Each person created by God has a vocation or call in life to become who they were created to be and to express it in service to others. We are here to help you find your direction in life.
Our CSJ Vocation Ministry promotes and animates the history, mission and ministries of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto, inviting others to join us in living the Gospel values and serving the needs of the dear neighbor in our society today.
Vocation Ministry seeks ways to help people find their direction in life within the context of their lived realities and experiences.
Get involved as:
A Sister
We are ordinary women who live the Gospel in a manner that witnesses to God’s inclusive love.
An Associate
Associates gather on a regular basis to share faith, prayer and support in communities.
A Volunteer
We have opportunities in our ministries that are engaging and meaningful.
Women's Vocation Discernment Group (Online)
Biweekly Sunday evenings over Zoom from 7:30 – 9 p.m. (Beginning February 16)
Are you looking for a community with whom you can pray, reflect, and discern God’s call? Join the Women’s Vocation Discernment Group, which offers a safe space for women to listen to God’s call and discern how to respond.
This online group is open to women discerning a vocation to single, married, or consecrated life. Through prayer, reflection, and conversation, women will be supported in their listening and discernment by a small team of religious sisters and lay persons reflecting a variety of vocational calls.
Our experience is that discerning in a community is more fruitful and life-giving than discerning on your own. It can feel complicated and challenging to figure out what it is that God is calling us to, and then to take the next steps. Let’s do the discernment together!
For a full schedule and to join, please contact Sister Sarah Rudolph, ibvm.
I Wonder…
Julie Cachia, Vocation Animator
You are God’s beloved child. He loves you very much! You were wonderfully and uniquely created to love and serve others through your gifts and talents.
Regardless of your state of life, God is continually awakening a desire within you for something more, to be who you were created to be out of love and for love. A vocation is an attraction moving you towards expressing your potential to live it out and serve others.
So, I wonder:
Do you feel called by God to serve?
Do you have...
- Special gifts and talents that you want to share with others?
- A desire to live a life of service, spirituality and faith?
- A sense that you are called by God?
As Vocation Animator for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto, my role is to share the life and ministries of the Sisters with you through an invitation of prayer, reflection and conversations. Let’s listen to the movements of your heart as you journey with us to be and to become, what God wants you to be in nature, in grace, in love and service to others.
Are you a person who feels drawn to social justice?
Are you someone who feels empathy and care for those who suffer due to systemic inequalities in our society and economy? Someone who wants to spend more time nurturing God’s creations? Are you looking for volunteer roles and meaningful opportunities to make a difference in this world?
Are you someone searching for spirituality?
Perhaps you wish to continue to live the life you have built, but are seeking Christ’s unifying love in the world around you, and you are searching for a faith community that is guided by the Sisters mission & values and love for God and neighbour even as you pursue your own path.
Feel free to get in touch
with me via email, over the phone or even by post, and together, we can discuss and explore how the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto might walk with you as you seek faith, love, spirituality and community in your life.