning is this recent essay by Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia, OP:  ”Why are there so many Dominican vocations?”

About the author

Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.

Born in 1968 in Arizona, Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P., grew up in Colorado as the youngest of nine children in a family that has since grown to include 27 nieces and nephews. Before entering the Order of Preachers, he studied at Colorado State University and Conception Seminary College for the Archdiocese of Denver. He obtained a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Providence College while discerning a vocation to religious life. He entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1992, and was ordained a priest in 1998. Fr. Benedict was assigned first to St. Gertrude Church and Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio as associate pastor for four years. In 2002 he was assigned to the Province's Vicariate of Eastern Africa, serving in Kenya for five years. He had the responsibility of being Novice Master in the Vicariate for novices from seven African countries. Returning from the missions, he ministered briefly at the University Church of St. Joseph at New York University before continuing studies in Rome. In June 2010 he completed the License in Sacred Theology (Spiritual Theology) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) where he also served as a chaplain for two years. In 2010 he was appointed Director of Vocations for the Province of St. Joseph.

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