Religious Life

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Introduction As we approach our next subject, the apostolate of religious witness, it will be useful to recall that both the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI stress the role of religious as witnesses to the world. We know that religious are to be followers of Christ, and […]

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONS By Reverend John A. Hardon, S.J. CONTENTS Preface Introduction What is a Catholic Priest? What is a Religious Vocation? Vocations and the Commitment Crisis The Catholic Family and Vocations The Eucharist and Vocations Vocations and Prayer Suffering and Vocations Sacrifice and Vocations Confession and Vocations Religious Education and […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Dear Members and Friends, I believe the breakdown of religious life in the Western world is a phenomenon unique in the history of Christianity. There have been, since the last half of this century, more departures from Catholicism, more closings of Catholic churches, more dioceses that have been secularized […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.SRV Chaplain With the dwindling number of entries into seminaries and novitiates, we naturally ask, “What happened?” And we are inclined to put the blame where it does not belong, on a lack of vocations. It is high time we took a hard look at the facts and draw some […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Anyone who speaks on the religious life nowadays is on the spot. People will listen only long enough to find out what stand he takes. Is he progressive or reactionary? If they decide he is primarily concerned about preserving what are considered by him essentials of the religious life—and […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute of Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence of Chicago bring you a series of lectures given by Father John A. Hardon S.J. on the theme: The History of Religious Life. Father John Hardon is a Professor of Theology at St. John’s University in […]

Total Dedication By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute on Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence of Chicago bring you this second tape in the series of conferences given by Father John A. Hardon S. J. on the theme: The History of Religious Life. On this tape Father Hardon concludes […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute on Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence of Chicago bring you the second in a series of lectures given by Father John A. Hardon, S. J. on the theme: History of Religious Life. Father John Hardon is a Professor of Theology at St. […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. St. Justin, in the middle of the second century, lists as one of the features of Christianity – listen – that many men and women age of fifty and sixty instructed since childhood in the teaching of Christ, have kept their virginity. That good to hear? He was writing […]

Origins of Christian Monasticism – Part 1 By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute on Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence of Chicago bring you the third in a series of lectures given by Father John A. Hardon S.J. on the theme, History of Religious Life. Father John Hardon is […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute on Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence Chicago bring you Part Two and the conclusion of the lecture Origins of Christian Monasticism given by Father John A. Hardon S.J. in his classes on the History of Religious Life. Father Hardon. The Early Development […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute of Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence bring you the fourth in a series of lectures given by Father John A. Hardon S.J. on the theme: History of Religious Life. Father Hardon is a Professor of Theology at St. John’s University in New […]