Some blogs by people involved in Catholic religious life and vocations to religious life: MySpace is home to the blog of Father Scott Jones, S.D.S., vocation director of the U.S.A. Province of the Society of the Divine Savior (the Salvatorians): http://www.myspace.com/fatherscottjonessds. Unable to Grasp God's Essence offers photography as a way to praise the God of the seen and the unseen—“God who is the Good, the True, the Beautiful.” Stephanie Hart began her blog, A pedal stroke closer to the monastery, as a way to chronicle her bike trip from Miles City, Montana and St. Joseph, Minnesota, where she entered St. Benedict’s Monastery. After reaching St. Benedict’s, Hart has continued chronicling her experience of living into the community on the blog.
Colophon is the blog of the Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred, a monastery of Roman Catholic Benedictine nuns in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire in England.
Sister Lynn Marie of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri blogs about her community's life at Day by Day.
The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Peoria, Illinois have a blog Franciscan Footprints: Sisters in the Making, currently written by Jaimie, a postulant in the community.
Brittany Harrison is a candidate in formation with the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. She’s been blogging since January 2007 when she went on a discernment retreat with the Sisters, who encouraged her to keep it going after she entered initial formation.Her blog, www.intothedeep.wordpress.com, is her effort to give people a glimpse into the life and spirituality of the Salesians, founded by Saint John Bosco and Saint Mary Mazzarello to reach out to young people of all ages with the message of the joy of friendship with Christ, through schools, youth centers, and retreat programs. The Sisters are the female counterpart to the Salesians of Don Bosco.
Musings of a Discerning Woman is the blog of Sister Susan Rose Francois, C.S.J.P., a novice sister with the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace.
The Sisters of the Visitation of Georgetown in Washington D.C. host the Live + Jesus! blog, “monastic musings in the tradition of Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane de Chantal."
A Nun’s Life is Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Julie Vieira’s blog “about being a nun in today’s world.”
The blog of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity , www.fscc-calledtobe.org/blog/ .
The director of vocations for the Province of St. John the Baptist of the Franciscans in Cincinnati , Father Don Miller, O.F.M., has a blog at vocationvibes.franciscan.org/ .
“Sister Steph” of the Benedictine Sisters of Ferdinand , Indiana has two blogs, Fishing for Faith , at fishingforfaith.blogspot.com/ and narrow at the outset at nuntime.blogspot.com/ .
Glenmary Home Missioner seminarian Shawn Roser blogs at www.seminarianshawn.blogspot.com/ .
The Sisters of Bon Secours blog, www.bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/index.php . Chris Webb, a Sister of Bon Secours candidate, has her own blog about her formation experiences at www.bonsecoursvocations.org/journeywithus/pop_dayinlife.html .
Sister Cathy, a Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary , has a blog at sistercathy.typepad.com/weblog/2007/01/index.html.
The vocation office of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio hosts a website for vocations to the diocesan priesthood, seekholiness.com .
Paulist Fathers’ seminarian Tom Gibbons ’ blog, “Kicking and Screaming,” can be found at tgibbons.blogspot.com.
Prior Peter Funk, O.S.B. of the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross on the South Side of Chicago has "The Prior's Blog" at www.chicagomonk.org/ .
The Cincinnati Seminarian Blog is the official blog of the students at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Cincinnati. Father Kyle Schnippel, the Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, has a blog, Called by Name.
To add a blog to this list, please contact Joel Schorn, managing editor of VISION, at jschorn@truequest.biz. Thank you.
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